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class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>2010s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2010s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Awards</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </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">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-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">6</span> 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href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Activision" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Activision" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%A8" title="অ্যাকটিভিশন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="অ্যাকটিভিশন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Activision" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B6%D1%8A%D0%BD" title="Активижън – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Активижън" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Activision" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Activision" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Activision" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Activision" 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" title="Activision – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Activision" 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" title="Activision – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Activision" 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" title="Activision – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Activision" 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" title="Activision – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Activision" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Activision" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</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" title="اکتیویژن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اکتیویژن" 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" title="Activision – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Activision" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Activision" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</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" title="액티비전 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="액티비전" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Activision" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8" title="एक्टिविजन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="एक्टिविजन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Activision" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Activision" 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" title="Activision – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Activision" 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/Activision" title="Activision – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="Activision" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Activision" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Activision" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Activision" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Activision" 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" title="اكتيڤيچن – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اكتيڤيچن" 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" title="Activision – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Activision" 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" title="Activision – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Activision" 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" title="アクティビジョン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アクティビジョン" 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" title="Activision – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Activision" 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-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Activision" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Activision" 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" title="Activision – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Activision" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Activision" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Activision" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Activision" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Activision" 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-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" title="Activision – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Activision" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</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" title="ئاکتیڤیژن – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ئاکتیڤیژن" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" 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Inc.</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size skin-invert" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Activision.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Activision.svg/220px-Activision.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Activision.svg/330px-Activision.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Activision.svg/440px-Activision.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="125" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:2701_Olympic_Boulevard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/2701_Olympic_Boulevard.jpg/220px-2701_Olympic_Boulevard.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/2701_Olympic_Boulevard.jpg/330px-2701_Olympic_Boulevard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/2701_Olympic_Boulevard.jpg/440px-2701_Olympic_Boulevard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Current headquarters in Santa Monica in 2025 (shared with Activision Blizzard)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><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>Computer Arts, Inc.</li><li>(1979)</li><li>Activision, Inc.</li><li>(1979–1988; 1992–2000)</li><li>Mediagenic</li><li>(1988–1992)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">October 1, 1979<span class="noprint">; 45 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1979-10-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founders</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Crane_(programmer)" title="David Crane (programmer)">David Crane</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Miller_(game_designer)" title="Alan Miller (game designer)">Alan Miller</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Whitehead" title="Bob Whitehead">Bob Whitehead</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Levy" title="Jim Levy">Jim Levy</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label">2701 Olympic Blvd, <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"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Worldwide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist nowrap"><ul><li>Rob Kostich (<a href="/wiki/President_(corporate_title)" title="President (corporate title)">president</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li>Josh Taub (<a href="/wiki/Chief_operating_officer" title="Chief operating officer">COO</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-activision_about_us_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-activision_about_us-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Activision_video_games" title="List of Activision video games">List of Activision video games</a></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>Activision, Inc.</li><li>(2000–2008)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard">Activision Blizzard</a></li><li>(2008–present)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data">See <a href="#Studios">§ Studios</a></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.activision.com/">activision.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><b>Footnotes / references</b><br /><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Activision Publishing, Inc.</b> is an American <a href="/wiki/Video_game_publisher" title="Video game publisher">video game publisher</a> based in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica, California</a>. It serves as the publishing business for its parent company, <a href="/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard">Activision Blizzard</a>, and consists of several subsidiary studios. Activision is one of the largest third-party video game publishers in the world and was the top United States publisher in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The company was founded as <b>Activision, Inc.