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cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Other legal disputes subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Other_legal_disputes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Worlds,_Inc." class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Worlds,_Inc."> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Worlds, Inc.</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Worlds,_Inc.-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Infinity_Ward" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Infinity_Ward"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Infinity Ward</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Infinity_Ward-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Uvalde_school_shooting_lawsuit" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Uvalde_school_shooting_lawsuit"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Uvalde school shooting lawsuit</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Uvalde_school_shooting_lawsuit-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" 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lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Activision Blizzard" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Activision Blizzard" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Activision Blizzard" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Activision Blizzard" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Activision Blizzard" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Activision Blizzard" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Activision Blizzard" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Activision Blizzard" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%98%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF" title="اکتیویژن بلیزارد – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اکتیویژن بلیزارد" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Activision Blizzard" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A1%ED%8B%B0%EB%B9%84%EC%A0%84_%EB%B8%94%EB%A6%AC%EC%9E%90%EB%93%9C" title="액티비전 블리자드 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="액티비전 블리자드" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Activision Blizzard" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Activision Blizzard" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%99%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%96%27%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%96%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%93" title="אקטיוויז'ן בליזארד – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אקטיוויז'ן בליזארד" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Activision Blizzard" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Activision Blizzard" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%8A%DA%86%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF" title="اكتيڤيچن بليزارد – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اكتيڤيچن بليزارد" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Activision Blizzard" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Activision Blizzard" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AF%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%93%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89" title="アクティビジョン・ブリザード – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アクティビジョン・ブリザード" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Activision Blizzard" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Activision Blizzard" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Activision Blizzard" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Activision Blizzard" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Activision Blizzard" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Activision Blizzard" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Activision Blizzard" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AA%DB%8C%DA%A4%DB%8C%DA%98%D9%86_%D8%A8%DA%B5%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF" title="ئاکتیڤیژن بڵیزارد – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" 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class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_industry" title="Video game industry">Video games</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessors</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Activision, Inc.</li><li><a href="/wiki/Vivendi_Games" title="Vivendi Games">Vivendi Games</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">July 9, 2008<span class="noprint">; 16 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2008-07-09</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica, California</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">US</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty" title="Call of Duty">Call of Duty</a></i> series</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Crash_Bandicoot" title="Crash Bandicoot">Crash Bandicoot</a></i> series</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Guitar_Hero" title="Guitar Hero">Guitar Hero</a></i> series</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Skylanders" title="Skylanders">Skylanders</a></i> series</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Spyro" title="Spyro">Spyro the Dragon</a></i> series</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hawk%27s_(series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Hawk's (series)">Tony Hawk's</a></i> series</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Diablo_(series)" title="Diablo (series)">Diablo</a></i> series</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hearthstone" title="Hearthstone">Hearthstone</a></i></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Heroes_of_the_Storm" title="Heroes of the Storm">Heroes of the Storm</a></i></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Overwatch" title="Overwatch">Overwatch</a></i> series</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/StarCraft" title="StarCraft">StarCraft</a></i> series</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Warcraft" title="Warcraft">Warcraft</a></i> series</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Candy_Crush_Saga" title="Candy Crush Saga">Candy Crush Saga</a></i></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>7.53 billion</span> (2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Earnings_before_interest_and_taxes" title="Earnings before interest and taxes">Operating income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="white-space: nowrap">US$1.67 billion</span> (2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Net_income" title="Net income">Net income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="white-space: nowrap">US$1.51 billion</span> (2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Asset" title="Asset">Total assets</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="white-space: nowrap">US$27.4 billion</span> (2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Equity_(finance)" title="Equity (finance)">Total equity</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="white-space: nowrap">US$19.2 billion</span> (2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">17,000<sup id="cite_ref-Variety_Bobby_Kotick_interview_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Variety_Bobby_Kotick_interview-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2023)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vivendi" title="Vivendi">Vivendi</a> <span class="nowrap">(2008–2013)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Gaming" title="Microsoft Gaming">Microsoft Gaming</a> <span class="nowrap">(2023–present)</span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Division_(business)" title="Division (business)">Divisions</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Activision Blizzard Consumer Products Group<br />Activision Blizzard Esports<br />Activision Blizzard Media</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Activision" title="Activision">Activision</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Blizzard_Entertainment" title="Blizzard Entertainment">Blizzard Entertainment</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/King_(company)" title="King (company)">King</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.activisionblizzard.com/">activisionblizzard.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><b>Footnotes / references</b><br /><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Activision Blizzard, Inc.</b><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an American video game <a href="/wiki/Holding_company" title="Holding company">holding company</a> based in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Activision Blizzard currently includes three operating units:<sup id="cite_ref-ourcompany_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourcompany-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Activision" title="Activision">Activision</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blizzard_Entertainment" title="Blizzard Entertainment">Blizzard Entertainment</a> and <a href="/wiki/King_(company)" title="King (company)">King</a><sup id="cite_ref-nyt-activisionking_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-activisionking-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Founded in July 2008 through the merger of Activision, Inc. and <a href="/wiki/Vivendi_Games" title="Vivendi Games">Vivendi Games</a>, the company owns and operates additional subsidiary studios, as part of Activision, including <a href="/wiki/Infinity_Ward" title="Infinity Ward">Infinity Ward</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treyarch" title="Treyarch">Treyarch</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sledgehammer_Games" title="Sledgehammer Games">Sledgehammer Games</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ourcompany_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourcompany-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among major intellectual properties produced by Activision Blizzard are <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty" title="Call of Duty">Call of Duty</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Crash_Bandicoot" title="Crash Bandicoot">Crash Bandicoot</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Guitar_Hero" title="Guitar Hero">Guitar Hero</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Skylanders" title="Skylanders">Skylanders</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Spyro" title="Spyro">Spyro</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hawk%27s" title="Tony Hawk's">Tony Hawk's</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Diablo_(series)" title="Diablo (series)">Diablo</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hearthstone" title="Hearthstone">Hearthstone</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Heroes_of_the_Storm" title="Heroes of the Storm">Heroes of the Storm</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Overwatch" title="Overwatch">Overwatch</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/StarCraft" title="StarCraft">StarCraft</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/World_of_Warcraft" title="World of Warcraft">World of Warcraft</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Candy_Crush_Saga" title="Candy Crush Saga">Candy Crush Saga</a></i>. Under Blizzard Entertainment, it invested in <a href="/wiki/Esports" title="Esports">esports</a> initiatives around several of its games, most notably <i>Overwatch</i> and <i>Call of Duty</i>. Activision Blizzard's titles have broken a number of release records.