Activision Blizzard Gets Stockholder Approval: related news

Activision Blizzard Gets Stockholder Approval

Activision announced today that at a special meeting of stockholders it received the required stockholder approval to complete the proposed merger with Vivendi Games. The proposals received more than 92 percent of the shares voted, and the transaction is expected to close on July 9.

Activision Blizzard Posts Record 1Q Fiscal Year 2009 Activision Stand-Alone Results

VIVEF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Activision Blizzard this week announced that Activision's stand-alone preliminary financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, which ended on June 30, prior to the closing of the transaction with Vivendi, on July 9, were higher than Activision's previously provided first quarter outlook.

Activision Blizzard Announces Record First Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 Activision Stand-Alone Results

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jul 14, 2008: Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVID) today announced that Activision's stand-alone preliminary financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, which ended on June 30, 2008, prior to the closing of the transaction with Vivendi, on July 9, 2008, were higher than Activision's previously provided first quarter outlook.

Activision Blizzard Announces Final Results of Self-Tender Offer

today announced the final results of its tender offer to purchase up to 146,500,000 shares of its outstanding common stock at a price of $27.50 per share, net to the tendering stockholders in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest. The tender offer expired at 5:00 p.m., New York time, on Wednesday, August 13, 2008. Pursuant to the tender offer, Activision Blizzard has purchased 85,916 shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $27.50 per share for a total cost of approximately $2.3 million, excluding fees and expenses relating to the tender offer. Activision Blizzard is funding the purchase of shares in the tender offer with available cash on hand. The tender offer was agreed to be made in connection with the business combination between Activision, Inc.

Shareholders Approve Activision Blizzard Merger

Shareholders Approve Activision Blizzard Merger [07.08.08] Publisher Activision has announced that a special meeting of shareholders has given the company its approval to complete the proposed merger with Blizzard and Sierra parent company Vivendi Games.

Blizzard Tries To Forbid Open Sourcing Glider

ruphus13 notes a new development in Blizzard's case against MDY, which we discussed last week. Blizzard, the maker of World of Warcraft, has now requested another injunction — to prevent the open sourcing of Glider code. Quoting: "Blizzard has asked the court for a relatively unconventional order prohibiting MDY from making the source code for its MMO Glider software available to the public, and prohibiting MDY from helping people develop other World of Warcraft automation software. Blizzard had previously asked the court to shut down MDY's WoW operations in its motion for summary judgment, but the court's summary judgment order did not address Blizzard's request. Blizzard's requests to prohibit open-source release of MDY's software and prohibit MDY's assistance in development of independent WoW bots are new to this motion — and seem

Activision Blizzard Makes Self-Tender Offer

Activision Blizzard, a pure-play online and console game publisher, announced the commencement of a tender offer to purchase up to 146,500,000 shares of its outstanding common stock at a price of $27.50 per share representing approximately 22 percent of Activision Blizzard's outstanding common stock as of July 9.

Activision Blizzard To Split 2-For-1

July 11, 2008 (FinancialWire) Activision Blizzard, Inc. s (NASDAQ: ATVI) board has approved a two-for-one stock split of its outstanding shares of common stock to be effected in the form of a common stock dividend. The company s stockholders will receive one additional share for each share of common stock held on the record date, which hasn t been set but should coincide with a pending tender offer. Santa Monica, California-based Activision Blizzard is a pure-play online and console game publisher. The company maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Romania, Australia, Chile, India, Japan, China, the region of Taiwan and South Korea. FinancialWire is a fully independent, proprietary news wire service of Investrend Information (a divisio

Blizzard-Activision Merger Official

The Washington Post's Mike Musgrove is reporting that the Blizzard-Activision merger is official as of yesterday afternoon. "One analyst has predicted that the merged company would make $1.38 billion in profits during its first financial year, enough to make Activision Blizzard the world's largest game publisher. [...] But this merger should give the newly-formed company enough heft to compete with EA for such blockbuster projects, said Pachter. 'It's good to have a duopoly instead of a monopoly,' he said. 'This just makes the industry that much more interesting.'"

Analysis: Are Infinity Ward And Activision Learning From Blizzard?