</b> on October 1, 1979, in <a href="/wiki/Sunnyvale,_California" title="Sunnyvale, California">Sunnyvale, California</a>, by former <a href="/wiki/Atari,_Inc." title="Atari, Inc.">Atari</a> game developers upset at their treatment by Atari in order to develop their own games for the popular <a href="/wiki/Atari_2600" title="Atari 2600">Atari 2600</a> home video game console. Activision was the first independent, third-party, console video game developer. The <a href="/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983" title="Video game crash of 1983">video game crash of 1983</a>, in part created by too many new companies trying to follow in Activision's footsteps without the experience of Activision's founders, hurt Activision's position in console games and forced the company to diversify into games for home computers, including the acquisition of <a href="/wiki/Infocom" title="Infocom">Infocom</a>. After a management shift, with CEO <a href="/wiki/Jim_Levy" title="Jim Levy">Jim Levy</a> replaced by <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Davis_(video_game_industry)" title="Bruce Davis (video game industry)">Bruce Davis</a>, the company renamed itself to <b>Mediagenic</b> and branched out into business software applications. Mediagenic quickly fell into debt, and the company was bought for around <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$500,000</span> by <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Kotick" title="Bobby Kotick">Bobby Kotick</a> and a small group of investors around 1991. </p><p>Kotick drastically revamped and restructured the company to get it out of debt: dismissing most of its staff, moving the company to Los Angeles, and reverting to the Activision name. Building on existing assets, the Kotick-led Activision pursued more publishing opportunities and, after recovering from its former financial troubles, started acquiring numerous studios and various types of <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a> over the 1990s and 2000s, among these being the <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> series. A <a href="/wiki/Holding_company" title="Holding company">holding company</a> was formed as Activision's parent company to manage both its internal and acquired studios. In 2008, this holding company merged with <a href="/wiki/Vivendi_Games" title="Vivendi Games">Vivendi Games</a> (the parent company of <a href="/wiki/Blizzard_Entertainment" title="Blizzard Entertainment">Blizzard Entertainment</a>) and formed Activision Blizzard, with Kotick as its CEO. Within this structure, Activision manages numerous third-party studios and publishes all games besides those created by Blizzard. In October 2023, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> <a href="/wiki/Acquisition_of_Activision_Blizzard_by_Microsoft" title="Acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft">acquired</a> parent company Activision Blizzard, maintaining that the company would continue to operate as a separate business. While part of the larger <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Gaming" title="Microsoft Gaming">Microsoft Gaming</a> division, Activision retains its function as the publisher of games developed by their studios. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Activision&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Founding_(1979)"><span id="Founding_.281979.29"></span>Founding (1979)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Activision&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Founding (1979)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Crane_(10453626776).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/David_Crane_%2810453626776%29.jpg/250px-David_Crane_%2810453626776%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/David_Crane_%2810453626776%29.jpg/330px-David_Crane_%2810453626776%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/David_Crane_%2810453626776%29.jpg/500px-David_Crane_%2810453626776%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1532" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>Co-founder David Crane in 2013</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1976, <a href="/wiki/Warner_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Communications">Warner Communications</a> bought <a href="/wiki/Atari,_Inc." title="Atari, Inc.">Atari, Inc.</a> from <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Bushnell" title="Nolan Bushnell">Nolan Bushnell</a> to help accelerate the <a href="/wiki/Atari_2600" title="Atari 2600">Atari Video Computer System</a> (Atari VCS or later the Atari 2600) to market by 1977. That same year, Atari began hiring programmers to create games for the system. Prior to Warner's acquisition, the company did not award bonus pay to programmers who worked on profitable games,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> nor credit the programmers publicly, to prevent them from being recruited by rival game companies.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Warner Communication's management style was also different from Bushnell's. According to developer <a href="/wiki/John_Dunn_(software_developer)" title="John Dunn (software developer)">John Dunn</a>, Warner management treated developers as engineers rather than creative staff, creating conflicts with staff.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Atari's CEO <a href="/wiki/Ray_Kassar" title="Ray Kassar">Ray Kassar</a>, named to that position following Warner's acquisition in 1978, was committed to keeping production costs minimal for Warner.<sup id="cite_ref-gi_activision_start_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gi_activision_start-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early 1979, Atari's marketing department circulated a memo listing the best-selling cartridges from the previous year to help guide game ideas.<sup id="cite_ref-gi_activision_start_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gi_activision_start-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Crane noted that the games he was fully responsible for had brought in over <span style="white-space: nowrap">$20 million</span> for the company but he was still only receiving a <span style="white-space: nowrap">$20,000</span> salary.<sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Out of a development staff of thirty-five, four programmers (Crane, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Kaplan" title="Larry Kaplan">Larry Kaplan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Miller_(game_designer)" title="Alan Miller (game designer)">Alan Miller</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Whitehead" title="Bob Whitehead">Bob Whitehead</a>), had produced games that had accounted for 60% of Atari's sales.<sup id="cite_ref-gi_activision_start_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gi_activision_start-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Crane, Kaplan, Miller, and Whitehead became vocal about the lack of recognition within the company and became known as the "Gang of Four".<sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group met with Kassar in May 1979 to demand that the company treat developers as <a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">record labels</a> treated musicians, with royalties and their names on game boxes. Kaplan, who called the others "the best designers for the [2600] in the world", recalled that Kassar called the four men "towel designers" and claimed that "anybody can do a cartridge".<sup id="cite_ref-hubner19831128_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hubner19831128-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The four made the decision to soon leave Atari and start their own business, but were not sure how to go about it.<sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1979, the concept of <a href="/wiki/Third-party_developer" class="mw-redirect" title="Third-party developer">third-party developers</a> did not exist,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as software for <a href="/wiki/Video_game_console" title="Video game console">video game consoles</a> were published exclusively by makers of the systems for which the games were designed;<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> thus the common thinking was that to make console games, one needed to make a console first.<sup id="cite_ref-gi_activision_start_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gi_activision_start-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The four decided to create their own independent game development company. They were directed by their attorney to <a href="/wiki/Jim_Levy" title="Jim Levy">Jim Levy</a>, who was at the time raising <a href="/wiki/Venture_capital" title="Venture capital">venture capital</a> to get into the software business for early home computers. Levy listened to their plans, agreed with its direction, and helped the four to secure about <span style="white-space: nowrap">$1 million</span> in capital from <a href="/wiki/Sutter_Hill_Ventures" title="Sutter Hill Ventures">Sutter Hill Ventures</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also checked with legal counsel on their plans to develop games for the Atari VCS, and included litigation fees in their capital investment.<sup id="cite_ref-gi_activision_start_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gi_activision_start-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By August, Crane and Miller had left Atari, with Whitehead joining them shortly after.<sup id="cite_ref-hubner19831128_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hubner19831128-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kaplan had also quit Atari in August, but initially decided not to join as he did not like the starting business plan; he came back later to join Activision that December.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Activision was formally founded on October 1, 1979, with Levy serving as CEO. The company was initially named "Computer Arts, Inc." while they considered a better title. The founders had thought of the name VSync, Inc., but feared that the public would not understand or know how to say it. Levy suggested combining "active" and "television" to come up with Activision.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years_(1980–1982)"><span id="Early_years_.281980.E2.80.931982.29"></span>Early years (1980–1982)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Activision&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early years (1980–1982)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Activision began working out of Crane's garage in the latter half of 1979, each programmer developing their own game that was planned for release in mid-1980: <i><a href="/wiki/Dragster_(video_game)" title="Dragster (video game)">Dragster</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Fishing_Derby" title="Fishing Derby">Fishing Derby</a></i>, <i>Checkers</i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Boxing_(Atari_2600)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boxing (Atari 2600)">Boxing</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-gi_activision_start_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gi_activision_start-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The four's knowledge of the Atari 2600, as well as software tricks for the system, helped them make their own games visually distinct from Atari-produced games.<sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To further distinguish themselves, Activision's boxes were brightly colored and featured an in-game screenshot on the back cover.<sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instruction manuals for games devoted at least one page to credit the developer. Additionally, for nearly all of Activision's games through 1983, the instruction manuals included instructions for sending the company a photograph of a player's high scores to receive a patch in return.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ahead of the release of the first four games, Activision obtained space at the mid-year 1980 <a href="/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="Consumer Electronics Show">Consumer Electronics Show</a> to showcase their titles, and quickly obtained favorable press.<sup id="cite_ref-gi_activision_start_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gi_activision_start-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The attention afforded to Activision worried Atari, as the four's departure had already created a major dent in their development staff.<sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Atari initially tried to tarnish Activision's reputation by using industry press at CES to label those that took trade secrets as "evil, terrible people", according to Crane, and then later threatened to refuse to sell Atari games to retailers that also carried these Activision titles.<sup id="cite_ref-gi_activision_start_10-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gi_activision_start-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of 1980, Atari filed a formal lawsuit against Activision to try to stop the company, claiming the four had stolen trade secrets and violated <a href="/wiki/Non-disclosure_agreement" title="Non-disclosure agreement">non-disclosure agreements</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gi_activision_start_10-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gi_activision_start-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lawsuit was settled by 1982, with Activision agreeing to pay royalties to Atari but otherwise legitimizing the third-party development model.<sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_11-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-forbes_kotick_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes_kotick-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the first round of releases, each of the founders developed their own titles, about once a year, over the first few years of the company.<sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_11-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While their 1980 games were modest hits, one of the company's first successful games was <i><a href="/wiki/Kaboom!_(video_game)" title="Kaboom! (video game)">Kaboom!</a></i>, released in 1981, which was Activision's first game to sell over a million units.<sup id="cite_ref-gi_activision_start_10-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gi_activision_start-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Activision's breakout title was 1982's <i><a href="/wiki/Pitfall!" title="Pitfall!">Pitfall!</a></i>, created by Crane. More than four million copies of the game were sold.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Near the end of 1982, Kaplan left Activision to work on the development of the <a href="/wiki/Amiga" title="Amiga">Amiga</a> personal computer as he wanted to be more involved in hardware development.<sup id="cite_ref-edge_history_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-edge_history-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gi_activision_start_10-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gi_activision_start-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carol_Shaw_Holding_Gold_River_Raid_Cartridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Carol_Shaw_Holding_Gold_River_Raid_Cartridge.jpg/220px-Carol_Shaw_Holding_Gold_River_Raid_Cartridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Carol_Shaw_Holding_Gold_River_Raid_Cartridge.jpg/330px-Carol_Shaw_Holding_Gold_River_Raid_Cartridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Carol_Shaw_Holding_Gold_River_Raid_Cartridge.jpg/440px-Carol_Shaw_Holding_Gold_River_Raid_Cartridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2449" data-file-height="2683" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Carol_Shaw" title="Carol Shaw">Carol Shaw</a> in 1983 with her award plaque for selling over 500,000 copies of <i>River Raid</i> for Activision</figcaption></figure> <p>Total sales for Activision were estimated at <span style="white-space: nowrap">$157 million</span> and revenues at <span style="white-space: nowrap">$60 million</span> ahead of its June 1983 <a href="/wiki/Initial_public_offering" title="Initial public offering">initial public offering</a>; at this point Activision had around 60 employees.<sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_11-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gi_activision_start_10-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gi_activision_start-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Danny_Goodman" title="Danny Goodman">Danny Goodman</a> stated in <i><a href="/wiki/Creative_Computing" class="mw-redirect" title="Creative Computing">Creative Computing</a> Video & Arcade Games</i> in 1983, "I doubt that there is an active [Atari 2600] owner who doesn't have at least one Activision cartridge in his library".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company completed its public offering in June 1983 on NASDAQ under the stock ticker AVSN.<sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_11-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_video_game_market_crash_(1983–1988)"><span id="The_video_game_market_crash_.281983.E2.80.931988.29"></span>The video game market crash (1983–1988)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Activision&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The video game market crash (1983–1988)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The success of Activision, alongside the popularity of the Atari 2600, led to many more home consoles third-party developers as well as other home consoles. Activision produced some of its Atari games for the <a href="/wiki/Intellivision" title="Intellivision">Intellivision</a> and <a href="/wiki/ColecoVision" title="ColecoVision">ColecoVision</a> consoles, among other platforms.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, several new third-party developers also arose, attempting to follow the approach Activision had used but without the experience they had; according to Crane, several of these companies were founded with venture capital and hired programmers with little game design experience off the street, mass-publishing whatever product the developers had made. This was a contributing factor to the <a href="/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983" title="Video game crash of 1983">video game crash of 1983</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_11-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For Activision, while they survived the crash, they felt its effects in the following years. These third-party developers folded, leaving warehouses full of unsold games, which savvy retailers purchased and sold at a mass discount (<span style="white-space: nowrap">$5</span> compared to Activision's <span style="white-space: nowrap">$40</span> <a href="/wiki/Manufacturer%27s_suggested_retail_price" class="mw-redirect" title="Manufacturer's suggested retail price">manufacturer's suggested retail price</a>). While there was still a demand for Activision games, uneducated consumers were more drawn to the heavily discounted titles instead, reducing their income.<sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_11-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their quarterly revenue dropped from <span style="white-space: nowrap">$50 million</span> in mid-1983 to about <span style="white-space: nowrap">$6–7 million</span> by the end of 1984, according to Levy, and they were forced to lay off staff, going from about 400 employees to 95 in that period.<sup id="cite_ref-high_score_activision_crash_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-high_score_activision_crash-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of this, Activision decided that they needed to diversify their games onto home computers such as the <a href="/wiki/Commodore_64" title="Commodore 64">Commodore 64</a>, <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Atari_8-bit_computers" title="Atari 8-bit computers">Atari 8-bit computers</a> to avoid completely going out of business like other third-party developers.<sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_11-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There still was a drain of talent through 1985 from the crash. Miller and Whitehead left in 1984 due to the large devaluation of their stock and went on to form <a href="/wiki/Accolade,_Inc." title="Accolade, Inc.">Accolade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_11-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-edge_history_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-edge_history-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the video game crash making console game development a risky proposition, the company focused on developing for home computers with games like <i><a href="/wiki/Little_Computer_People" title="Little Computer People">Little Computer People</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Hacker_(video_game)" title="Hacker (video game)">Hacker</a></i>, while Levy tried to keep expenditures in check as they recovered.<sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_11-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Looking to expand further, Activision acquired, through a corporate merger, the struggling <a href="/wiki/Text_adventure" class="mw-redirect" title="Text adventure">text adventure</a> pioneer <a href="/wiki/Infocom" title="Infocom">Infocom</a> in June 1986. This acquisition was spearheaded by Levy, who was a big fan of Infocom's titles and felt the company was in a similar position as Activision.<sup id="cite_ref-edge_history_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-edge_history-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About six months after the "Infocom Wedding", Activision's board decided to replace Levy with <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Davis_(video_game_industry)" title="Bruce Davis (video game industry)">Bruce Davis</a>. Davis was against the purchase of Infocom from the start and was heavy-handed in its management,<sup id="cite_ref-mit_infocom_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mit_infocom-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and even attempted to seek a lawsuit to recover their purchase from Infocom's shareholders.<sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_11-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Crane also found Davis difficult to work with and was concerned with how Davis managed the closure of <a href="/wiki/Imagic" title="Imagic">Imagic</a>, one of the third-party development studios formed after Activision's success in 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_11-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Crane left Activision in 1986 and helped <a href="/wiki/Garry_Kitchen" title="Garry Kitchen">Garry Kitchen</a> found <a href="/wiki/Absolute_Entertainment" title="Absolute Entertainment">Absolute Entertainment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_11-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late 1986, Activision adopted the Electric Dreams brand, usually used for British software, for titles outside of English for the American market.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mediagenic_(1988–1991)"><span id="Mediagenic_.281988.E2.80.931991.29"></span>Mediagenic (1988–1991)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Activision&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Mediagenic (1988–1991)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:3885_Bohannon_Drive.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/3885_Bohannon_Drive.jpg/220px-3885_Bohannon_Drive.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/3885_Bohannon_Drive.jpg/330px-3885_Bohannon_Drive.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/3885_Bohannon_Drive.jpg/440px-3885_Bohannon_Drive.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4474" data-file-height="3080" /></a><figcaption>Mediagenic's former headquarters in Menlo Park, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 2021</span><sup id="cite_ref-InfoWorld_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InfoWorld-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1988, Activision began involvement in software besides video games, such as business applications. As a result, Activision changed its corporate name to <b>Mediagenic</b> to better represent all of its activities.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_11-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mediagenic consisted of four groups: </p> <ul><li>Activision: video game publisher for various platforms, notably the <a href="/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System" title="Nintendo Entertainment System">Nintendo Entertainment System</a>, <a href="/wiki/Master_System" title="Master System">Master System</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atari_7800" title="Atari 7800">Atari 7800</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atari_ST" title="Atari ST">Atari ST</a>, <a href="/wiki/Commodore_64" title="Commodore 64">Commodore 64</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Amiga" title="Amiga">Amiga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infocom" title="Infocom">Infocom</a>: developer of interactive fiction games</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Orr#GameStar" title="Scott Orr">Gamestar</a>: initially an independent company but purchased by Activision in 1986. Specialized in sports video games</li> <li>Ten Point O: business application software</li></ul> <p>In 1989, after several years of losses, Activision closed down the Infocom studios, extending to only 11 of the 26 employees an offer to relocate to Activision's <a href="/wiki/Silicon_Valley" title="Silicon Valley">Silicon Valley</a> headquarters. Five of them accepted this offer.<sup id="cite_ref-mit_infocom_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mit_infocom-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Notably during this time, Mediagenic was known to have worked on the early version of a football game that was the basis for <i><a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana_Football" title="Joe Montana Football">Joe Montana Football</a></i>. Sega of America's Michael Katz had been able to get Sega to pay Mediagenic around early 1990 to develop this into the branded version after securing the rights to <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Joe Montana</a>'s name, but was unaware of internal troubles that had been going on within the company, which had left the state of the game mostly unfinished. Katz and Sega were forced to take the incomplete game to <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">Electronic Arts</a>, which had been developing its own <i><a href="/wiki/John_Madden_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="John Madden Football">John Madden Football</a></i> series for personal computers, to complete the game.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During this period Mediagenic, via Activision, secured the rights to distribute games from <a href="/wiki/Cyan_Worlds" title="Cyan Worlds">Cyan Worlds</a>. The first game published by Activision from Cyan was <i><a href="/wiki/The_Manhole" title="The Manhole">The Manhole</a></i>, on <a href="/wiki/CD-ROM" title="CD-ROM">CD-ROM</a> for personal computers, the first major game distributed in this format.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gi_activision_start_10-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gi_activision_start-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Purchase_by_Bobby_Kotick_(1991–1997)"><span id="Purchase_by_Bobby_Kotick_.281991.E2.80.931997.29"></span>Purchase by Bobby Kotick (1991–1997)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Activision&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Purchase by Bobby Kotick (1991–1997)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Davis' management of Mediagenic failed to produce a profitable company; in 1991, Mediagenic reported a loss of <span style="white-space: nowrap">$26.8 million</span> on only <span style="white-space: nowrap">$28.8 million</span> of revenue and had over <span style="white-space: nowrap">$60 million</span> in debt.<sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_11-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-brick_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brick-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This debt included a <span style="white-space: nowrap">$6 million</span> penalty against Mediagenic in May 1990 after losing patent infringement lawsuits filed against it by <a href="/wiki/Magnavox" title="Magnavox">Magnavox</a> over the similarities of Activition's games to Magnavox's patents.<sup id="cite_ref-schreier_play_nice_chap12_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schreier_play_nice_chap12-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cyan severed their contract with Activision, and turned to <a href="/wiki/Broderbund" title="Broderbund">Broderbund</a> for publishing, including what became one of the most significant computer games of the 1990s, <i><a href="/wiki/Myst" title="Myst">Myst</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-brick_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brick-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<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 src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Bobby_Kotick_executive_photo.jpg/170px-Bobby_Kotick_executive_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Bobby_Kotick_executive_photo.jpg/255px-Bobby_Kotick_executive_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Bobby_Kotick_executive_photo.jpg/340px-Bobby_Kotick_executive_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2550" data-file-height="3300" /></a><figcaption>Bobby Kotick</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Kotick" title="Bobby Kotick">Bobby Kotick</a> had become interested in the value of the video game industry following the crash, and he and three other investors worked to buy <a href="/wiki/Commodore_International" title="Commodore International">Commodore International</a> in an effort to gain access to the <a href="/wiki/Amiga" title="Amiga">Amiga</a> line of personal computers. After failing to complete purchase, the group bought a company that licensed <a href="/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> characters, and through Nintendo was directed to the failing Mediagenic.<sup id="cite_ref-mw_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mw-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kotick was drawn to buy out Mediagenic not for its current offerings but for the Activision name, given its past successes with <i>Pitfall!