<sup id="cite_ref-next-genbiz_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-next-genbiz-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-polygonselling_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-polygonselling-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-techspotbest_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-techspotbest-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of March 2018<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Activision_Blizzard&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, it was the largest game company in the Americas and Europe in terms of revenue and market capitalization.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The company has also been involved in multiple notable controversies, including allegations of infringed patents and unpaid royalties.<sup id="cite_ref-bfilessuitcountersuit_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bfilessuitcountersuit-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late July 2021, <a href="/wiki/California_Department_of_Fair_Employment_and_Housing_v._Activision_Blizzard" title="California Department of Fair Employment and Housing v. Activision Blizzard">it was sued</a> by the <a href="/wiki/California_Department_of_Fair_Employment_and_Housing" class="mw-redirect" title="California Department of Fair Employment and Housing">California Department of Fair Employment and Housing</a> on allegations of sexual harassment and employee discrimination.<sup id="cite_ref-bloomberglaw_DFEH_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloomberglaw_DFEH-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The suit triggered an investigation by the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Securities_and_Exchange_Commission" title="U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> multiple <a href="/wiki/Activision_Blizzard_worker_organization" title="Activision Blizzard worker organization">workplace walkouts</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-verge_walkout_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-verge_walkout-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the resignation or dismissal of several employees, the loss of multiple company event sponsors,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and hundreds of workplace harassment allegations.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> announced its intent to <a href="/wiki/Acquisition_of_Activision_Blizzard_by_Microsoft" title="Acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft">acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion</a> on January 18, 2022. The acquisition was completed on October 13, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Activision Blizzard is a subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Gaming" title="Microsoft Gaming">Microsoft Gaming</a> along with <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Game_Studios" title="Xbox Game Studios">Xbox Game Studios</a> and <a href="/wiki/ZeniMax_Media" title="ZeniMax Media">ZeniMax Media</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background_and_formation_(2007–2008)"><span id="Background_and_formation_.282007.E2.80.932008.29"></span>Background and formation (2007–2008)</h3></div> <p>The original <a href="/wiki/Activision" title="Activision">Activision</a> company was founded in 1979, as a <a href="/wiki/Third-party_developer" class="mw-redirect" title="Third-party developer">third-party developer</a> for games on the <a href="/wiki/Atari_Video_Computer_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Atari Video Computer System">Atari Video Computer System</a>. 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 <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Kotick" title="Bobby Kotick">Bobby Kotick</a> 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 company was profitable again. Kotick spent the next decade expanding Activision's products through <a href="/wiki/Mergers_and_acquisitions" title="Mergers and acquisitions">acquisitions</a> of around 25 studios. This resulted in Activision publishing several successful series of games, including <i><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hawk%27s_(series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Hawk's (series)">Tony Hawk's</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty" title="Call of Duty">Call of Duty</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Guitar_Hero" title="Guitar Hero">Guitar Hero</a></i>. However, by around 2006, the popularity of <a href="/wiki/Massively_multiplayer_online" class="mw-redirect" title="Massively multiplayer online">massively multiplayer online</a> (MMO) games started to grow. Such games provide a constant revenue stream to their publishers, rather than only a single purchase, making them a more valuable proposition. None of Activision's subsidiaries had an MMO or the capability to make one quickly. Activision was also facing tougher competition from companies like <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">Electronic Arts</a>, as well as slowdowns in sales of their key game series.<sup id="cite_ref-forbes_kotick_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes_kotick-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Around 2006, Kotick reached out to <a href="/wiki/Jean-Bernard_L%C3%A9vy" title="Jean-Bernard Lévy">Jean-Bernard Lévy</a>, the <a href="/wiki/CEO" class="mw-redirect" title="CEO">CEO</a> of the French media conglomerate <a href="/wiki/Vivendi" title="Vivendi">Vivendi</a>. Vivendi at that time had the games division <a href="/wiki/Vivendi_Games" title="Vivendi Games">Vivendi Games</a>, a holding company principally for <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Entertainment" title="Sierra Entertainment">Sierra Entertainment</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blizzard_Entertainment" title="Blizzard Entertainment">Blizzard Entertainment</a>. Kotick wanted to get access to Blizzard's <i><a href="/wiki/World_of_Warcraft" title="World of Warcraft">World of Warcraft</a></i>, a successful MMO, and suggested a means to acquire this to Lévy. Lévy instead offered that he would be willing to merge Vivendi Games with Activision, but only if Vivendi kept majority control of the merged company. According to those close to Kotick, Kotick was concerned about this offer as it would force him to cede control of Activision. However, after talking to Blizzard's CEO <a href="/wiki/Mike_Morhaime" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Morhaime">Mike Morhaime</a>, Kotick recognized that Vivendi would be able to give them inroads into the growing video game market in China.<sup id="cite_ref-forbes_kotick_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes_kotick-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kotick proposed the merger to Activision's board, which agreed to it in December 2007. The new company was to be named Activision Blizzard and would retain its central headquarters in California. Bobby Kotick of Activision was announced as the new president and CEO, while René Penisson of Vivendi was appointed <a href="/wiki/Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman">chairman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/European_Commission" title="European Commission">European Commission</a> permitted the merger to take place in April 2008, approving that there weren't any <a href="/wiki/European_Union_merger_law" title="European Union merger law">EU antitrust issues</a> in the merger deal.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 8, 2008, Activision announced that stockholders had agreed to merge, and the deal closed the next day for an estimated transaction amount of US$18.9 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-Merger_Approved_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Merger_Approved-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bobby_Kotick_executive_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="An approximately 48-year-old man looking and smiling at the camera." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Bobby_Kotick_executive_photo.jpg/220px-Bobby_Kotick_executive_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Bobby_Kotick_executive_photo.jpg/330px-Bobby_Kotick_executive_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Bobby_Kotick_executive_photo.jpg/440px-Bobby_Kotick_executive_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2550" data-file-height="3300" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Kotick" title="Bobby Kotick">Bobby Kotick</a> <i>(pictured in 2012)</i> was the CEO of Activision Blizzard from 2008 to 2023</figcaption></figure> <p>Vivendi became the combined company's majority shareholder at 54% of outstanding shares, equating to 52% if shares were to be fully diluted.