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SAN FRANCISCO, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Bill Roper, the Chief Creative Officer of Cryptic Studios and driving force behind the creation of the genre-defining Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo series, will present a keynote presentation for the 2010 Game Developers Conference China(TM) (GDC China). Presented by UBM TechWeb Game Network, organizers of the industry-leading Game Developers Conference®, GDC China offers valuable and timely insight into the world of game development for an...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that its eagerly-awaited new first-person action title SINGULARITY(TM) is now available across the globe. Published by Activision and created by acclaimed developer Raven Software, who is celebrating their 20th anniversary in videogames, SINGULARITY, throws players into the heart of a conspiracy that sends players hurtling through time. "SINGULARITY seamlessly combines a...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With eight million copies sold and a legion of passionate fans worldwide, the Nintendo 64 version of GoldenEye defined multiplayer gaming for a generation of gamers in 1997. Now, a new take on the legendary James Bond adventure arrives with Activision Publishing's (Nasdaq: ATVI) all-new GoldenEye 007(TM), which was unveiled at Nintendo's press briefing, held today during the Electronic Entertainment Exposition (E3) in Los Angeles....
CARLSBAD, Calif., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Razer, the world's leading manufacturer of high-end precision gaming and lifestyle peripherals, has joined forces with Blizzard Entertainment, a premier developer and publisher of entertainment software renowned for creating some of the industry's most critically acclaimed games, to introduce an entire suite of peripherals designed specifically for the release of Blizzard Entertainment's highly anticipated real-time strategy (RTS) game StarCraft®...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced that members of senior management, including Robert Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, Inc., will be giving a corporate presentation to analysts during the upcoming Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) on Monday, June 14 2010 at approximately 7:00pm PT/10:00pm ET. The presentation will be broadcast over the Internet. To access the webcast, please log on to...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In support of the May 25th debut of the highly-anticipated racing video game Blur, Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced the launch of a, new in-store demo program available exclusively at Best Buy. On Saturday, May 29 and Sunday, May 30, more that 200 Best Buy locations will feature live, in-store demos of Blur. Fans can get their hands on the ultimate powered-up racing demo and also take home a free Blur poster...
KIRKLAND, Wash. and SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Bungie, the developer of blockbuster game franchises including Halo, Myth and Marathon, and Activision, a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, the #1 online games publisher (Nasdaq: ATVI), announced today that they have entered into an exclusive 10-year partnership to bring Bungie's next big action game universe to market. Under the terms of the agreement, Activision will have exclusive, worldwide rights to...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) intends to release its first quarter 2010 results after the close of the market on Thursday, May 6, 2010. In conjunction with this release, Activision Blizzard will host a conference call that will be broadcast over the Internet. Thursday, May 6, 2010 1:30 pm Pacific Time (4:30 pm Eastern Time) To listen to...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that its March quarter 2010 GAAP and non-GAAP net revenues and earnings per share are tracking ahead of the company's prior outlook. On February 10, 2010, the company provided an outlook for the March quarter of $1.1 billion in GAAP net revenues and GAAP earnings per diluted share of $0.20. On a non-GAAP basis, the company provided an outlook of $525 million in net revenues and...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) and Marvel Entertainment (NYSE: MVL) have released the first details of Spider-Man(TM): Shattered Dimensions, the newest entry of non-stop heroic action to star the iconic wall-crawler. The video game is scheduled for release in September 2010 and will allow players to travel through four different worlds as distinctly different versions of Spider-Man from four universes across Marvel lore,...
