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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Call of Duty® Zombies experience continues on the Apple iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch, as Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), launches Call of Duty®: Black Ops Zombies today. Adapted from Treyarch's best-selling console hit, Call of Duty®: Black Ops, and built specifically for Apple mobile devices, Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies delivers a Zombies...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Friday Night Fights, the first original entertainment program to air on Call of Duty® ELITE will debut this Friday, November 25th. Executive produced by Ridley Scott and Tony Scott's RSA Films, and director RJ Cutler, Friday Night Fights lets real life rivals settle their differences Call of Duty® style via epic multiplayer battles in Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3. The inaugural episode features one of the...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), announced today that it has sold one million premium memberships of Call of Duty® Elite after six days. By comparison, the premium subscription services of Netflix, Hulu Plus, Sirius XM and Xbox® LIVE®, each reached one million paid subscribers after approximately one year. Since Call of Duty Elite's launch on November 8, more...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), announced today that the previously released tally of 3.3 million simultaneous users of Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 on Xbox® LIVE(TM) on November 8 was reported in error. The correct figure is 1.4 million simultaneous users. As previously stated, more than 3.3 million unique gamers played Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in one...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), announced today that Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 has shattered theatrical box office, book and video game sales records for five-day worldwide sell-through in dollars. The game established an all-new five-day worldwide sell-through record of more than $775 million, exceeding the record of $650 million set a year ago by...
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Rev your engines because Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard Inc., (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that DreamWorks Super Star Kartz is now available for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Wii(TM) system from Nintendo and the Nintendo DS(TM) and Nintendo 3DS(TM) hand-held systems. DreamWorks Super Star Kartz brings...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Shattering its own day-one sales records, Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI), announced that its highly-anticipated Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 has become the biggest entertainment launch ever with an estimated sell-through of more than $400 million and more than 6.5 million units in North America and the United Kingdom alone in the first 24 hours of its release,...
Call of Duty Endowment Announces $250,000 Grant to Benefit National Chamber Foundation's 'Hiring our Heroes' Veteran Employment Program WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In an effort to ensure our military heroes have stable employment upon their return from active duty, Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), and publisher of the best-selling Call of Duty® video game franchise, announced on Veterans Day that...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) and celebrated composer Brian Tyler announced today that they will donate all proceeds from the Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 soundtrack to The Call of Duty Endowment, a non-profit, public benefit corporation that seeks to help returning soldiers transition back to civilian life, find work and establish careers. "We couldn't be...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) is delivering the perfect new companion for kids just in time for the holiday season - Wappy Dog, has hit shelves today! Developed by SEGA TOYS, Wappy Dog combines virtual and physical pet companionship, including both an electronic toy dog and a Nintendo DS videogame which communicates with one another via sound to create an...