<sup id="cite_ref-merger_pr_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-merger_pr-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rest of the shares were held by institutional and private investors, and were to be left open for trading on the <a href="/wiki/NASDAQ" class="mw-redirect" title="NASDAQ">NASDAQ</a> stock market for a time under the ticker symbol ATVID, and subsequently as ATVI (Activision's stock ticker). At this point, Lévy replaced René Penisson as chairman of Activision Blizzard.<sup id="cite_ref-ukgamespotabrendan_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ukgamespotabrendan-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The merger was completed on July 9.<sup id="cite_ref-merger_pr_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-merger_pr-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Blizzard retained its autonomy and corporate leadership in the merger, other Vivendi Games divisions such as <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Entertainment" title="Sierra Entertainment">Sierra</a> ceased operation.<sup id="cite_ref-mergersierranotso_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mergersierranotso-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the merger, Kotick was quoted stating if a Sierra product did not meet Activision's requirements, they "won't likely be retained."<sup id="cite_ref-mergersierranotso_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mergersierranotso-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of these games ultimately were published by other studios, including <i><a href="/wiki/Ghostbusters:_The_Video_Game" title="Ghostbusters: The Video Game">Ghostbusters: The Video Game</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%BCtal_Legend" title="Brütal Legend">Brütal Legend</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Riddick:_Assault_on_Dark_Athena" title="The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena">The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/50_Cent:_Blood_on_the_Sand" title="50 Cent: Blood on the Sand">50 Cent: Blood on the Sand</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, a number of Sierra's games such as <i><a href="/wiki/Crash_Bandicoot" title="Crash Bandicoot">Crash Bandicoot</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Spyro" title="Spyro">Spyro</a>,</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Prototype_(video_game)" title="Prototype (video game)">Prototype</a></i> were retained and are now published by Activision.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_titles_and_sales_records_(2009–2012)"><span id="New_titles_and_sales_records_.282009.E2.80.932012.29"></span>New titles and sales records (2009–2012)</h3></div> <p>In early 2010, the independent studio <a href="/wiki/Bungie" title="Bungie">Bungie</a> entered into a 10-year publishing agreement with Activision Blizzard.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of 2010, Activision Blizzard was the largest video games publisher in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2011 release of Activision Blizzard's <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Modern_Warfare_3" title="Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3">Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3</a></i> grossed $400 million in the US and UK alone in its first 24 hours, making it the biggest entertainment launch of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also the third consecutive year the <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty" title="Call of Duty">Call of Duty</a></i> series broke the biggest launch record; 2010's <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Black_Ops" title="Call of Duty: Black Ops">Call of Duty: Black Ops</a></i> grossed $360 million on day one; and 2009's <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Modern_Warfare_2" title="Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2">Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2</a></i> brought in $310 million.<sup id="cite_ref-next-genbiz_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-next-genbiz-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Black_Ops_III" title="Call of Duty: Black Ops III">Call of Duty: Black Ops III</a></i> grossed $550 million in worldwide sales during its opening weekend in 2015, making it the biggest entertainment launch of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-polygonselling_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-polygonselling-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-techspotbest_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-techspotbest-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, Activision Blizzard debuted its <i><a href="/wiki/Skylanders" title="Skylanders">Skylanders</a></i> franchise,<sup id="cite_ref-BKiSpyro_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BKiSpyro-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which led to the press crediting the company with inventing and popularizing a new <a href="/wiki/Toys-to-life" title="Toys-to-life">toys-to-life</a> category.<sup id="cite_ref-BKiSpyro_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BKiSpyro-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first release <i><a href="/wiki/Skylanders:_Spyro%27s_Adventure" title="Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure">Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure</a></i> was nominated for two <a href="/wiki/Toy_Industry_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Toy Industry Association">Toy Industry Association</a> awards in 2011: "Game of the Year" and "Innovative Toy of the Year".<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure</i> and its sequels were released for major consoles and PC, and many were released on mobile devices as well.<sup id="cite_ref-BKiSpyro_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BKiSpyro-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Split_from_Vivendi_and_growth_(2013–2014)"><span id="Split_from_Vivendi_and_growth_.282013.E2.80.932014.29"></span>Split from Vivendi and growth (2013–2014)</h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Activision-Gamescom_2013.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Activision-Gamescom_2013.JPG/230px-Activision-Gamescom_2013.JPG" decoding="async" width="230" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Activision-Gamescom_2013.JPG/345px-Activision-Gamescom_2013.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Activision-Gamescom_2013.JPG/460px-Activision-Gamescom_2013.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Activision Blizzard at <a href="/wiki/Gamescom#Gamescom_2013" title="Gamescom">Gamescom 2013</a>, where the company exhibited 2013 titles such as <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Ghosts" title="Call of Duty: Ghosts">Call of Duty: Ghosts</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Skylanders:_Swap_Force" title="Skylanders: Swap Force">Skylanders: Swap Force</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-transofmrativepurchase_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-transofmrativepurchase-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the conclusion of the deal, Vivendi was no longer Activision Blizzard's parent company,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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, Kotick remained the president and CEO, with Brian Kelly taking over as <a href="/wiki/Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman">chairman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-transofmrativepurchase_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-transofmrativepurchase-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 12, 2013, shortly after approval from the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Supreme_Court" title="Delaware Supreme Court">Delaware Supreme Court</a>, the company completed the buyback, along the lines of the original plan.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vivendi sold half its remaining stake on May 22, 2014, reducing its ownership to 5.8%.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and completely exited two years later.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Activision Blizzard released a new title, <i><a href="/wiki/Destiny_(video_game)" title="Destiny (video game)">Destiny</a></i>, on September 9, 2014. The game made over $500 million in retail sales on the first day of release, setting a record for the biggest first day launch of a new gaming franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-BKaforbesonff_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BKaforbesonff-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 5, 2013, the company released <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Ghosts" title="Call of Duty: Ghosts">Call of Duty: Ghosts</a></i>, which was written by screenwriter <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Gaghan" title="Stephen Gaghan">Stephen Gaghan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On its first release day the game sold $1 billion into retail.<sup id="cite_ref-BKaforbesonff_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BKaforbesonff-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, Activision Blizzard was the fifth largest <a href="/wiki/Lists_of_video_game_companies" title="Lists of video game companies">gaming company</a> by revenue worldwide,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with total assets of US$14.746 billion and total equity estimated at US$7.513 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="S&P_500_and_new_divisions_(2015–2021)"><span id="S.26P_500_and_new_divisions_.282015.E2.80.932021.29"></span>S&P 500 and new divisions (2015–2021)</h3></div> <p>Activision Blizzard joined the <a href="/wiki/S%26P_500_Index" class="mw-redirect" title="S&P 500 Index">S&P 500</a> stock index on August 28, 2015, becoming one of only two companies on the list related to gaming, alongside <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">Electronic Arts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-actsp500_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-actsp500-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company released the next iteration of the <i>Skylanders</i> franchise in September 2015, which added vehicles to the "toys to life" category.