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Skylanders Spyro's Adventure(TM) Sweeps: Pioneering Franchise Is ...

SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc.

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Related Topix: Skylanders, Activision, Video Games, Software, Blizzard Entertainment, Santa Monica, CA, Publishing, Media, Thomas Publishing

Thu May 31, 2012

The Motley Fool

3 Best Buys Now

The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which analyst Jason Moser and advisor Charly Travers discuss topics around the investing world.

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Digital Trends

Activision Blizzard may settle with Zampella, West, and the Infinity...

Call of Duty creators Vincent Zampella and Jason West will see their case against Activision Blizzard go to trial on Friday, but there's time on Thursday before a pre-trial hearing for the groups to reach a settlement.

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Related Topix: Activision, n-Space, Call of Duty, Video Games, Software, Blizzard Entertainment, Publishing, Media, Thomas Publishing

Customer Interaction Solutions

A Forward Look, the Year Ahead -- Featured Research on Cadence...

HONG KONG -- -- 05/31/12 -- Today, www.BollingerReport.com introduced featured coverage of Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Related Topix: Marketwire, Biotech, Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Activision, Video Games, Software, Blizzard Entertainment

Wed May 30, 2012

Customer Interaction Solutions

MEGA Brands and Activision announce worldwide licensing partnership

MEGA BLOKS Toys Based on SKYLANDERS GiantsTM Coming This Fall MONTREAL, May 30, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - MEGA Brands Inc.

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Related Topix: Skylanders, Activision, Video Games, Software, Blizzard Entertainment, Publishing, Media, Thomas Publishing, Family, Kids

Tue May 29, 2012

Game Industry

Prototype 2 DLC Ready

PROTOTYPE 2's Sgt. James Heller might be the ultimate shape-shifting badass, but even he wouldn't say no to a little excessive force.

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Related Topix: Activision, Prototype, Video Games, Blizzard Entertainment, Software, The, Deep Silver

Gamasutra

Digital vs. Retail: Five big publishers

A couple of weeks ago, while looking at diminishing hardware and software sales figures in the U.S. and the UK , I brought up the issue of digital sales figures .

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Related Topix: Activision, Blizzard Entertainment, Video Games, Software, Google, Startups

Fri May 25, 2012

Los Angeles Times

Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 'bonus pool' close to half a billion

Activision Blizzard Inc. on Friday dropped a hint at how much money could be at stake in its high-profile lawsuit against two former developers of the company's Call of Duty games.

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Related Topix: Activision, n-Space, Call of Duty, Video Games, Software, Blizzard Entertainment, California, Entertainment

VentureBeat

Video game series contract will be tough for Bungie, easy for Activision

The contract between Bungie, the celebrated maker of the Halo series, and Activision Blizzard was unsealed this week in litigation related to Activision's feud with the co-founders of Infinity Ward, creator and former developer of the Call of Duty series.

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Related Topix: Activision, n-Space, Call of Duty, Video Games, Software, Halo, 343 Industries, Microsoft Game Studios, Blizzard Entertainment

Thu May 24, 2012

Gamasutra

Sr. Network Programmer - Activision Santa Monica, CA, USA

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of video games.

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Related Topix: Activision, Software, Blizzard Entertainment, AAA

Examiner.com

Diablo 3, Addendum

Kirk Hamilton at Kotaku quips that " It's Blizzard's world; we just live in it ," in his follow-up piece concerning the latest from Activision Blizzard.

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Related Topix: Electronic Arts, Video Games, Mass Effect, Activision, Blizzard Entertainment, Software, Star Wars, Dragon Age

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Stock Insights: Canadian Pacific, Genesco, Magnum Hunter, Activision Blizzard, Mastercard May 24th

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited : After more than 4,800 Canadian Pacific employees went on strike yesterday, Sterne Agee expects the government to end the strike next week.

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Related Topix: Activision, Video Games, Software, Blizzard Entertainment, MasterCard, Financial Services, Magnum Hunter Resources, Apparel, Energy, Oil & Gas, Genesco, Footwear

Wed May 23, 2012

Benzinga

Diablo 3's Success to Cannibalize World of Warcraft

Activision Blizzard was filled with excitement this morning when it announced that Diablo 3 had become the fastest-selling PC game of all time .

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Related Topix: Blizzard Entertainment, World of Warcraft, Video Games, Activision, Software

Cinema Blend News

Activision Owed Modern Warfare 2 Devs $26 Million

Coming off the recent plea-of-defense from the head of Beenox Studios, claiming Activision is getting an undue amount of criticism, even more damning news surfaces on one of the leading publishers of video game software.

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Related Topix: Activision, n-Space, Call of Duty, Video Games, Software

Benzinga

Diablo 3 Tops World of Warcraft and Call of Duty, Becomes Fastest-Selling PC Game of All Time

"We're definitely thrilled that so many people around the world were excited to pick up their copy of Diablo III and jump in the moment it went live," Mike Morhaime, CEO and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment, said in a company release.

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Related Topix: Blizzard Entertainment, World of Warcraft, Video Games, Activision, n-Space, Call of Duty, Software, Amazon

SPOnG.com

Despite Server Problems and Hacks - Diablo III Sets New Sales Record - News

Good news and large champers all round over at the Blizzard chief financial officer's office as the servers grind in tech, and the lawyers look at the small local difficulty of the ID hacks - the game set the long-sought after "PC-Game Launch Record.

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Related Topix: Blizzard Entertainment, World of Warcraft, Video Games, Activision, Software

Tue May 22, 2012

Digital Trends

Activision Blizzard opens new mobile game studio with former Rockstar, Team 17 staffers

Activision Blizzard gets proactive in the mobile game business, opening a new studio with former staff members of Rockstar Games and Team 17.

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Related Topix: Activision, Video Games, Software, Blizzard Entertainment, Worms, Rockstar North, Rockstar Games, Red Dead Redemption, Grand Theft Auto

Nag.blog

Oops! CoD lawsuit leaks details on Bungie's new game series

As you all know, Activision is in the midst of a lawsuit with the creators of the Modern Warfare franchise, Jason West and Vincent Zampella.

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Related Topix: Activision, Video Games, Software, Blizzard Entertainment

Mon May 21, 2012

Feature RSS feed from 1UP

What If Third-Party Development Didn't Exist?

This image is usually accompanied by a deep-voiced demand for sacrificial virgins.

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Related Topix: Activision, Video Games, Software, Blizzard Entertainment, Games, Party Game

Fri May 18, 2012

PC Magazine

Blizzard Delays Real-World 'Diablo III' Auction House a Week

Blizzard has set a date for its real-money, Diablo III auction house to go live: May 29, about a week after originally scheduled.

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Related Topix: Blizzard Entertainment, World of Warcraft, Video Games, Activision, Software

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