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blizzard.com. Blizzard Entertainment, divisi Activision Blizzard, adalah pengembang dan penerbit permainan komputer Amerika Serikat yang markasnya terletak di Irvine, California. [3] Pada Desember 2007, diumumkan bahwa Vivendi Games akan bergabung dengan Activision, menggunakan nama Blizzard untuk perusahaan hasil gabungan, Activision Blizzard.
Activision Blizzard, Inc. [a] adalah perusahaan induk video game Amerika yang berbasis di Santa Monica, California. [3] Didirikan pada Juli 2008 melalui penggabungan Activision, Inc. (perusahaan induk yang diperdagangkan secara publik dari Activision) dan Vivendi Games.
Blizzard Entertainment, divisi Activision Blizzard, adalah pengembang dan penerbit permainan komputer Amerika Serikat yang markasnya terletak di Irvine, California. [3] Quick facts: Sebelumnya, Jenis, Industri, Didirikan, Pendi...
- History
- Games
- Corporate Structure
- Esports Initiatives
- Call of Duty Endowment
- Other Legal Disputes
- See Also
Background and formation
The original Activision company was founded in 1979, as a third-party developer for games on the Atari Video Computer System. In 1988 the company expanded into non-gaming software and renamed itself Mediagenic. This venture was not successful, incurring heavy losses. In 1991 a group of investors led by Bobby Kotick bought the company. Kotick instituted a large restructuring to reduce debt, including renaming the company back to Activision and moving it to Santa Monica, California. By 1997 the...
New titles and sales records
In early 2010, the independent studio Bungie entered into a 10-year publishing agreement with Activision Blizzard. By the end of 2010, Activision Blizzard was the largest video games publisher in the world. The 2011 release of Activision Blizzard's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 grossed $400 million in the US and UK alone in its first 24 hours, making it the biggest entertainment launch of all time. It was also the third consecutive year the Call of Duty series broke the biggest launch record...
Split from Vivendi and growth
On July 25, 2013, Activision Blizzard announced the purchase of 429 million shares from owner Vivendi for $5.83 billion, dropping the shareholder from a 63% stake to 11.8% by the end of the deal in September. At the conclusion of the deal, Vivendi was no longer Activision Blizzard's parent company, and Activision Blizzard became an independent company as a majority of the shares became owned by the public. Bobby Kotick and Brian Kelly retained a 24.4% stake in the company overall. In addition...
Activision Blizzard is divided into three key business segments: 1. Activision Publishing, which handles the development, production, and distribution of video games from its subsidiary studios. It also houses the Call of Duty League. 2. Blizzard Entertainment, which handles the development, production, and distribution of Blizzard's games. It also...
Activision Blizzard owns the Call of Duty and StarCraft franchises, both of which have been popular as esports. On October 21, 2015, Activision Blizzard announced the upcoming establishment of a new e-sports division. Named Activision Blizzard Media Networks, the division is led by sports executive Steve Bornstein and Major League Gaming (MLG) co-f...
Since 2009, when Kotick launched Call of Duty Endowment (CODE), over 50,000 veterans have been placed in high-quality jobs. In 2013 CODE started the "Seal of Distinction" program, which recognizes non-profit organizations that are successful in placing veterans in good jobs. Winners receive a $30,000 grant to use in their veteran job placement acti...
Worlds, Inc.
Worlds, Inc. was issued several United States patents around 2009 related to "System and method for enabling users to interact in a virtual space", which generally described a method of server/client communications for multiplayer video games, where players would communicate through avatars. In early 2009, Worlds, Inc. stated its intent to challenge publishers and developers of MMOs, naming Activision as one of its intended targets. Worlds, Inc. had already challenged NCSoftfor its MMOs in 20...
Infinity Ward
In early 2010, Activision fired Vince Zampella and Jason West, two of the founders of its studio Infinity Ward, on the basis of "breaches of contract and insubordination"; the move caused several other Infinity Ward staff to resign. Zampella and West created a new studio, Respawn Entertainment, with help from Electronic Arts' partner program, hiring the majority of those that departed Infinity Ward in their wake. Zampella and West filed a lawsuit in April 2010 against Activision, claiming unp...
Since the late 1990s, Blizzard has focused almost exclusively on the Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, and Overwatch series. All of Blizzard's games released since 2004 still receive expansions and updates, especially the long-running massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft (2004).
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Battle.net adalah sebuah permainan video daring yang dipersembahkan oleh Blizzard Entertainment. Permainan ini diluncurkan pada bulan Januari 1997 dengan rilisan dari Blizzard's action- RPG Diablo.
