Activision Inc. and Vivendi signed a definitive agreement to combine Vivendi Games ,which includes Blizzard Ent

Activision Inc. and Vivendi today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to combine Vivendi Games — which includes Blizzard Ent, creators of WORLD OF WARCRAFT — with Activision, creating the world’s largest pure-play online and console game publisher. The new company, Activision Blizzard, is expected to have approximately $3.8 billion in pro forma combined calendar 2007 revenues and the highest operating margins of any major third-party videogame publisher. On closing of the transaction, Activision will be renamed Activision Blizzard and will continue to operate as a public company traded on NASDAQ under the ticker ATVI.
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