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| Video game giants in merger |
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 Video game giants in $18bn merger
By Rory Cellan-Jones
Technology correspondent, BBC News |
The companies behind Call of Duty and World of Warcraft are merging in a deal which could shake up the global video games industry.
Activision and Blizzard have said they will form "the world's most profitable games business" in a deal worth $18.8bn (£9.15bn).
US-based Activision also makes hit console games such as the Tony Hawk series and Guitar Hero.
Nine million people pay a monthly subscription to play World of Warcraft.
'High-growth industry'
Blizzard is the biggest player in online gaming and World of Warcraft is the global market leader of what are known as massively multi-player online role-playing games, or MMORPGs.
It is currently owned by the French media group Vivendi.
As part of the merger plan, Blizzard will invest $2bn in the new company, while Activision is putting up $1bn.
The merged business will be called Activision Blizzard and its chief executive will be Activision's current CEO Bobby Kotick. Vivendi will be the biggest shareholder in the group.
Jean-Bernard Levy, Vivendi chief executive, said: "This alliance is a major strategic step for Vivendi and is another illustration of our drive to extend our presence in the entertainment sector.
"By combining Vivendi's games business with Activision, we are creating a worldwide leader in a high-growth industry."
Different strengths
The two firms are hoping that their different strengths will combine to form a business which is powerful on every gaming platform and in every territory.
Blizzard is strong in Asia, where its Starcraft series has proved hugely popular.
Starcraft, a strategy game first released in 1998, is played by millions of South Koreans in gaming cyber-cafes, and by professional gamers on television.
Activision has developed a presence on all three new generation game consoles - Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo Wii - with franchises such as Spider-Man and X-Men.
The games software industry has been through turbulent years, with companies changing ownership and going in and out of business in rapid succession.
Activision was formed in 1979 and went through bankruptcy and a series of alliances and mergers before becoming successful.
Blizzard had been through a number of owners before ending up in the hands of Vivendi in 1998.
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Posted by Webb on Monday, December 10 @ 10:56:14 MST (283 reads)
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 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal judge ruled on Monday a California law to label violent video games and bar their sale to minors was unconstitutional, prompting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to say he would appeal the ruling.
California passed a law in 2005 regulating video games with strong support from Schwarzenegger, the former star of many violent action films. Legislators argued violent video games could bring psychological harm and spark aggressive behavior in minors.
The Video Software Dealers Association and the Entertainment Software Association promptly sued to block the law, arguing their games were protected under the First Amendment's protection of free speech.
Judge Ronald Whyte, who had previously granted a preliminary injunction against the law, issued a permanent order that also cited conclusions from judges facing similar laws in other states.
"At this point, there has been no showing that violent video games as defined in the Act, in the absence of other violent media, cause injury to children," he wrote in his decision. "In addition, the evidence does not establish that video games, because of their interactive nature or otherwise, are any more harmful than violent television, movies, Internet sites or other speech-related exposures."
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Posted by Webb on Tuesday, August 07 @ 14:26:05 MDT (598 reads)
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Inskipp writes "An old Quake 3 modification, World of Padman, is now available as a stand alone download, you do NOT need Quake 3 to play. You can find the file here:
www.worldofpadman.com
World of PADMAN, WoP for short, is a fun, fast, colorful and bloodless mod. It's a total conversion with a complete new gamestyle. The World of PADMAN is a mixture of reality and cartoon. It's like the cartoon-characters come out of the books and run around in the real rooms. It includes 3 new gametypes: spray your Color, BigBalloon, and load PAD standing. 11 new maps, 6 new Models with 42 Skins, 9 new weapons, and 7 new Powerups are also featured, The file is about 550MB ."
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Posted by Webb on Wednesday, April 04 @ 17:38:37 MDT (5136 reads)
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 IL-2 STURMOVIK™: 1946 is a wide-ranging new offering, with 32 new flyable aircraft,
hundreds of new missions in nine campaigns spread across the entire globe,
nearly 1,000 new paintschemes, as well as many exclusive features.
Pilots can fly the skies and fight enemies over the Russian front, German occupied Europe,
the Far East and the Pacific. STURMOVIK™: 1946 also includes all of previous Il-2 series content in a single simple installation, thus bringing the most respected anthology flight simulator to an unmatched 229 flyable aircraft and over 300 total aircraft on one DVD!
Note: Check out the Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IL-2_Sturmovik_(game)
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Posted by Webb on Tuesday, April 03 @ 21:51:27 MDT (5147 reads)
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