</i>, with hopes to restore Activision to its former glory.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After failing to negotiate a purchase with Davis, Kotick and additional investors bought Mediagenic in a <a href="/wiki/Hostile_takeover" class="mw-redirect" title="Hostile takeover">hostile takeover</a> for approximately <span style="white-space: nowrap">$500,000</span> in 1991. This group of investors included real estate businessman <a href="/wiki/Steve_Wynn" title="Steve Wynn">Steve Wynn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philips_Electronics" class="mw-redirect" title="Philips Electronics">Philips Electronics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-schreier_play_nice_chap12_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schreier_play_nice_chap12-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_dec1993_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes_dec1993-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mw_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mw-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kotick became CEO of Mediagenic on its purchase and made several immediate changes: He let go of all but 8 of the companies' 150 employees, performed a full restructuring of the company, developed a bankruptcy restructuring plan, and reincorporated the company in Los Angeles, California.<sup id="cite_ref-forbes_kotick_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes_kotick-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the bankruptcy plan, Kotick recognized that Mediagenic still had valuable assets, which included the Infocom library as well as its authoring tools to make games, Activision's distribution network, and licenses to develop on Nintendo and Sega home consoles.<sup id="cite_ref-brick_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brick-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kotick offset some debt by giving stock in the company to its distributors as to keep them vested in the company's success; this included convincing <a href="/wiki/Philips_Electronics" class="mw-redirect" title="Philips Electronics">Philips Electronics</a>, Magnavox's parent company, to convert their legal debt into stock in Activision.<sup id="cite_ref-schreier_play_nice_chap12_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schreier_play_nice_chap12-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-brick_33-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brick-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kotick also had the company reissue several of its past console and Infocom titles as compilations for personal computers. Kotick had also recognized the value of the <i><a href="/wiki/Zork" title="Zork">Zork</a></i> property from Infocom, and had the company develop a sequel, <i><a href="/wiki/Return_to_Zork" title="Return to Zork">Return to Zork</a></i>. Combined, these steps allowed Mediagenic to fulfill on the bankruptcy plan, and by the end of 1992, Kotick renamed Mediagenic to the original Activision name.<sup id="cite_ref-brick_33-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brick-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new Activision went public in October 1993, raising about <span style="white-space: nowrap">$40 million</span>,<sup id="cite_ref-forbes_kotick_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes_kotick-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was listed on NASDAQ under its new ticker symbol <b>ATVI</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_dec1993_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes_dec1993-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1995, Kotick's approach had met one promise he made to investors: that he would give them four years of 50% growth in revenues while remaining break-even. Reaching this goal, Kotick then set Activision on his second promise to investors, to develop high-demand games and make the company profitable by 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-brick_33-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brick-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Activision published the first-person perspective <i><a href="/wiki/MechWarrior_(1989_video_game)" title="MechWarrior (1989 video game)">MechWarrior</a></i> in 1989, based on <a href="/wiki/FASA" title="FASA">FASA</a>'s pen-and-paper game <i><a href="/wiki/BattleTech" title="BattleTech">BattleTech</a></i>. A sequel, <i><a href="/wiki/MechWarrior_2" class="mw-redirect" title="MechWarrior 2">MechWarrior 2</a></i>, was released in 1995 after two years of delays and internal struggles, prompting FASA not to renew their licensing deal with Activision. To counter, Activision released several more games bearing the <i>MechWarrior 2</i> name, which did not violate their licensing agreement. These included <i>NetMech</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/MechWarrior_2:_Ghost_Bear%27s_Legacy" title="MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy">MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/MechWarrior_2:_Mercenaries" title="MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries">MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries</a></i>. The entire <i>MechWarrior 2</i> game series accounted for more than <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$70 million</span> in sales. </p><p>Activision procured the license to another pen-and-paper-based <a href="/wiki/Wargaming" class="mw-redirect" title="Wargaming">war game</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Heavy_Gear" title="Heavy Gear">Heavy Gear</a></i>, in 1997. <a href="/wiki/Heavy_Gear_(video_game)" title="Heavy Gear (video game)">The video game version</a> was well received by critics, with an 81.46% average rating on <a href="/wiki/GameRankings" title="GameRankings">GameRankings</a> and being considered the best game of the genre at the time by <a href="/wiki/GameSpot" title="GameSpot">GameSpot</a>. The <i>Mechwarrior 2</i> engine was also used in other Activision games, including 1997's <i><a href="/wiki/Interstate_%2776" title="Interstate '76">Interstate '76</a></i> and 1998's <i><a href="/wiki/Battlezone_(1998_video_game)" title="Battlezone (1998 video game)">Battlezone</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Growth_and_acquisitions_(1997–2008)"><span id="Growth_and_acquisitions_.281997.E2.80.932008.29"></span>Growth and acquisitions (1997–2008)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Activision&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Growth and acquisitions (1997–2008)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Activisionheadquarters.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Activisionheadquarters.jpg/250px-Activisionheadquarters.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Activisionheadquarters.jpg/330px-Activisionheadquarters.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Activisionheadquarters.jpg/500px-Activisionheadquarters.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2146" data-file-height="1789" /></a><figcaption>Former Activision headquarters in Santa Monica in 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>With several of its own successfully developed games helping to turn a profit, Kotick led Activision to start seeking acquisitions of video game development studios, guided by market surveys to determine what areas of content to focus on.<sup id="cite_ref-mw_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mw-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is estimated that between 1997 and 2008, Activision made 25 acquisitions, several for undisclosed amounts. Several of these came prior to 2001, in the midst of the <a href="/wiki/Dot-com_bubble" title="Dot-com bubble">Dot-com bubble</a>, enabling the company to acquire studios at a lower valuation.<sup id="cite_ref-mw_35-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mw-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 16, 2000, Activision reorganized as a <a href="/wiki/Holding_company" title="Holding company">holding company</a>, Activision Holdings, to manage Activision and its subsidiaries more effectively.<sup id="cite_ref-Activision_Holding_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Activision_Holding-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Activision changed its corporate name from "Activision, Inc." to "Activision Publishing, Inc.", while Activision Holdings took Activision's former "Activision, Inc." name.<sup id="cite_ref-Activision_Holding_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Activision_Holding-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Activision Publishing became a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision, which in turn became the publicly traded company, with all outstanding shares of capital stock converted.<sup id="cite_ref-Activision_Holding_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Activision_Holding-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pcgamer_hirshberg_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pcgamer_hirshberg-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some of the key acquisitions and investments made by Activision in this period include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raven_Software" title="Raven Software">Raven Software</a>: Raven was founded in 1990; because of their close proximity, Raven frequently collaborated with <a href="/wiki/Id_Software" title="Id Software">id Software</a>, and one of the studio's early successes was the <i><a href="/wiki/Heretic_(video_game)" title="Heretic (video game)">Heretic</a></i> series using id's <a href="/wiki/Doom_engine" title="Doom engine">Doom engine</a>. Around 1997, Raven's founders Brian and Steve Raffel felt the need to seek a parent company. They arranged a publishing deal with Activision in 1997, which not only served to provide Raven additional financial support, but also gave Activision the opportunity to work closely with id Software and gain business relationships with them.