Activision and Blizzard parent merge in $18 billion deal


	Activision and Blizzard parent merge in $18 billion deal

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12-3-2007 3:59 PM

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"Activision, the publishing powerhouse behind the Call of Duty and Tony Hawk series; and Vivendi Games, owner of Blizzard Entertainment, which you probably don't need us to tell you is behind the Warcraft and Starcraft series, are coming together to form "the world's most profitable games business," cleverly named Activision Blizzard."</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.glinkster.com/link_detail.php?id=3061"><DIV class="G_stamp"><IMG align="left" alt="" src="http://www.glinkster.com/user/180/avatar.jpg?rand=1191462636" /><SPAN class="gray">Submitted by:</SPAN><A href="http://www.glinkster.com/user_profile.php?id=180">keithldick</A>(47.6) | 1 day ago
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