Gamersglobal reported about the decision of Blizzard and Activision to team-up last year in December. Now, all the paperwork is done, as the Blizzard webpage informs. The two developers are now completely merged into one company, you find them on NASDAQ under the ticker ATVI. more...

Activision confirmed that it plans to release Little League World Series 2008 for the Wii and DS on August 5, 2008.

The game is the first officially licensed Little League video game (for our less sports-oriented readers, Little League is a youth baseball league). The game will features eight U.S. and eight international teams playing baseball on fields around the world. more...

Activision says that its premium map content (the Variety Map Pack) for the Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was downloaded more than one million times in the first nine days since it was launched. And each download cost 800 points. That’s quite a lot of money from extra downloadable content. more...

Activision recently launched the official site (created as part of a settlement for a class action lawsuit) for consumers who purchased the Wii version of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, only to be horrified that the game did not support Dolby Pro Logic II sound. more...

Like the Guitar Hero games? Want to play Guitar Hero on the go? Today, Activision shared how it plans to make the experience on the DS the equal of standing in front of your television with a guitar controller. more...

While reading filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission doesn’t sound exciting, it can reveal fascinating information. In Activision’s latest filings with the SEC, Activision presented the detailed merger agreement between it and Vivendi to combine their game operations. more...

Update: A paper on the recent Activision/Vivendi Games merger confirms previous speculations of Call of Duty 5 being developed -- see image above. The paper format can be downloaded from activisionblizzard.com. more...

Today, Vivendi and Activision have announced the largest merger in Gaming history, which dwarfs the acquisition of BioWare/Pandemic by Electronic Arts (for up to 860 million dollars) on October 12th 2007. The deal cleverly minimizes the amount of cash that needs to change hands (see below), but would value the total company at around 18.8 billion dollars. more...

Just received an E-mail from the Call of Duty HQ fansite, saying:

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Following yesterday’s announcement that the competing game Rock Band is gold, Activision reminded us this morning of Guitar Hero III: Legend’s of Rock’s success. more...