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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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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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DECEMBER 16, 2016

Santa Monica-based videogame publisher Activision Publishing , the arm of Activision Blizzard which publishes Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare , says its title is the number one console video game in the U.S., based on year-to-date revenue from physical unit sales.

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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 12, 2012

Los Angeles-based videogame maker Activision Blizzard is on the block, with majority owner Vivendi looking to sell the video game business, according to reports this week. Reuters, citing five sources "close to the situation," said that the firm is looking for bidders on Activision. Vivendi owns 60 percent of Activision Blizzard.

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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. call duty callofduty activision videogame sales' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 22, 2015

Santa Monica-based videogame publisher Activision Blizzard announced this morning that it has launched a brand new, Esports division, which will focus on competitive gaming and growth of esports. Activision titles in the Esports are include StarCraft, World of Warcraft, Heroes of the Storm, HearthStone, and more.

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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.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Santa Monica-based Activision has released the results of the launch of its latest Call of Duty title, Call of Duty: Black Ops III , last weekend, saying that the title saw $550 million in sales worldwide. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Santa Monica-based Activision Publishing has updated sales figures for its latest blockbuster release, Call of Duty: Black Ops , saying that the title has now grossed more than $650M in worldwide sell through in the last five days. Tags: content game video callofduty videogame black duty call activision. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

Santa Monica-based Activision disclosed yesterday that Call of Duty: Black Ops has surpassed over $1 billion in sales worldwide. Activision said, according to its internal estimates, its sell through of the title since November 9, it has racked up over $1 billion in sales. READ MORE>>.

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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 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 Tags: activision blizzard call duty black callofduty videogame content games gaming. READ MORE>>.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 31, 2018

LA County weighs electronic voting options; Activision issues Overwatch League changes; Hulu grows revenue 86 percent

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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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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Santa Monica-based videogame publisher Activision said this morning that it is launching its latest Call of Duty sequel, Call of Duty: Ghosts, on the Xbox One on Friday. The game--which racked up more than $1 billion of sales on day one of its release of the title on PlayStation4--is due to ship for the Xbox One this Friday, November 22nd.

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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.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Activision 's latest title from the Call of Duty franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops II , hit the stores today, as Activision looks to set another record for sales for the combat game. Activision is based in Santa Monica. Modern Warfare 3 set numerous launch records ($400M in 24 hours, $775M in five days) last December.

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L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Looking for Consumer Package Goods CEO to Replace Brian Lee, and Activision Hits Record $2B in Sales in Q4. Snap Announces Deal with A&E to Develop First Original Snapchat Show, Honest Co.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 9, 2018

For Overwatch League , the esports conference created by fiat from Activision Blizzard , the move is the first step in its plans for housing esports teams in cities around the country. Tickets go on sale on Friday, May 18th, at 10 a.m. Heading from sunny Burbank, Calif. that might rival LA for esports popularity. PDT via AXS.com.

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MARCH 2, 2021

Sales, Sony Music Entertainment, in a statement. . Existing investors like SeventySix Capital, The Strand Partners, Stadia Ventures, Hersh Interactive Group, and Transcend Fund, as well as early Zoom employees Richard Gatchalian and Aaron Lewis, also participated. .

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

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 newest Call of Duty title went on sale on November 13th. The company said the numbers came via Chart-Track, retail customer sell-through information and internal company estimates.

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MAY 13, 2013

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. David Padula has served at Activision and Paramount Pictures; Derek Padula has worked as a game designer at Electronic Arts, Activision, and Seven Studios.

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MAY 4, 2016

The sale of United Online came after a long and tortuous path, where United Online spun off flower delivery firm FTD , sold its Classmates unit, and its StayFriends social networking site, and battled both with B. Riley and Activision Howard Marks over the company's management and strategic plans.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

According to the Make-A-Wish-Foundation, the donation is part of an effort run by Blizzard for two months--November and December--within the firm's massively multiplayer online game, World of Warcraft, where the firm designated 50 percent of total sales of a special in-game pet, the Pandaren Monk, towards the charity. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

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 Austin Murray runs sales & marketing – a role he also held at JAMDAT. Zack is the creative talent.

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DECEMBER 30, 2011

Howard Marks , Co-Founder at Activision / StartEngine. A 20-year industry veteran, having co-founded juggernaut Activision as well as Acclaim Games. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group.

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JANUARY 20, 2012

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Dinesh is a highly entrepreneurial executive with a track record of driving sales through innovative biz-dev and online marketing techniques. Howard Marks , Co-Founder at Activision / StartEngine.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Look beyond California and you have group purchasing (GroupOn in Chicago, LivingSocial in Washington DC), private sales (Gilt Groupe in NY, HauteLook in LA), artisan marketplaces (Etsy in NY), eCommerce (Amazon in Seattle) and on and on. Each of these companies exited for more than $500 million and several north of $1 billion.

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