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 15, 2015, Activision and <a href="/wiki/Bungie" title="Bungie">Bungie</a> released <i><a href="/wiki/Destiny:_The_Taken_King" title="Destiny: The Taken King">Destiny: The Taken King</a></i>, the follow-up to the <i><a href="/wiki/Destiny_(video_game)" title="Destiny (video game)">Destiny</a></i> saga. Two days later, <a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a> announced that the game broke the record for the most downloaded day-one game in <a href="/wiki/PlayStation" title="PlayStation">PlayStation</a> history, in terms of both total players and peak online concurrency.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Activision Blizzard acquired social gaming company <a href="/wiki/King_(company)" title="King (company)">King</a>, creator of casual game <i><a href="/wiki/Candy_Crush_Saga" title="Candy Crush Saga">Candy Crush Saga</a></i>, for $5.9 billion in November 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-activisionking_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-activisionking-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2015, Activision Blizzard announced the formation of <a href="/wiki/Activision_Blizzard_Studios" title="Activision Blizzard Studios">Activision Blizzard Studios</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Film_production" class="mw-redirect" title="Film production">film production</a> arm that would produce films and television series based on Activision Blizzard's franchises.<sup id="cite_ref-goldfrbskylander_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goldfrbskylander-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The outfit is co-headed by producer <a href="/wiki/Stacey_Sher" title="Stacey Sher">Stacey Sher</a> and former <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">The Walt Disney Company</a> executive Nick van Dyk.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2017, Activision Blizzard joined the <a href="/wiki/Fortune_500" title="Fortune 500">Fortune 500</a> becoming the third gaming company in history to make the list after <a href="/wiki/Atari" title="Atari">Atari</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">Electronic Arts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In its 2018 fiscal year earnings call to shareholders in February 2019, Kotick stated that while the company had seen a record year in revenue, they would be laying off around 775 people or around 8% of their workforce in non-management divisions, "de-prioritizing initiatives that are not meeting expectations and reducing certain non-development and administrative-related costs across the business", according to Kotick.<sup id="cite_ref-arstech_feb2019_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arstech_feb2019-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kotick stated that they plan to put more resources towards their development teams and focus on esports, Battle.net services, and the publisher's core games which include <i>Candy Crush</i>, <i>Call of Duty</i>, <i>Overwatch</i>, <i>Warcraft</i>, <i>Diablo</i>, and <i>Hearthstone</i>. Prior to this, Activision Blizzard and Bungie agreed to terminate their distribution deal with <i>Destiny 2</i> as it was not bringing in expected revenue for Activision, with Bungie otherwise retaining all rights to <i>Destiny</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-arstech_feb2019_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arstech_feb2019-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This transaction allowed Activision Blizzard to report <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$164 million</span> as part of its 2018 fiscal year filings.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The company announced that Daniel Alegre would replace Coddy Johnson as president of Activision Blizzard effective April 7, 2020, with Johnson transitioning to special advisory role.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the second quarter of 2020, the company's net revenues from digital channels reached $1.44bn due to the growing demand for online games driven by COVID-19 lockdowns.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By January 2021, the company's net value was estimated to be <span style="white-space: nowrap">$72 billion</span> based on its stock trading price due to the ongoing demand for video games from the COVID-19 pandemic.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Public_Investment_Fund" title="Public Investment Fund">Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia</a> acquired 14.9 million shares of Activision Blizzard, valued at <span style="white-space: nowrap">$1.4 billion</span>, in February 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2021, Fernando Machado, former Brazilian executive at <a href="/wiki/Burger_King" title="Burger King">Burger King</a>, joined the company as <a href="/wiki/Chief_marketing_officer" title="Chief marketing officer">chief marketing officer</a> (CMO).<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company also announced in April 2021 that Kotick will remain CEO through April 2023, through Kotick agreed to take a 50% cut of his pay, equal to <span style="white-space: nowrap">$875,000</span>. Kotick will remain eligible to receive annual bonuses, and while he agreed to reduce his target bonus by 50% as well, he potentially can earn up to 200% of his base pay based on the company's performance.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Workplace_misconduct_lawsuit_and_acquisition_by_Microsoft_(2021–present)"><span id="Workplace_misconduct_lawsuit_and_acquisition_by_Microsoft_.282021.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Workplace misconduct lawsuit and acquisition by Microsoft (2021–present)</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/California_Department_of_Fair_Employment_and_Housing_v._Activision_Blizzard" title="California Department of Fair Employment and Housing v. Activision Blizzard">California Department of Fair Employment and Housing v. Activision Blizzard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Activision_Blizzard_worker_organization" title="Activision Blizzard worker organization">Activision Blizzard worker organization</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Acquisition_of_Activision_Blizzard_by_Microsoft" title="Acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft">Acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft</a></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="DFEH"></span>On July 20, 2021, the <a href="/wiki/California_Department_of_Fair_Employment_and_Housing" class="mw-redirect" title="California Department of Fair Employment and Housing">California Department of Fair Employment and Housing</a> (DFEH) filed a suit alleging <a href="/wiki/Sexual_harassment" title="Sexual harassment">sexual harassment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Employment_discrimination" title="Employment discrimination">employment discrimination</a> and <a href="/wiki/Workplace_retaliation" class="mw-redirect" title="Workplace retaliation">retaliation</a> on the part of Activision Blizzard. A second lawsuit was filed against the company by its shareholders asserting it falsified knowledge of these problems in their financial statements,<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though this suit was dismissed due to failure to meet thresholds for claims,<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Equal_Employment_Opportunity_Commission" title="Equal Employment Opportunity Commission">Equal Employment Opportunity Commission</a> had also filed suit against Activision-Blizzard from their own investigation of the workplace conditions but the company had settled the same day it was filed, which included setting aside an <span style="white-space: nowrap">$18 million</span> relief fund for affected employees.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ultimately, the DFEH and Activision Blizzard agreed to a $54 million settlement in December 2023 to cover pay and promotion inequities at the company, both agreeing there was no substantial evidence of widespread harassment.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 18, 2022, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> announced that it would be acquiring Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in an all-cash deal, or approximately $95 per share. Activision Blizzard's stock price jumped nearly 40% that day in pre-market trading. The deal would make Microsoft the third-largest gaming company in the world and the largest headquartered in the Americas, behind <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">Chinese</a> company <a href="/wiki/Tencent" title="Tencent">Tencent</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japanese</a> conglomerate <a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a>. Activision Blizzard's shareholders approved of the acquisition near-unanimously in April 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the deal has been approved by several countries ahead of the planned October 18, 2023, deal closure, including the European Union and China, both the United States' <a href="/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission">Federal Trade Commission</a> and the United Kingdom's <a href="/wiki/Competition_and_Markets_Authority" title="Competition and Markets Authority">Competition and Markets Authority</a> have challenged the merger as anticompetitive and have initiated legal procedures in their respective countries. </p><p>To resolve these issues, Microsoft agreed to give rights to cloud gaming of Activision Blizzard's games to <a href="/wiki/Ubisoft" title="Ubisoft">Ubisoft</a>, which was cleared by regulators. The acquisition was completed on October 13, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last time Activision Blizzard reported their annual financial results for its shareholders before Microsoft acquired them was on February 6, 2023. Activision Blizzard reported $7.54 billion in revenue and $1.52 billion in net income.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of the acquisition deal, Kotick announced his resignation as CEO the same day, along with other high level executives, though Kotick will remain onboard through the end of 2023 to help with the transition.