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of 1997, Activision acquired Raven as one of its first subsidiaries under Kotick.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The acquisition price was $12 million.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neversoft" title="Neversoft">Neversoft</a>: Prior to its acquisition in 2000, Activision had arranged a development deal with Neversoft to re-develop <i><a href="/wiki/Apocalypse_(video_game)" title="Apocalypse (video game)">Apocalypse</a></i>, a title that failed to be completed within Activision. Subsequently, Activision had Neversoft work on a prototype for a <a href="/wiki/Skateboard" title="Skateboard">skateboarding</a> game, which became the first in the <i><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hawk%27s_(series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Hawk's (series)">Tony Hawk's</a></i> series of skateboarding video games. <i><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hawk%27s_Pro_Skater" title="Tony Hawk's Pro Skater">Tony Hawk's Pro Skater</a></i> was a critical success, leading Activision to acquire Neversoft in April 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After eight games, the series has brought in <span style="white-space: nowrap">$1.6 billion</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-forbes_kotick_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes_kotick-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infinity_Ward" title="Infinity Ward">Infinity Ward</a>: After <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">Electronic Arts</a> released <i><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor:_Allied_Assault" title="Medal of Honor: Allied Assault">Medal of Honor: Allied Assault</a></i> in 2002, several of the developers from <a href="/wiki/2015,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="2015, Inc.">2015, Inc.</a>, disenchanted with their current contracts, left to form a new studio, Infinity Ward. Kotick himself provided the group with startup funding, as they were seeking to develop a similar title to <i>Medal of Honor</i>. Activision acquired the studio for <span style="white-space: nowrap">$5 million</span> in January 2003, and later publish their first title, <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty_(video_game)" title="Call of Duty (video game)">Call of Duty</a></i>, directly competing with Electronic Arts.<sup id="cite_ref-forbes_kotick_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes_kotick-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty" title="Call of Duty">Call of Duty</a></i> series has since seen nearly yearly releases and as of 2016 had sold more than 250 million units and brought in more than <span style="white-space: nowrap">$12 billion</span> in revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treyarch" title="Treyarch">Treyarch</a>: The Santa Monica, California studio was founded in 1996. With the success of the first <i>Tony Hawk</i> game from Neversoft, Activision used Treyarch to assist in further <i>Tony Hawk</i> games as well as to develop titles using Activision's license of <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Spider-Man" title="Spider-Man">Spider-Man</a>. Activision acquired the studio in 2001 for about <span style="white-space: nowrap">$20 million</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the success of <i>Call of Duty</i> from Infinity Ward, Activision moved Treyarch to assist in the series' development, trading off each year' major release between the two studios.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gray_Matter_Studios" title="Gray Matter Studios">Gray Matter Studios</a>: While Gray Matter was originally founded in 1993 as Xatrix Entertainment, it was rebranded to Gray Matter in 1999 as they began work on <i><a href="/wiki/Return_to_Castle_Wolfenstein" title="Return to Castle Wolfenstein">Return to Castle Wolfenstein</a></i>, in conjunction with <a href="/wiki/Nerve_Software" title="Nerve Software">Nerve Software</a> and oversight by id Software who owned the <i>Castle Wolfenstein</i> IP. Activision, the game's publisher, acquired a portion of Gray Matter's stock during this time. <i>Return to Castle Wolfenstein</i> was a critical and financial success, and led Activision to acquire the remaining shares of Gray Matter in 2002 for about <span style="white-space: nowrap">$3.2 million</span>,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the intent to help Infinity Ward expand out the <i>Call of Duty</i> franchise. In 2005, Activision made the decision to merge the smaller Gray Matter into the larger Treyarch to put their combined talents towards <i>Call of Duty 3</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RedOctane" title="RedOctane">RedOctane</a>: Around 2005, Red Octane was co-developing <i><a href="/wiki/Guitar_Hero" title="Guitar Hero">Guitar Hero</a></i>, a console game based on the arcade game <i><a href="/wiki/GuitarFreaks_and_DrumMania" title="GuitarFreaks and DrumMania">GuitarFreaks</a></i>, with <a href="/wiki/Harmonix" title="Harmonix">Harmonix</a>; Harmonix was developing the software while RedOctane developed the instrument controllers. <i>Guitar Hero</i> was a major success. Activision purchased RedOctane for nearly <span style="white-space: nowrap">$100 million</span> in June 2006. The series has since earned more than <span style="white-space: nowrap">$2 billion</span> in revenues.<sup id="cite_ref-forbes_kotick_19-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes_kotick-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toys_for_Bob" title="Toys for Bob">Toys for Bob</a>: Toys for Bob was founded by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Reiche_III" title="Paul Reiche III">Paul Reiche III</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fred_Ford_(programmer)" title="Fred Ford (programmer)">Fred Ford</a>, and Terry Falls in 1989 and gained success in developing the first two <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Control" title="Star Control">Star Control</a></i> games, and later made film-to-video game adaptions. Activision purchased the studio in 2005, and had given them work on some of the <i>Tony Hawk's</i> games as well as other licensed properties.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following Activision's merger with Vivendi, Activision gained the <i><a href="/wiki/Spyro" title="Spyro">Spyro</a></i> intellectual property and assigned Toys for Bob to develop the series in a new direction, leading to the <a href="/wiki/Toys-to-life" title="Toys-to-life">toys-to-life</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Skylanders" title="Skylanders">Skylanders</a></i> series.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Merger_with_Vivendi_Games_(2008)"><span id="Merger_with_Vivendi_Games_.282008.29"></span>Merger with Vivendi Games (2008)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Activision&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Merger with Vivendi Games (2008)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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 article: <a href="/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard">Activision Blizzard</a></div> <p>While Activision was highly successful with its range of developers and successful series, Kotick was concerned that they did not have a title for the growing <a href="/wiki/Massively_multiplayer_online" class="mw-redirect" title="Massively multiplayer online">massively multiplayer online</a> market, which presented the opportunity for continued revenues from subscription models and microtransactions instead of the revenue from a single sale. Around 2006, Kotick contacted <a href="/wiki/Jean-Bernard_L%C3%A9vy" title="Jean-Bernard Lévy">Jean-Bernard Lévy</a>, the new CEO of <a href="/wiki/Vivendi" title="Vivendi">Vivendi</a>, a French media conglomerate. Vivendi had a games division, <a href="/wiki/Vivendi_Games" title="Vivendi Games">Vivendi Games</a>, that was struggling to be viable at the time, but its principal feature was that it owned <a href="/wiki/Blizzard_Entertainment" title="Blizzard Entertainment">Blizzard Entertainment</a> and its highly successful <i><a href="/wiki/World_of_Warcraft" title="World of Warcraft">World of Warcraft</a></i> game, which was drawing in <span style="white-space: nowrap">$1.1 billion</span> a year in subscription fees. Vivendi Games also owned <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Entertainment" title="Sierra Entertainment">Sierra Entertainment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-forbes_kotick_19-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes_kotick-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lévy recognized Kotick wanted control of <i>World of Warcraft</i>, and offered to allow the companies to merge, but only if Lévy held the majority shares in the merged group, forcing Kotick to cede control. Kotick fretted about this decision for a while, according to friends and investors. During this time in 2006–2007, some of Activision's former successful properties began to wane, such as <i>Tony Hawk's</i>, so Activision bought <a href="/wiki/RedOctane" title="RedOctane">RedOctane</a>, the publisher of the <i>Guitar Hero</i> franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-forbes_kotick_19-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes_kotick-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kotick met with Blizzard's president <a href="/wiki/Mike_Morhaime" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Morhaime">Mike Morhaime</a>, and learned that Blizzard also had a successful inroad into getting their games into China, a potentially lucrative market. Given this potential opportunity, Kotick agreed to the merger.