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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' 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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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. The move comes even as Activions Blizzard reported record net revenues in 2018 of $7.50 bllion, up from the $7.02

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 9, 2021

Activision Blizzard Inc. reported solid earnings in the second quarter, but the gains failed to lift the stock price of the embattled Santa Monica-based gaming giant.

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MARCH 13, 2019

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard is looking to create a new, city-based Call of Duty e-sports league, and has started looking for franchisees willing to pay $25 million to set up a team in their own city, according to a report on Wednesday. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Santa Monica-based videogame publisher Activision Publishing reports that it sold more than $500M of its latest title, Destiny , as of day one. Activision claimed that the numbers make Destiny the "most successful new video game franchise launch of all time." activision destiny videogame sales opening console'

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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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OCTOBER 18, 2018

Santa Monica-based Activision is reporting this morning that it has had more than $500M in "sell-through" on its latest title in its first three days of release, saying that it has now set records for most combined players, average hours per player and total number of hours played, on current generation consoles.

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JANUARY 4, 2016

Santa Monica-based Activision has reportedly acquired e-sports organization Major League Gaming , in a deal worth $46M. According to leaked documents sent to shareholders of Major League Gaming, the deal is split between $31M in cash immediately, plus $15M held in escrow.

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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 9, 2011

A report today from AllthingsD says that an investor group, which includes Santa Monica-based Activision 's Bobby Kotick, is in the last legs of negotiating a deal to acquire MySpace , the beleaguered, once-high flying social network. to a bevy of buyers, with no deals yet inked. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 5, 2012

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard said this morning that it has hired a new CFO. The firm said that Dennis Durkin has been named Chief Financial Officer, and will report to CEO Bobby Kotick.

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 8, 2019

The Santa Monica-based video game publisher behind popular games such as “Call of Duty” and “Overwatch” saw its profits decline more than 18% from this time last year, reporting a net income of $328 million.

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JULY 1, 2019

Los Angeles is boosting its ever growing presence in the e-sports industry, with a brand new competitive team for Call of Duty , Activision announced on Monday. Activision--based in Santa Monica--said it now has seven teams in its league, including existing teams in Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Paris and Toronto.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard reports today that it saw about $360 million in sales Tuesday, in the first 24 hours of the release of its new title, Call of Duty: Black Ops. Activision sold approximately 5.6 The new Call of Duty title was developed by Santa Monica-based Treyarch Studios.

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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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DECEMBER 5, 2012

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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AUGUST 4, 2015

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said Monday afternoon that it has named Wendy Voong as the company's new Chief Accounting Officer. Voong was most recently Senior Director, North America Accounting and Reporting for Activision, and also has served at Ernst & Young.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Santa Monica-based game maker Activision Blizzard reported Wednesday afternoon that the firm has appointed George L. Activision said the new public policy position was created to "proactively address the complex global legislative issues and regulatory issues likely to face our industry" in the future.

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DECEMBER 12, 2011

Santa Monica-based Activision Publishing said this morning that its new title, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 , has just topped $1 billion in sales. Activision Publishing, which is a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, said it took only 16 days for the company to hit the milestone. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 23, 2009

Santa Monica-based video games developer Activision has tapped former Yahoo! According to Activision, Rosensweig will oversee game development, hardware manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, and marketing for RedOctane. Tags: activision video game content rosenweig videogame executive.

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MARCH 23, 2009

Santa Monica-based video games developer Activision has tapped former Yahoo! According to Activision, Rosenweig will oversee game development, hardware manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, and marketing for RedOctane. Tags: video activision content game rosenweig executive videogame.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Santa Monica-based Activision reports this morning that sales of its latest Call of Duty title, Modern Warfare 3, have topped $775M worldwide, in what it says is its record setting five day worldwide sell through. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Santa Monica-based Activision reports that its Call of Duty Elite online networking service for players of Call of Duty has hit one million memberships, just six days after launch. Users who signed up for the Elite service had issues logging in and using the service, after it was overwhelmed with new players.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Santa Monica-based Activision reported Friday that it had an estimated sell through of more than $400M on its new title, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, in the first 24 hours of its release. The firm said it sold more than 6.5 million units in North America and the United Kingdom alone with the release.

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OCTOBER 28, 2011

Headquarted in Santa Monica, CA, CallFire is dedicated to providing high-availability systems, intuitive user interfaces, furious developer support, and unparalleled customer care in order to transform how companies do business. Gold Sponsor. .

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OCTOBER 28, 2011

Headquarted in Santa Monica, CA, CallFire is dedicated to providing high-availability systems, intuitive user interfaces, furious developer support, and unparalleled customer care in order to transform how companies do business. Gold Sponsor. .

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JANUARY 30, 2012

Headquarted in Santa Monica, CA, CallFire is dedicated to providing high-availability systems, intuitive user interfaces, furious developer support, and unparalleled customer care in order to transform how companies do business.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I live in the city of Santa Monica. There is no region in the country that comes close to having the sheer number of angels & VCs that Silicon Valley has as well as the dollars that flow into the region (40% of all dollars, PwC Moneytree report ). So can you really build a great tech firm outside of Silicon Valley?

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