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bobby Kotick departed Activision Blizzard on December 29, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_and_unions#United_States" title="Microsoft and unions">Microsoft and unions § United States</a></div> <p>In May 2022, <a href="/wiki/Software_testing" title="Software testing">QA testers</a> of Activision Blizzard subsidiary <a href="/wiki/Raven_Software" title="Raven Software">Raven Software</a> went public as the <a href="/wiki/Activision_Blizzard_worker_organization" title="Activision Blizzard worker organization">Game Workers Alliance</a> (GWA) with the support of <a href="/wiki/CODE-CWA" title="CODE-CWA">Campaign to Organize Digital Employees-CWA</a> and voted to unionize with a count of 19 – 2 in favor.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/National_Labor_Relations_Board" title="National Labor Relations Board">National Labor Relations Board</a> recognized GWA as a union.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the Raven Software's successful unionization, the 20-member QA team of <a href="/wiki/Blizzard_Albany" title="Blizzard Albany">Blizzard Albany</a> announced a unionization drive in July 2022 as GWA Albany.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The vote passed (14–0), forming the second union at an Activision Blizzard subsidiary.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2023, Activision Blizzard announced to employees that it would end its full-time <a href="/wiki/Remote_work" title="Remote work">remote policy</a> starting between April and June that year.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 30, quality assurance staffers were told that the company would end its hybrid work model and bring employees in <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin, Texas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eden_Prairie,_Minnesota" title="Eden Prairie, Minnesota">Eden Prairie, Minnesota</a> and <a href="/wiki/El_Segundo,_California" title="El Segundo, California">El Segundo, California</a> back to the office full time in 2024. <a href="/wiki/Activision_Blizzard_worker_organization" title="Activision Blizzard worker organization">ABK Workers Alliance</a> accused the company of forcing out employees with this decision.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 8, 2024, 600 QA testers at 3 <a href="/wiki/Activision" title="Activision">Activision</a> studios in Austin, Eden Prairie, and El Segundo formed the union "Activision Quality Assurance United-CWA" and voted to unionize (390–8) in favor, making it the largest video game union in the United States. Microsoft <a href="/wiki/NLRB_election_procedures" title="NLRB election procedures">voluntarily recognized</a> the union.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 24, 2024, 500 artists, designers, engineers, producers, and quality assurance testers who work on <i>World of Warcraft</i> also voted to unionize.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Games">Games</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Activision_video_games" title="List of Activision video games">List of Activision video games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Blizzard_Entertainment_games" title="List of Blizzard Entertainment games">List of Blizzard Entertainment games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_King_games" class="mw-redirect" title="List of King games">List of King games</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Corporate_structure">Corporate structure</h2></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Activision Blizzard </th></tr> <tr> <td> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Activision" title="Activision">Activision</a></dt></dl> <ul><li>Activision Shanghai Studio – <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty" title="Call of Duty">Call of Duty</a></i> series support studio</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beenox" title="Beenox">Beenox</a> – Activision-era <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_video_games_featuring_Spider-Man" title="List of video games featuring Spider-Man">Spider-Man</a></i> series, <i><a href="/wiki/Crash_Team_Racing_Nitro-Fueled" title="Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled">Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty" title="Call of Duty">Call of Duty</a></i> series support studio</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demonware" title="Demonware">Demonware</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty" title="Call of Duty">Call of Duty</a></i> series support studio</li> <li>Digital Legends Entertainment – <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty" title="Call of Duty">Call of Duty</a></i> series mobile studio</li> <li>Elsewhere Entertainment – New AAA IP</li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Moon_Studios" title="High Moon Studios">High Moon Studios</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Darkwatch" title="Darkwatch">Darkwatch</a></i>, Activision-era <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Transformers_video_games" title="List of Transformers video games">Transformers</a></i> series, <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty" title="Call of Duty">Call of Duty</a></i> series support studio</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infinity_Ward" title="Infinity Ward">Infinity Ward</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty#Modern_Warfare_series" title="Call of Duty">Call of Duty: Modern Warfare</a></i> sub-series</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raven_Software" title="Raven Software">Raven Software</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Heretic_(video_game)" title="Heretic (video game)">Heretic</a></i> series, <i><a href="/wiki/Soldier_of_Fortune_(video_game)" title="Soldier of Fortune (video game)">Soldier of Fortune</a></i> series, <i><a href="/wiki/Singularity_(video_game)" title="Singularity (video game)">Singularity</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Warzone" title="Call of Duty: Warzone">Call of Duty: Warzone</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sledgehammer_Games" title="Sledgehammer Games">Sledgehammer Games</a> – One of three main developers of the <i>Call of Duty</i> series</li> <li>Solid State Studios – <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty" title="Call of Duty">Call of Duty</a></i> series mobile studio</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treyarch" title="Treyarch">Treyarch</a> – Activision-era <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_video_games_featuring_Spider-Man" title="List of video games featuring Spider-Man">Spider-Man</a></i> series, <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty#Black_Ops_story_arc" title="Call of Duty">Call of Duty: Black Ops</a></i> sub-series</li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Blizzard_Entertainment" title="Blizzard Entertainment">Blizzard Entertainment</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blizzard_Albany" title="Blizzard Albany">Blizzard Albany</a> – Several games in the <i><a href="/wiki/Crash_Bandicoot" title="Crash Bandicoot">Crash Bandicoot</a></i> series, several games in the <i><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hawk%27s" title="Tony Hawk's">Tony Hawk's</a></i> series, several games in the <i><a href="/wiki/Skylanders" title="Skylanders">Skylanders</a></i> series, Blizzard Entertainment support studio</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proletariat_(company)" title="Proletariat (company)">Blizzard Boston</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Spellbreak" title="Spellbreak">Spellbreak</a></i>, Blizzard Entertainment support studio</li> <li>Blizzard Entertainment – Publishing label and main development team of the <i><a href="/wiki/Warcraft" title="Warcraft">Warcraft</a></i> series, <i><a href="/wiki/StarCraft" title="StarCraft">StarCraft</a></i> series, <i><a href="/wiki/Diablo_(series)" title="Diablo (series)">Diablo</a></i> series, and <i><a href="/wiki/Overwatch" title="Overwatch">Overwatch</a></i> series, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Vikings" title="The Lost Vikings">The Lost Vikings</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Heroes_of_the_Storm" title="Heroes of the Storm">Heroes of the Storm</a></i>. Developed and maintains <a href="/wiki/Battle.net" title="Battle.net">Battle.net</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/King_(company)" title="King (company)">King</a></dt></dl> <ul><li>King Publishing – Mobile games developer, publishing label and main development team of <i><a href="/wiki/Candy_Crush_Saga" title="Candy Crush Saga">Candy Crush Saga</a></i> series</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Activision Blizzard is divided into three key business segments:<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Activision" title="Activision">Activision</a>, which handles the development, production, and distribution of video games from its subsidiary studios. It also houses the <a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty_League" title="Call of Duty League">Call of Duty League</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blizzard_Entertainment" title="Blizzard Entertainment">Blizzard Entertainment</a>, which handles the development, production, and distribution of Blizzard's games. It also maintains <a href="/wiki/Battle.net" title="Battle.net">Battle.net</a>, organizes <a href="/wiki/BlizzCon" title="BlizzCon">BlizzCon</a>, and houses the <a href="/wiki/Overwatch_League" title="Overwatch League">Overwatch League</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_(company)" title="King (company)">King</a>, which handles the development and distribution of its mobile games.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Esports_initiatives">Esports initiatives</h2></div> <p>Activision Blizzard owns the <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty" title="Call of Duty">Call of Duty</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/StarCraft" title="StarCraft">StarCraft</a></i> franchises, both of which have been popular as <a href="/wiki/Esports" title="Esports">esports</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-advistionbeefsup_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-advistionbeefsup-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ars-mlgshuttered_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ars-mlgshuttered-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 21, 2015, Activision Blizzard announced the upcoming establishment of a new esports division.