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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard is on the defensive after facing a number of lawsuits and investigations of the company for discrimination and sexual harassment, saying in a letter to employees released by the company to the public that it will have zero tolerance for harassment reported to the firm.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard is planning a set of massive layoffs, which may affect hundreds of people, according to a report on Friday. According to Bloomberg, Activision Blizzard is planning to lay off hundreds of people as it restructures to boost its profitability. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 15, 2019

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard has turned to a veteran of the entertainment industry to head up its marketing efforts, saying on Thursday that it has named David Messinger, a veteran of CAA, as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Santa Monica-based game publisher Activision said today that it has hit $1 billion in revenue in just the first 10 days of the release of its latest title, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. The company said the revenue exceeded the previous record, which it set in 2012 in 15 days with its earlier title, Black Ops II.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard reported a win in court late Thursday, saying that the United States District Court, Central District of California has invalidated all patent claims asserted by McRO, Inc. activision blizzard patent lawsuit legal mcro planet blue callofduty synchronization uspto' dba Planet Blue. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Santa Monica-based game developer Activision Blizzard says it is slashing 8 percent of its staff, or nearly 800 employees, as a part of a restructuring effort at the company. According to the company, the cuts will be to non-development and administrative-related areas, plus "initiatives that are not meeting expectations".

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FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Stephen Milligan , the CEO of Western Digital ; and Robert Kotick , the CEO of Activision Blizzard , are among the 100 most overpaid CEOs. a year, was number 40; and Bobby Kotick of Activision, paid $28.7M A new report , issued on Monday, says that Hock Tan , the CEO of Broadcom ; Robert Iger , the CEO of The Walt Disney Co.

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JUNE 29, 2020

How is Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard navigating the pandemic--and how is another local company, Heal , a part of those efforts? READ MORE>>.

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MAY 6, 2020

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard is seeing a surge in customers, the company said on Tuesday, as a result of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. The company just reported results, with sales up 21 percent in the company's first quarter, up to $1.52 billion in Q1. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

Santa Monica-based Activision said today that it has launched a new, mobile app, which lets players creat real-life, 3D printed figures for its Skylanders game. According to Activision, its new Skylanders Creator app lets fans create 3D, printed Skylanders Imaginators figures, which are playable in the Skylanders Imaginators console game.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Activision Blizzard of Santa Monica plans to open an e-sports arena in Burbank to play host to a variety of video game tournaments including the Overwatch Contenders Playoffs and Hearthstone Championship Tour in October, the company said Thursday.

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OCTOBER 15, 2018

Santa Monica-based game publisher Activision says its launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 on Friday was its "biggest day one digital release" in its history. Sales numbers and sales volume were not announced by the company. Activision said digital sales broke the record set in 2017 by Call of Duty: WWII.

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

Santa Monica-based videogame developer Activision Blizzard said late Friday that it has completed its acquisition of its shares from Vivendi, in a deal worth approximately $5.83 The company said it paid $13.60 The deal once again makes Activision Blizzard a fully independent company. per share in cash from Vivendi.

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

Santa Monica-based videogame publisher Activision said this morning that the latest sequel in its Call of Duty series of games, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 , is now available worldwide. The company said the title is now avaliable both digitally and at global retailers worldwide.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Santa Monica-based videogame maker Activision Blizzard said late Friday evening that it has syndicated a new, $@.5 5 billion term loan, to help fund the company''s split from Vivendi. Activision Blizzard said the funding, plus cash on hand, is going towards its payments to separate itself from Vivendi S.A., READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Santa Monica-based Activision reported today that it passed up more than $500M in sell through for the opening weekend of its new title, Call of Duty: WWII. Activision said it sold more than twice as many units in the opening weekend compared with last year's release. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The launch of its latest videogame franchise, Destiny , drove better than expected quarterly results over at Activision , pushing the company''s GAAP revenues to $753M in its third quarter, the company announced late Tuesday. Activision raised its full year outlook on the news. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 26, 2013

In a complex deal, Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard said last night that it has reached a deal with Vivendi , where it will acquire approximately 429 million shares of the company, in exchange for $5.83 In addition, an investor group--led by Activision CEO Bobby Kotick and co-chairman Brian Kelly--will purchase an additional $2.34

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

In a bid to stave off a lawsuit from former Panamanian dictator Manual Noriega , Santa Monica-based Activision has hired former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to fight Noriega''s claim that the company misappropriate Noriega''s likeness in developing the game "Call of Duty: Black Ops II". READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 15, 2015