Analysis: Are Infinity Ward And Activision Learning From Blizzard? [07.09.08] In an in-depth opinion piece, Gamasutra's Chris Remo takes a look at Infinity Ward's 'declaration of independence' within big publisher Activision, asking whether the balance of power has changed, and whether developers like Blizzard and Bungie are also tails wagging the publisher dog.

Guitar Hero Makers Want to Compete With iTunes

After selling 20 million copies and earning over a billion dollars, Activision Blizzard, the creators of Guitar Hero, think the next logical step for the franchise is to open up an iTunes-like digital music store. “I don’t think there have been a lot of credible alternatives to iTunes, but Guitar Hero certainly has that potential,” Bobby Kotick, chief executive of Activision Blizzard said, adding that “the natural evolution” of the franchise would be to create an online music platform. Activision Blizzard was formed yesterday as the result of the merger between Activision (the company behind the Guitar Hero franchise) and Vivendi Games, the group responsible for World of Warcraft and the gaming arm of the company that also owns Universal Music.

Activision-Blizzard's High Moon to lose staff too, says report

activision-blizzard, high moon, radicalActivision-Blizzard's High Moon to lose staff too, says report

Vivendi and Activision Create Activision Blizzard

Cash Tender Offer for Up to 146.5 Million of Activision Blizzard Shares at $27.50 Per Share to Commence Within Five Business Days

Activision Blizzard raises Q2 outlook - quick facts

(RTTNews) - Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVID: News, Chart, Quote ) said it currently expects second quarter net revenues of about $650 million and earnings per share of $0.16 to $0.18, an increase from Activision's prior outlook of $500 million in net revenues and earnings per share of $0.04 on a stand-alone basis.

Activision Blizzard merger finally goes through

The deal between video game publishers Vivendi and Activision to create Activision Blizzard has been completed following green lights from all relevant parties.

Activision Blizzard Deal Goes Through

It was announced last December, but the deal between Vivendi and Blizzard to form Activision Blizzard has finally received all the green lights.

Activision Blizzard Locking Up Top Devs

That didn't take long. Just hours after the big Activision-Vivendi merger that created Activision Blizzard, the new company started locked its top execs into long-term contracts. From Ben Fritz's blog in today's Variety:

Activision to drop Ghostbusters, Brutal Legend, and other titles.

Activision has announced that they will only be publishing four titles after the recent news that they are now merged with Blizzard to form Activision-Blizzard. Some anticipated games such as Ghostbusters and Brutal Legend are now left with no publisher.

Activision to drop Ghostbusters, Brutal Legend, and other titles.

Activision has announced that they will only be publishing four titles after the recent news that they are now merged with Blizzard to form Activision-Blizzard. Some anticipated games such as Ghostbusters and Brutal Legend are now left with no publisher.

Activision to drop Ghostbusters, Brutal Legend, and other titles.

Activision has announced that they will only be publishing four titles after the recent news that they are now merged with Blizzard to form Activision-Blizzard. Some anticipated games such as Ghostbusters and Brutal Legend are now left with no publisher.

Activision to drop Ghostbusters, Brutal Legend, and other titles.

Activision has announced that they will only be publishing four titles after the recent news that they are now merged with Blizzard to form Activision-Blizzard. Some anticipated games such as Ghostbusters and Brutal Legend are now left with no publisher.

Activision to drop Ghostbusters, Brutal Legend, and other titles.

Activision has announced that they will only be publishing four titles after the recent news that they are now merged with Blizzard to form Activision-Blizzard. Some anticipated games such as Ghostbusters and Brutal Legend are now left with no publisher.

Activision to drop Ghostbusters, Brutal Legend, and other titles.

Activision has announced that they will only be publishing four titles after the recent news that they are now merged with Blizzard to form Activision-Blizzard. Some anticipated games such as Ghostbusters and Brutal Legend are now left with no publisher.

Activision to drop Ghostbusters, Brutal Legend, and other titles.

Activision has announced that they will only be publishing four titles after the recent news that they are now merged with Blizzard to form Activision-Blizzard. Some anticipated games such as Ghostbusters and Brutal Legend are now left with no publisher.

Activision to drop Ghostbusters, Brutal Legend, and other titles.

Activision has announced that they will only be publishing four titles after the recent news that they are now merged with Blizzard to form Activision-Blizzard. Some anticipated games such as Ghostbusters and Brutal Legend are now left with no publisher.

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