<sup id="cite_ref-forbes_kotick_19-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes_kotick-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Activision's board signed on to the merger by December 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The merger was completed in July 2008. The new company was called <a href="/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard">Activision Blizzard</a> and was headed by Kotick, while Vivendi maintained a 52% share in the company.<sup id="cite_ref-forbes_kotick_19-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes_kotick-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new company was estimated to be worth <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$18.9 billion</span>, ahead of <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">Electronic Arts</a>, which was valued at <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$14.1 billion</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-merger_developments_(2009–2022)"><span id="Post-merger_developments_.282009.E2.80.932022.29"></span>Post-merger developments (2009–2022)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Activision&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Post-merger developments (2009–2022)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Activision Publishing remains a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard following the merger, and is responsible for developing, producing, and distributing games from its internal and subsidiary studios. Eric Hirshberg was announced as Activision Publishing's CEO in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-pcgamer_hirshberg_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pcgamer_hirshberg-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Activision Publishing established <a href="/wiki/Sledgehammer_Games" title="Sledgehammer Games">Sledgehammer Games</a> in November 2009. Formed earlier in 2009 by <a href="/wiki/Glen_Schofield" title="Glen Schofield">Glen Schofield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Condrey" title="Michael Condrey">Michael Condrey</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Visceral_Games" title="Visceral Games">Visceral Games</a> leads that had worked on <i><a href="/wiki/Dead_Space" title="Dead Space">Dead Space</a></i>, Sledgehammer intended to develop a <i>Call of Duty</i> spin-off title fashioned after the gameplay in <i>Dead Space</i>. However, in early 2010, <a href="/wiki/Infinity_Ward#2010_employee_firings_and_departures" title="Infinity Ward">legal issues between Infinity Ward and Activision Blizzard</a> led to several members of Infinity Ward leaving, and Activision assigned Sledgehammer to assist Infinity Ward in the next major <i>Call of Duty</i> title, <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Modern_Warfare_3" title="Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3">Modern Warfare 3</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since then, Sledgehammer, Infinity Ward, and Treyarch share development duties for the flagship series, with support from Raven and other studios as necessary. </p><p>In February 2010, Activision Blizzard reported significant losses in revenue stemming from a slow down in <i>Guitar Hero</i> sales and from its more casual games. Subsequently, Activision Publishing shuttered Red Octane, <a href="/wiki/Luxoflux" title="Luxoflux">Luxoflux</a> and <a href="/wiki/Underground_Development" title="Underground Development">Underground Development</a> as well as laid off about 25% of the staff at Neversoft.<sup id="cite_ref-latimes2010_02_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimes2010_02-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kotaku.com_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kotaku.com-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within the same year, Activision shuttered <a href="/wiki/Budcat_Creations" title="Budcat Creations">Budcat Creations</a> in November 2010, and <a href="/wiki/Bizarre_Creations" title="Bizarre Creations">Bizarre Creations</a> in February 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bizzare_close_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bizzare_close-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hirshberg left the CEO position in March 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Into the 2020s, Activision put more focus on the <i>Call of Duty</i> franchise, including the release of the free-to-play <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Warzone" title="Call of Duty: Warzone">Call of Duty: Warzone</a></i> in 2020. By April 2021, the company had assigned all of its internal studios to work on some part of the <i>Call of Duty</i> franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This includes a new studio, Activision Mobile, devoted to the <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty_Mobile" class="mw-redirect" title="Call of Duty Mobile">Call of Duty Mobile</a></i> title as reported in August 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vgc_act_mobile_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vgc_act_mobile-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, while all their employees were <a href="/wiki/Remote_work" title="Remote work">working remotely</a> during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, Activision and its parent Activision Blizzard vacated their longtime headquarters building in Santa Monica and ended their lease with <a href="/wiki/Boston_Properties" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Properties">Boston Properties</a>. In September 2021, they subleased a much smaller office space in Santa Monica at the Pen Factory (a former <a href="/wiki/Paper_Mate" title="Paper Mate">Paper Mate</a> factory) from <a href="/wiki/Kite_Pharma" title="Kite Pharma">Kite Pharma</a>, which had leased the space from Lincoln Property Company.<sup id="cite_ref-Cornfield_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cornfield-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Purchase_by_Microsoft_(2023–present)"><span id="Purchase_by_Microsoft_.282023.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Purchase by Microsoft (2023–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Activision&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Purchase by Microsoft (2023–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the <a href="/wiki/Acquisition_of_Activision_Blizzard_by_Microsoft" title="Acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft">acquisition of Activision Blizzard</a> by <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> in October 2023, Activision Blizzard as a whole, including the Activision Publishing subdivision, became a separate division under the <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Gaming" title="Microsoft Gaming">Microsoft Gaming</a> arm of Microsoft.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<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>On March 8, 2024, 600 Activision <a href="/wiki/Quality_assurance" title="Quality assurance">QA</a> workers in Texas, Minnesota and California unionized under the <a href="/wiki/Communications_Workers_of_America" title="Communications Workers of America">Communication Workers of America</a> (CWA), marking it as the largest union in the United States <a href="/wiki/Video_game_industry" title="Video game industry">video game industry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 16, 2024, Activision announced the establishment of <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a>-based studio Elsewhere Entertainment, assembled for the development of a new narrative-based <a href="/wiki/AAA_(video_game_industry)" title="AAA (video game industry)">AAA</a> IP not associated with other Activision series like <i>Call of Duty</i>. The studio comprises various developers associated with other narrative-driven gaming franchises such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_of_Us" title="The Last of Us">The Last of Us</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Uncharted" title="Uncharted">Uncharted</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Witcher" title="The Witcher">The Witcher</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Far_Cry" title="Far Cry">Far Cry</a></i> among others; at the time of announcement they were recruiting more staff to create a "<a href="/wiki/State_of_the_art" title="State of the art">state-of-the-art</a> and next-generation gaming experience", as well as a franchise with "an enduring legacy that goes far beyond games."<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2024, the <a href="/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild-American_Federation_of_Television_and_Radio_Artists" class="mw-redirect" title="Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists">Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists</a> (SAG-AFTRA) actor labor union, which provides numerous video game voice actors, initiated a <a href="/wiki/2024_SAG-AFTRA_video_game_strike" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 SAG-AFTRA video game strike">labor strike</a> against a number of video publishers, including Activision, over concerns about lack of <a href="/wiki/A.I." class="mw-redirect" title="A.I.">A.I.</a> protections which concern not only video game actors, but also the use of A.I to replicate an actor’s voice, or create a digital replica of their likeness.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Studios">Studios</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Activision&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Studios"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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/List_of_Microsoft_Gaming_studios" title="List of Microsoft Gaming studios">List of Microsoft Gaming studios</a></div> <ul><li>Activision Shanghai Studio in <a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a>, China; founded in 2009.