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kirby007 on 03 December 2007

*sigh* you guys know how too get too me, warcraft IV & diablo 3 if I have played those games i can die in peace

EDIT : woops put the I on the wrong side



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andors on 03 December 2007
Gnizmo said:
Soriku said:
This is what she says:

Q: "I had a feeling that Activision would do something outlandish to prevent them from losing money and announcing the formation of a conglomerate on Sunday is that."

Hmm? You're wrong in this statement. Vivendi bought 52% of Activision. Activision didn't do anything.

A: kirolos: "Under the terms of the agreement, Vivendi Games will be merged with a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision."

 http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20071202005054&newsLang=en

Vivendi to Contribute Vivendi Games Valued at $8.1 Billion, Plus $1.7 Billion in Cash in Exchange for Approximately 52% Stake in Activision Blizzard at Closing; Total Transaction Valued at $18.9 Billion

 

Vivendi games division is gone to Ativision, but Vivendi now owns the whole thing.  I am betting this is more a plan for Vivendi to get their games division to be useful for something other than the next Blizzard title.


I will remain president and CEO of Blizzard Entertainment reporting to Bobby Kotick who is CEO of Activision Blizzard.

Originally Bobby Kotick gave Bruce Hack, CEO of Vivendi Games, a phone call. They met for lunch to chat about potential things the two companies could do together.

Taken from http://au.games.ign.com/articles/839/839007p1.html interview with Mike CEO Blizzard Entertainment

Most likely Activision plan the merge and go ahead with it even when it causes their share of the company to be smaller. Anyway this merge will allow both company to gain plenty of advantages

BTW it is also said in the press release that Vivendi could own as much as 68% of Activision Blizzard by the time the deal is over



Arcturus on 03 December 2007
ShastaMasta said:
i'm waiting for surfer girl to reveal nintendo is making another game with mario in it

 You win the thread.



Mummelmann on 03 December 2007
ShastaMasta said:
i'm waiting for surfer girl to reveal nintendo is making another game with mario in it

 What?! You have the gift of foresight too?! Jubilations!!



ClaudeLv250 on 03 December 2007

Roffle. The longer surfer girl is around, the tighter panties get tied on the net.



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Fonzerelli on 03 December 2007

I thought Activision-Blizzard is a great name. Other than games developed by Blizzard, VU Games are nothing to write home about. With franchises such as Starcraft, Warcraft, Diablo and World Of Warcraft unde rits hood, blizzard have earned a lot of goodwill among the gaming community. Lets hope they do not dilute the Blizzard brandname.



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DMeisterJ on 03 December 2007

who is surfer girl?



Faxanadu on 03 December 2007

so a M&A of this magnitude was done as "something outlandish to prevent Activision from loosing money"? Very nice and shows deep insights into how businesses run. Oh, we might loose some money in the upcoming fiscal year. What the heck, lets just merge with someone and everything will be fine.

In other news, I just spend money on ice cream in order to prevent my girlfriend to realise that i also spend money on chocolate.



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StarcraftManiac on 10 December 2007

Can some plz ask a question from me to surfergirl, i don't know how to get in touch with her!

 

My question(s):

Is Timesplitters 4 coming to Wii, if not, on which platform(s) will it be released?!

And:

What is the release date (rough estimate is ok with me) for Timesplitters 4?!

 

 

Regards, StarcraftManiac!



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