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JANUARY 27, 2022

Santa Monica-based video game publisher Activision Blizzard is planning a new, yet-to-be-named survival game, which it calls "Unannounced Survival Game", it announced in looking to recruit people to work on the new project. The announcement linked to a Blizzard job postings page, and included a few pieces of conceptual art.

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

Los Angeles-based Arktos Entertaiment Group , a firm which says it provides investment, creative and production management support, and other services to interactive and online entertainment firms, said today that it has led a $5M investment round in firm Online Warmongers. Online Warmongers lead title is "War Inc.

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

Santa Monica-based game publisher Activision says the latest installment in its popular Call of Duty game line, Call of Duty: WWII , has just passed up $1 billion in global sales. Activision says the game is now the number one selling console video game in North America. Activision did not release total sales on Destiny.

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JULY 19, 2012

The team -- made up of veterans from local, Silicon Beach technology companies -- said it is developing Club Caveman , a mobile app that combines movie-quality animation with all the interactivity of an iPad or iPhone. and Demand Media.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Entertainment has changed. Developments like live streaming, social media and more have made the stars of today more relatable and more easily reachable than those of yesteryear. A new startup is seizing on an opportunity to help up-and-coming online entertainers take a leaf out of that book and grow their relationships with fans.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

The REACH event will bring together some of gaming’s most influential thinkers, creators, and developers who will guide us through their vision of the next evolution of gaming. Scot has been an entrepreneur and executive responsible for the launch of several interactive entertainment ventures. Gaming developers.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

The president of Irvine-based Blizzard Entertainment, J. Oneal has been at Blizzard since January, serving as Executive Vice President of Development, and was previously head of Vicarious Visions; Ybarra has been at Blizzard since 2019, serving as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Platform and Technology.

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OCTOBER 24, 2013

The REACH event will bring together some of gaming’s most influential thinkers, creators, and developers who will guide us through their vision of the next evolution of gaming. Scot has been an entrepreneur and executive responsible for the launch of several interactive entertainment ventures. Josh Yguado - President SGN.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 21, 2009

A panel discussion hosted by the Beverly Hills Bar Associations IP, Internet and New Media Section Our panelists will discuss how technical protections and legal enforcement strategies can be applied to protect digital IP during development and upon release and the challenges created as technology gets even more user-friendly.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Scott was one of the first employees at Activision and was VP of their Studio Business. He also was an executive talent at Activision having designed & managed two products (Mechwarrior 2 and ? &# And normally the rest of the team are young & inexperienced because that’s all the startup could afford to bring on.

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JANUARY 18, 2012

All three of us have been working together for quite awhile, since Activision, fifteen or sixteen years ago. At our core, game designers love to come up with something really compelling, to create a great piece of entertainment, and try new things. Greg Borrud: We've always developed with cross platform in mind.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 2, 2012

He recently produced the Silicon Beach Fest along with Kevin Winston of Digital LA , and his mobile ad optimization and re-engagement company PageWoo came out of the 1st graduating class for the new Los Angeles accelerator Start Engine (developed by serial entrepreneur of Activision fame, Howard Marks). On the Develop.la So is tech.

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AUGUST 27, 2012

It's an intensely competitive market in developing games for the iPhone and other mobile platforms, with thousands and thousands of titles competing for attention from users. William is in San Diego, and is a longtime gaming vet, having been at Activision in the days of The Manhole and Myst. How did you get into iPhone development?

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MARCH 21, 2012

Because of that, the second thing, in addition to more capital, we thought we should have a building where there is lots of entrepreneurial activity, and where they could be lots of entrepreneurs in different stages of development. It's very hard to build something like a biotech in four months, because of the research and development.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

From investments and business, Robin Kaminsky , Entrepreneur in Residence at Rustin Canyon Partners, and former EVP of Publishing at Activision. Jason notes the work they’ve done for major companies like Lucas Films, and the need to focus on intensive development across multiple platforms – console, mobile, Kinect.

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