Los Angeles-based apartment search startup RadPad > said today that it has hired on Activision veteran Mike Pelletier as its first Vice President of Marketing, the company said this morninng. Pelletier had previously been head of Activision's Call of Duty franchise, and also had been at Dell. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Santa Monica-based videogame publisher Activision and Nickelodeon said Thursday that the two are in a deal to produce video games around Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Financial details of the deal between the companies were not announced. That new, CG-version of the brand debuted in September of last year. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 13, 2012

Santa Monica-based Activision , via its subsidiary Activision Publishing, said today that it is in a strategic relationship with Flurry , a provider of mobile application, advertising, and analytics software. According to Activision, Flurry will help the firm to establish a new mobile publishing initiative.

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JANUARY 4, 2021

After selling his company, Acclaim Games, in 2010, video game industry veteran and former Activision Studios Chairman Howard Marks set his sights on a new goal.

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MAY 7, 2014

Santa Monica-based videogame publisher Activision Blizzard said late Tuesday that it saw better than expected financial results for the first quarter of 2014. The company reported net revenues of $1.111 billion, compared with an earlier expectation of only $885M in sales. billion in sales. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 13, 2017

Los Angeles-based Activision Publishing , and game studio Bungie said late Monday evening that they have an early ship date for Destiny 2. The company said it has begun taking pre-orders for the title.

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JULY 13, 2016

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard has rolled out a new expansion pack for its Call of Duty: Black Ops III title, saying that it has rolled out "Descent", the third expansion pack for the popular game. The new expansion was developed by Treyarch, and is published by Activision Publishing. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Santa Monica-based Activision said this week that it has named Humam Sakhnini as its Chief Strategy and Talent Officer. According to the company, the move will add human resources activities under his leadership responsibility. Sakhnini has been at the firm since 2009, and also served at McKinsey & Company. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 5, 2012

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard said this morning that it has hired a new CFO. Brown and Company. The firm said that Dennis Durkin has been named Chief Financial Officer, and will report to CEO Bobby Kotick. He also has served at Alex. Tippl remains COO. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Santa Monica-based Activision said over the weekend that it plans to launch its beta of the next expansion to its popular game, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, into a multiplayer, beta launch, on October 14th.

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JULY 3, 2013

Santa Monica-based videogame maker Activision said Tuesday that it has released a brand new, downloadable content pack for its popular title, Call of Duty: Black Ops II. The company said the new content pack, Call of Duty: Black Ops II Vengeance, includes new, multi-player maps, a new, zombie-focused map; a paintball course; and more.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Santa Monica-based Activision Publishing , the game publishing subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, said today that it sold more than $1 billion of its latest Call of Duty title in retail stores on day one. The company said that it released of Call of Duty: Ghosts yesterday in more than 15,000 retail midnight openings around the world.

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

Although creating films and cross licensing videogame titles is not new to the videogame industry, it looks as if Santa Monica-based Activision Publishing and automotive maker Jeep have taken the trend of taking videogames into other product areas to a new area today: a new, Call of Duty: Black Ops-themed Jeep Wrangler. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard said late Monday that it has received clearance from the South Korean Fair Trade Commission, on its deal to acquire King Digital Entertainment. The companies are still waiting for clerances from the EU, among other conditions. The clearance is one of a number of clerances required on the $5.9

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JUNE 24, 2015

Santa Monica-based Activision , along with Bungie and Red Bull , are in a major marketing partnership around the launch of the new expansion for Destiny , called The Taken King , the companies said this morning. The companies also have launched a website, www.redbullquest.com , which will feature videos, bonuses to the game, and more.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Santa Monica-based Activision Publishing said Tuesday afternoon that it is creating a new, dedicated business unit around its Call of Duty franchise. According to the company, the new unit will be headed by Philip Earl, who currently runs Activision's Asia Pacific region. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 8, 2017

Los Angeles-based StartEngine , the equity crowdfunding service run by serial entrepeneur Howard Marks, has chalked up 25 companies raising money on its platform since the start of 2017, according to the company.

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APRIL 29, 2010

Santa Monica-based videogame developer Activision has inked a deal with Bungie , the videogame firm behind Halo, Myth, and Marathon, the two firms said today. According to the two, they are in an exclusive, 10-year partnership which will give Activision exclusive, worldwide rights to publish and distribute all future Bungie games.

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