<sup id="cite_ref-fortuneesportsa_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fortuneesportsa-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Named Activision Blizzard Media Networks, the division is led by sports executive <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bornstein" title="Steve Bornstein">Steve Bornstein</a> and <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Gaming" title="Major League Gaming">Major League Gaming</a> (MLG) co-founder <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Gaming" title="Major League Gaming">Mike Sepso</a>, with assets from the acquisition of the now defunct <a href="/wiki/IGN#IGN_Pro_League" title="IGN">IGN Pro League</a>. Bornstein was appointed the new division's chairman.<sup id="cite_ref-advistionbeefsup_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-advistionbeefsup-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ars-mlgshuttered_88-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ars-mlgshuttered-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On December 31, 2015, it was reported that "substantially all" of Major League Gaming's assets would be acquired by Activision Blizzard.<sup id="cite_ref-advistionbeefsup_87-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-advistionbeefsup-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ars-mlgshuttered_88-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ars-mlgshuttered-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> reported that the acquisition was intended to bolster Activision Blizzard's push into esports, as well as its plan to develop an esports <a href="/wiki/Cable_channel" class="mw-redirect" title="Cable channel">cable channel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-mlgbuy_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-mlgbuy-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reports indicated that MLG would be shuttered and that the majority of the purchase price would go towards paying off the company's debt.<sup id="cite_ref-advistionbeefsup_87-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-advistionbeefsup-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ars-mlgshuttered_88-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ars-mlgshuttered-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Activision Blizzard acquired MLG on January 4, 2016<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-mlgbuy_90-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-mlgbuy-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for $46 million.<sup id="cite_ref-advistionbeefsup_87-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-advistionbeefsup-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ars-mlgshuttered_88-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ars-mlgshuttered-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2016, Blizzard Entertainment, a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, announced the launch of <a href="/wiki/Overwatch_League" title="Overwatch League">Overwatch League</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a professional video gaming league. The league's first season began during the second half of 2017 with 12 teams.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The league's structure is based on traditional sports structures, including recruiting traditional sports executives as team owners, such as <a href="/wiki/Robert_Kraft" title="Robert Kraft">Robert Kraft</a>, owner of the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Wilpon" title="Jeff Wilpon">Jeff Wilpon</a>, COO of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The inaugural Overwatch Grand Finals was played at the <a href="/wiki/Barclays_Center" title="Barclays Center">Barclays Center</a> in Brooklyn in July 2018 and attracted 10.8 million viewers worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The league hopes to have 18 teams competing during the second season in 2019, with the ultimate goal of 28 teams across the world.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, Activision Blizzard signed a multi-year deal with <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">The Walt Disney Company</a> to stream Overwatch League games on both <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> and <a href="/wiki/Disney_XD" title="Disney XD">Disney XD</a> cable channels.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company also secured an exclusive multi-year deal with <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a> to stream all subsequent Activision Blizzard esports events, including <i>Call of Duty</i> and <i>Overwatch</i> events, through <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>, and to use Google's cloud services for its game hosting infrastructure; this came after a prior two-year deal with <a href="/wiki/Twitch_(service)" title="Twitch (service)">Twitch</a> for the Overwatch League had concluded. The deal with YouTube was estimated to be valued at <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$160 million</span>, double what it had with Twitch.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to declining viewerships and profits during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, Activision eventually shuttered Major League Gaming by January 15, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-dexteromlb_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dexteromlb-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-esigamebattles_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-esigamebattles-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Call_of_Duty_Endowment">Call of Duty Endowment</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty_Endowment" title="Call of Duty Endowment">Call of Duty Endowment</a></div> <p>Since 2009, when Kotick launched Call of Duty Endowment (CODE), over 50,000 veterans have been placed in high-quality jobs.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 activities.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The goal of CODE is to help 100,000 US and UK veterans find high-quality jobs by 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The endowment helps soldiers transition to civilian careers after their military service by funding nonprofit organizations and raising awareness of the value veterans bring to the workplace.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_legal_disputes">Other legal disputes</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Worlds,_Inc."><span id="Worlds.2C_Inc."></span>Worlds, Inc.</h3></div> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/Avatar_(computing)" title="Avatar (computing)">avatars</a>. In early 2009, Worlds, Inc. stated its intent to challenge publishers and developers of MMOs, naming Activision as one of its intended targets.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Worlds, Inc. had already challenged <a href="/wiki/NCSoft" title="NCSoft">NCSoft</a> for its MMOs in 2008. The companies ultimately settled out of court by 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Worlds, Inc. launched its formal lawsuit against Activision Blizzard, including both Blizzard Entertainment and Activision Publishing, in March 2012, stating that <i>Call of Duty</i> and <i>World of Warcraft</i> infringed on their patents.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bfilessuitcountersuit_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bfilessuitcountersuit-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Activision Publishing filed a separate patent infringement lawsuit in October 2013, asserting that Worlds, Inc. was using two Activision-owned patents in its <i>Worlds Player</i> software,<sup id="cite_ref-bfilessuitcountersuit_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bfilessuitcountersuit-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but this suit was dismissed with prejudice by June 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Worlds, Inc. case against Activision, the judge issued a summary judgement in Activision's favor, as they had demonstrated that Worlds, Inc. had demonstrated the technologies of their patents in their client programs <i>AlphaWorld</i> and <i>World Chat</i>, released before the 1995 priority date, though this was related to filing irregularities that were subsequently corrected by the Patent Office.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Activision did not challenge the updated patents through an <a href="/wiki/Inter_partes_review" title="Inter partes review">inter partes review</a> (IPR), and subsequently after a statutory one-year waiting period, Worlds, Inc. filed a subsequently lawsuit against Activision, asserting <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Ghosts" title="Call of Duty: Ghosts">Call of Duty: Ghosts</a></i> violated its resolved patents.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, Worlds, Inc. stated the intent to add <a href="/wiki/Bungie" title="Bungie">Bungie</a> to the lawsuit contending that <i>Destiny</i> also fell afoul of their patents. Bungie subsequently filed three IPRs with the Patent Office for each of the three Worlds, Inc. patents at the core of the lawsuit. While Bungie initially won its IPR ruling at the USPTO, on appeal in September 2018, Worlds, Inc. won a ruling questioning whether Bungie had legal standing to file its IPRs.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The new Worlds, Inc. case against Activision Blizzard was heard on October 3, 2014. With Bungie's IPRs pending at the Patent Office, the judge put the trial on hold pending the outcome of the IPRs. Worlds, Inc. challenged the IPRs at the Patent Office, as they did not include Activision as an interested party, a requirement that would have been necessary given the publisher/developer relationship between Activision and Bungie. The Patent Office did not accept this argument, and subsequently agreed with the Bungie IPRs that portions of Worlds, Inc. patents were invalid. Worlds, Inc. appealed to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Federal_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit">Federal Circuit Appeals Court</a>, challenging the validity of the IPRs due to the lack of Activision's involvement. The Federal Circuit court ruled in favor of Worlds, Inc. in September 2018, invalidating the Patent Office's decision.