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World of Warcraft patent infringement case set for hearing in 2013

09/17/2012, While the lawsuits that have been grabbing the headlines recently have been between Apple and Samsung, here’s one that might impact those of you who play Blizzard’s World of Warcraft, and possibly any other MMO in the future. According to [...]

Vivendi reportedly looking to sell off Activision-Blizzard

06/08/2012, We’re sure that many gamers out there are familiar with Activision-Blizzard which is owned by Vivendi. Well according to reports, it seems that Vivendi might be considering selling off that particular arm. Why is this so? After all Activision’s shares [...]

Vivendi rumored to spin off Activision Blizzard into a new company

04/27/2012, According to recent rumors, Vivendi, the parent company of Activision Blizzard, has been reported to be considering spinning on Activision Blizzard into an entity of its own. Anonymous sources supposed familiar with the matter have revealed that Vivendi could be [...]

Activision Blizzard sued by Worlds Inc. over alleged patent infringement

04/10/2012, It seems that in a lawsuit recently filed by Worlds Inc., the company has alleged that Activision Blizzard has infringed upon one of their patents. This patent has been described as a “system and method for enabling users to interact [...]

World of Warcraft: almost a million subscribers lost last quarter

11/10/2011, It looks like Activision Blizzard’s popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft, is finally starting to die out. At the company’s recent financial report conference call for Q3 2011, it announced that it finished the quarter with 10.3 million active subscribers. Compared [...]

Call of Duty:Black Ops is more addictive than Facebook

05/10/2011, According to Activision Blizzard, people spend more time playing Call of Duty: Black Ops than they do tagging pics, updating their statuses or poking people on Facebook. The claim is that on average gamers play Call of Duty: Black Ops [...]

Call of Duty: Black Ops is the best selling game of all time in the US

03/15/2011, If you need any more proof about controversy makes things sell, just take a look at the sales figures for Activision’s hit selling game, Call of Duty: Black Ops. Highly-controversial game, Black Ops (due to the depiction of terrorists and [...]

Activision Hesitant To Support The Kinect Or Move

06/23/2010, With many folks looking forward to motion-controlled gaming via Microsoft’s Kinect or Sony’s PlayStation Move, you’d think that game developers would be scrambling to get motion-sensing games out of the door. But it turns out that Activision Blizzard is quite [...]