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Activision Blizzard Gains As Video Games See Surge

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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.

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Activision, Tencent Tie On Call of Duty Launch In China

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Santa Monica-based Activision and Chinese game maker Tencent said today that the two are launching the popular Activision title Call of Duty into China, releasing the game as a free-to-play -- and also adapting the game to Chinese customs. callofduty activision tencent china international' READ MORE>>.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops II Tops $1 Billion Sales Mark

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Santa Monica-based videogame developer Activision Publishing , which is a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, reports that its newly launched title, Call of Duty: Black Ops II , just crossed the $1 billion mark in retail sales. Activision said it reached that retail sales mark just fifteen days after launch.

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Maestro nets $15 million for its interactive commerce, community and engagement tools for livestreams

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“ We were targeted to a small number of very premier customers. Instead of relying on incumbent distribution platforms, customers control the audience relationship directly and maximize engagement and monetization in a way that fits with their brand objectives. Sales, Sony Music Entertainment, in a statement. .

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Fans.lu Ties With Game Development Organization

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David Padula has served at Activision and Paramount Pictures; Derek Padula has worked as a game designer at Electronic Arts, Activision, and Seven Studios. is the brainchild of David Padula, Derek Padula, and Dave Delaney, who have created a platform to help developers monetize their games through merchandise sales. READ MORE>>.

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Call Of Duty: Black Ops II Sells $500M In First 24 Hours

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Santa Monica-based Activision Publishing is estimating a sell-through of more than $500M in the first 24 hours of launching Call of Duty: Black Ops II. The company said the numbers came via Chart-Track, retail customer sell-through information and internal company estimates. The newest Call of Duty title went on sale on November 13th.

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