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Worlds, Inc.'s case presently remains at the Patent Office stage, which is re-reviewing the IPRs in consideration of the Federal Circuit's ruling.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lawsuit was dismissed in 2021, when a US district court ruled that "Worlds' patents were abstract ideas that were not sufficiently transformative to be legally patentable."<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Infinity_Ward">Infinity Ward</h3></div> <p>In early 2010, Activision fired <a href="/wiki/Vince_Zampella" title="Vince Zampella">Vince Zampella</a> and Jason West, two of the founders of its studio <a href="/wiki/Infinity_Ward" title="Infinity Ward">Infinity Ward</a>, 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, <a href="/wiki/Respawn_Entertainment" title="Respawn Entertainment">Respawn Entertainment</a>, with help from <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">Electronic Arts</a>' partner program, hiring the majority of those that departed Infinity Ward in their wake.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Zampella and West filed a lawsuit in April 2010 against Activision, claiming unpaid royalties on the studio's <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Modern_Warfare_2" title="Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2">Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2</a></i>. Activision filed a countersuit against the two, accusing the pair of being "self-serving schemers".<sup id="cite_ref-:1_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Activision later sought to add <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">Electronic Arts</a> to their suit, discovering that Zampella and West had been in discussions with them while still working for Activision, and further added claims against Zampella and West that the two had not returned all material related to <i>Call of Duty</i> while they were working at Respawn. A separate lawsuit was filed against Activision in April 2010 by several current and former members of Infinity Ward on the same basis of lack of unpaid royalties.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All parties came to an undisclosed settlement to end all suits by May 2012. Electronic Arts and Activision had settled separately on Activision's charges of poaching employees, while the suits between Activision, Zampella, West, and the Infinity Ward employee group were settled by the end of May 2012. All settlements were made for undisclosed amounts.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Uvalde_school_shooting_lawsuit">Uvalde school shooting lawsuit</h3></div> <p>In May 2024, families affected by the 2022 <a href="/wiki/Uvalde_school_shooting" title="Uvalde school shooting">Uvalde school shooting</a> filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard, alongside <a href="/wiki/Meta_Platforms" title="Meta Platforms">Meta</a> and the gun manufacturer. The suit against Activision Blizzard alleged that they promoted specific brands of guns to teens through <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty" title="Call of Duty">Call of Duty</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Activision Blizzard defended its position that the <i>Call of Duty</i> games are protected by the First Amendment and sought to have the compliant dismissed under anti-SLAPP (<a href="/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation" title="Strategic lawsuit against public participation">Strategic lawsuit against public participation</a>) protections from such lawsuits.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_video_game_companies" title="Lists of video game companies">Lists of video game companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_video_game_publishers" title="List of video game publishers">List of video game publishers</a></li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1130092004">.mw-parser-output .portal-bar{font-size:88%;font-weight:bold;display:flex;justify-content:center;align-items:baseline}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-bordered{padding:0 2em;background-color:#fdfdfd;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;clear:both;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-related{font-size:100%;justify-content:flex-start}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-unbordered{padding:0 1.7em;margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-header{margin:0 1em 0 0.5em;flex:0 0 auto;min-height:24px}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-content{display:flex;flex-flow:row wrap;flex:0 1 auto;padding:0.15em 0;column-gap:1em;align-items:baseline;margin:0;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-content-related{margin:0;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output 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class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div>A subsidiary of <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Activision Blizzard</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Activision_video_games" title="List of Activision video games">Franchises</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/3D_Ultra_Minigolf_(game_series)" title="3D Ultra Minigolf (game series)">3D Ultra Minigolf</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Assault_Heroes" title="Assault Heroes">Assault Heroes</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Cabela%27s_video_games" title="List of Cabela's video games">Cabela's</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty" title="Call of Duty">Call of Duty</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/City_Building_(series)" title="City Building (series)">City Building</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Crash_Bandicoot" title="Crash 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href="/wiki/List_of_Activision_games:_1980%E2%80%931999" title="List of Activision games: 1980–1999">1980–1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Activision_games:_2000%E2%80%932009" title="List of Activision games: 2000–2009">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Activision_games:_2010%E2%80%932019" title="List of Activision games: 2010–2019">2010–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Activision_games:_2020%E2%80%93present" title="List of Activision games: 2020–present">2020–present</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Activision_Value_games" title="List of Activision Value games">Activision Value games</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Subsidiaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Activision Shanghai Studio</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beenox" title="Beenox">Beenox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demonware" title="Demonware">Demonware</a></li> <li>Digital Legends Entertainment</li> <li>Elsewhere Entertainment</li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Moon_Studios" title="High Moon Studios">High Moon Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infinity_Ward" title="Infinity Ward">Infinity Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raven_Software" title="Raven Software">Raven Software</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sledgehammer_Games" title="Sledgehammer Games">Sledgehammer Games</a></li> <li>Solid State Studios</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treyarch" title="Treyarch">Treyarch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bizarre_Creations" title="Bizarre Creations">Bizarre Creations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budcat_Creations" title="Budcat Creations">Budcat Creations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Interactive" title="Fox Interactive">Fox Interactive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubisoft_Leamington" title="Ubisoft Leamington">FreeStyleGames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gray_Matter_Studios" title="Gray Matter Studios">Gray Matter Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infocom" title="Infocom">Infocom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxoflux" title="Luxoflux">Luxoflux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massive_Entertainment" title="Massive Entertainment">Massive Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neversoft" title="Neversoft">Neversoft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radical_Entertainment" title="Radical Entertainment">Radical Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RedOctane" title="RedOctane">RedOctane</a></li> <li><a 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle.net" title="Battle.net">Battle.net</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blizzard_Entertainment" title="Blizzard Entertainment">Blizzard Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivendi_Games" title="Vivendi Games">Vivendi Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_Game_Studios" title="Xbox Game Studios">Xbox Game Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ZeniMax_Media" title="ZeniMax Media">ZeniMax Media</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/California_Department_of_Fair_Employment_and_Housing_v._Activision_Blizzard" title="California Department of Fair Employment and Housing v. Activision Blizzard">California Department of Fair Employment and Housing v. Activision Blizzard</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Activision_Blizzard_worker_organization" title="Activision Blizzard worker organization">ABK Workers Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_and_unions#United_States" title="Microsoft and unions">Microsoft and unions § United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><b><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Activision" 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href="/wiki/Diablo_IV" title="Diablo IV">Diablo IV</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Overwatch" title="Overwatch">Overwatch</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Overwatch_(video_game)" title="Overwatch (video game)">Overwatch</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Overwatch_2" title="Overwatch 2">Overwatch 2</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/StarCraft" title="StarCraft">StarCraft</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/StarCraft_(video_game)" title="StarCraft (video game)">StarCraft</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/StarCraft:_Remastered" title="StarCraft: Remastered">Remastered</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/StarCraft_II" title="StarCraft II">StarCraft II</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Warcraft" title="Warcraft">Warcraft</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Warcraft:_Orcs_%26_Humans" title="Warcraft: Orcs & Humans">Warcraft: Orcs & Humans</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Warcraft_II:_Tides_of_Darkness" title="Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness">Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Warcraft_III:_Reign_of_Chaos" title="Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos">Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Warcraft_III:_Reforged" title="Warcraft III: Reforged">Reforged</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/World_of_Warcraft" title="World of Warcraft">World of Warcraft</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hearthstone" title="Hearthstone">Hearthstone</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Warcraft_Rumble" title="Warcraft Rumble">Warcraft Rumble</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Blizzard_Entertainment_games" title="List of Blizzard Entertainment games">Other games</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/RPM_Racing" title="RPM Racing">RPM Racing</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Vikings" title="The Lost Vikings">The Lost Vikings</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rock_n%27_Roll_Racing" title="Rock n' Roll Racing">Rock n' Roll Racing</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blackthorne" title="Blackthorne">Blackthorne</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Death_and_Return_of_Superman" title="The Death and Return of Superman">The Death and Return of Superman</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Justice_League_Task_Force_(video_game)" title="Justice League Task Force (video game)">Justice League Task Force</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Vikings_2" title="The Lost Vikings 2">The Lost Vikings 2</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heroes_of_the_Storm" title="Heroes of the Storm">Heroes of the Storm</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Odyssey_(cancelled_video_game)" title="Odyssey (cancelled video game)">Odyssey</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Esports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Overwatch</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Overwatch_World_Cup" title="Overwatch World Cup">World Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overwatch_League" title="Overwatch League">League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overwatch_Contenders" title="Overwatch Contenders">Contenders</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/David_Brevik" title="David Brevik">David Brevik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Brower" title="Russell Brower">Russell Brower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samwise_Didier" title="Samwise Didier">Samwise Didier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Fergusson" title="Rod Fergusson">Rod Fergusson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stieg_Hedlund" title="Stieg Hedlund">Stieg Hedlund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Kaplan" title="Jeff Kaplan">Jeff Kaplan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Kern" title="Mark Kern">Mark Kern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Lantinga" title="Sam Lantinga">Sam Lantinga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Metzen" title="Chris Metzen">Chris Metzen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Morhaime" title="Michael Morhaime">Michael Morhaime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Mosqueira" title="Josh Mosqueira">Josh Mosqueira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michio_Okamura" title="Michio Okamura">Michio Okamura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Pardo" title="Rob Pardo">Rob Pardo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Roper_(video_game_producer)" title="Bill Roper (video game producer)">Bill Roper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Street" title="Greg Street">Greg Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Uelmen" title="Matt Uelmen">Matt Uelmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alyssa_Wong" title="Alyssa Wong">Alyssa Wong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Wyatt" title="Patrick Wyatt">Patrick Wyatt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle.net" title="Battle.net">Battle.net</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blitzchung_controversy" title="Blitzchung controversy">Blitzchung controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blizzard_Albany" title="Blizzard Albany">Blizzard Albany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blizzard_North" title="Blizzard North">Blizzard North</a></li> <li><a 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Activision Blizzard">California Department of Fair Employment and Housing v. Activision Blizzard</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Echoes_of_War" title="Echoes of War">Echoes of War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proletariat_(company)" title="Proletariat (company)">Proletariat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivendi_Games" title="Vivendi Games">Vivendi Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_Game_Studios" title="Xbox Game Studios">Xbox Game Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ZeniMax_Media" title="ZeniMax Media">ZeniMax Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Activision_Blizzard_worker_organization" title="Activision Blizzard worker organization">ABK Workers Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_and_unions#United_States" title="Microsoft and unions">Microsoft and unions § United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Others6" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Others</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/King_(company)" title="King (company)">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peltarion" title="Peltarion">Peltarion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Gaming" title="Major League Gaming">Major League Gaming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Activision_Blizzard_Studios" title="Activision Blizzard Studios">Activision Blizzard Studios</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vivendi_Games" title="Vivendi Games">Vivendi Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acquisition_of_Activision_Blizzard_by_Microsoft" title="Acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft">acquisition</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/FTC_v._Microsoft" title="FTC v. 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Activision Blizzard</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Activision_Blizzard_worker_organization" title="Activision Blizzard worker organization">ABK Workers Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_and_unions#United_States" title="Microsoft and unions">Microsoft and unions § United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Microsoft_Gaming184" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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and Series S">Xbox Series X/S</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Xbox_One_and_Series_X/S_applications" title="List of Xbox One and Series X/S applications">Applications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_Wireless_Controller" title="Xbox Wireless Controller">Xbox Wireless Controller</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Xbox_Wireless_Controller_special_editions" title="List of Xbox Wireless Controller special editions">special editions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Xbox_One_and_Series_X/S_accessories" title="List of Xbox One and Series X/S accessories">Accessories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Xbox_Series_X_and_Series_S_games" title="List of Xbox Series X and Series S games">Games</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_backward-compatible_games_for_Xbox_One_and_Series_X/S" title="List of backward-compatible games for Xbox One and Series X/S">Backward 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ZeniMax_Media" title="ZeniMax Media">ZeniMax Media</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arkane_Studios" title="Arkane Studios">Arkane Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethesda_Softworks" title="Bethesda Softworks">Bethesda Softworks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bethesda_Game_Studios" title="Bethesda Game Studios">Bethesda Game Studios</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Id_Software" title="Id Software">id Software</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MachineGames" title="MachineGames">MachineGames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ZeniMax_Online_Studios" title="ZeniMax Online Studios">ZeniMax Online Studios</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Activision Blizzard</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Activision" title="Activision">Activision</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beenox" title="Beenox">Beenox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demonware" title="Demonware">Demonware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Moon_Studios" title="High Moon Studios">High Moon Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infinity_Ward" title="Infinity Ward">Infinity Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raven_Software" title="Raven Software">Raven Software</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sledgehammer_Games" title="Sledgehammer Games">Sledgehammer Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treyarch" title="Treyarch">Treyarch</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blizzard_Entertainment" title="Blizzard Entertainment">Blizzard Entertainment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blizzard_Albany" title="Blizzard Albany">Blizzard Albany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proletariat_(company)" title="Proletariat (company)">Blizzard Boston</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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