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beenox" title="Beenox">Beenox</a> in <a href="/wiki/Qu%C3%A9bec_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Québec City">Québec City</a>, Canada; founded in May 2000, acquired on May 25, 2005.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demonware" title="Demonware">Demonware</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, Ireland; founded in 2003, acquired in May 2007.</li> <li>Digital Legends Entertainment in <a href="/wiki/Barcelona" title="Barcelona">Barcelona</a>, Spain; founded in May 2001, acquired on October 28, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-Digital_Legends_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Digital_Legends-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Elsewhere Entertainment in <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a>, Poland; founded on May 16, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Moon_Studios" title="High Moon Studios">High Moon Studios</a> in <a href="/wiki/Carlsbad,_California" title="Carlsbad, California">Carlsbad, California</a>, US; founded as Sammy Entertainment in April 2001, acquired by <a href="/wiki/Vivendi_Games" title="Vivendi Games">Vivendi Games</a> in January 2006.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infinity_Ward" title="Infinity Ward">Infinity Ward</a> in <a href="/wiki/Woodland_Hills,_Los_Angeles" title="Woodland Hills, Los Angeles">Woodland Hills, Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, US; founded in 2002, acquired in October 2003.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raven_Software" title="Raven Software">Raven Software</a> in <a href="/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin" title="Madison, Wisconsin">Madison, Wisconsin</a>, US; founded in 1990, acquired in 1997.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sledgehammer_Games" title="Sledgehammer Games">Sledgehammer Games</a> in <a href="/wiki/Foster_City,_California" title="Foster City, California">Foster City, California</a>, US; founded on July 21, 2009.</li> <li>Solid State Studios in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica, California</a>, US; founded in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-vgc_act_mobile_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vgc_act_mobile-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treyarch" title="Treyarch">Treyarch</a> in <a href="/wiki/Playa_Vista,_Los_Angeles" title="Playa Vista, Los Angeles">Playa Vista, Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, US; founded in 1996, acquired in 2001.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_studios">Former studios</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Activision&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Former studios"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>7 Studios in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, US; founded in 1999, acquired in April 2009, closed in February 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Activision Value Publishing in <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>, US; founded in 2000 as a merger of Activision subsidiaries Head Games Publishing, Expert Software and Elsinore Studio.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Closed in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Beachhead Studio in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica, California</a>, US; founded in February 2011.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bizarre_Creations" title="Bizarre Creations">Bizarre Creations</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a>, England; founded as Raising Hell Productions in 1987 and changed name in 1994, acquired on September 26, 2007,<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> closed on February 18, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-bizzare_close_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bizzare_close-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budcat_Creations" title="Budcat Creations">Budcat Creations</a> in <a href="/wiki/Iowa_City,_Iowa" title="Iowa City, Iowa">Iowa City, Iowa</a>, US; founded in September 2000, acquired on November 10, 2008, closed in November 2010.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FreeStyleGames" class="mw-redirect" title="FreeStyleGames">FreeStyleGames</a> in <a href="/wiki/Leamington_Spa" title="Leamington Spa">Leamington Spa</a>, England; founded in 2002, acquired on September 12, 2008, sold to <a href="/wiki/Ubisoft" title="Ubisoft">Ubisoft</a> on January 18, 2017, subsequently renamed Ubisoft Leamington.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gray_Matter_Studios" title="Gray Matter Studios">Gray Matter Studios</a> in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, US; founded in the 1990s as Xatrix Entertainment, acquired in January 2002, merged into Treyarch in 2005.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infocom" title="Infocom">Infocom</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge, Massachusetts</a>, US; founded on June 22, 1979, acquired in 1986, closed in 1989.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxoflux" title="Luxoflux">Luxoflux</a> in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica, California</a>, US; founded in January 1997, acquired in October 2002, closed on February 11, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-latimes2010_02_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimes2010_02-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massive_Entertainment" title="Massive Entertainment">Massive Entertainment</a> in <a href="/wiki/Malm%C3%B6" title="Malmö">Malmö</a>, Sweden; founded in 1997, acquired by <a href="/wiki/Vivendi_Games" title="Vivendi Games">Vivendi Universal Games</a> in 2002, sold to <a href="/wiki/Ubisoft" title="Ubisoft">Ubisoft</a> on November 10, 2008.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neversoft" title="Neversoft">Neversoft</a> in <a href="/wiki/Woodland_Hills,_Los_Angeles" title="Woodland Hills, Los Angeles">Woodland Hills, Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, US; founded in July 1994, acquired in October 1999, merged into Infinity Ward on May 3, 2014<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was officially made defunct on July 10, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radical_Entertainment" title="Radical Entertainment">Radical Entertainment</a> in <a href="/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a>, Canada; founded in 1991, acquired by <a href="/wiki/Vivendi_Games" title="Vivendi Games">Vivendi Games</a> in 2005, laid off most staff in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RedOctane" title="RedOctane">RedOctane</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mountain_View,_California" title="Mountain View, California">Mountain View, California</a>, US; founded in November 2005, acquired in 2006, closed on February 11, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-kotaku.com_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kotaku.com-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaba_Games" title="Shaba Games">Shaba Games</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, US; founded in September 1997, acquired in 2002, and closed on October 8, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swordfish_Studios" title="Swordfish Studios">Swordfish Studios</a> in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>, England; founded in September 2002, acquired by <a href="/wiki/Vivendi_Games" title="Vivendi Games">Vivendi Universal Games</a> in June 2005, sold to <a href="/wiki/Codemasters" title="Codemasters">Codemasters</a> on November 14, 2008.</li> <li>The Blast Furnace in <a href="/wiki/Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a>, England; founded in November 2011 as Activision Leeds, renamed in August 2012, closed in March 2014.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toys_for_Bob" title="Toys for Bob">Toys for Bob</a> in <a href="/wiki/Novato,_California" title="Novato, California">Novato, California</a>, US; founded in 1989, acquired on May 3, 2005, spun off from Activision in May 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underground_Development" title="Underground Development">Underground Development</a> in <a href="/wiki/Foster_City,_California" title="Foster City, California">Foster City, California</a>, US; founded as Z-Axis in 1994, acquired in May 2002, closed on February 11, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-kotaku.com_55-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kotaku.com-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vicarious_Visions" class="mw-redirect" title="Vicarious Visions">Vicarious Visions</a> in <a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany, New York</a>, US; founded in 1991, acquired in January 2005, moved to <a href="/wiki/Blizzard_Entertainment" title="Blizzard Entertainment">Blizzard Entertainment</a> in January 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was renamed to Blizzard Albany on April 12, 2022.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanako_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Wanako Games">Wanako Games</a> in <a href="/wiki/Santiago" title="Santiago">Santiago</a>, Chile; founded in 2002, acquired by <a href="/wiki/Vivendi_Games" title="Vivendi Games">Vivendi Games</a> on February 20, 2007, sold to <a href="/wiki/Behaviour_Interactive" title="Behaviour Interactive">Artificial Mind and Movement</a> on November 20, 2008.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_games_published">Notable games published</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Activision&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notable games published"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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/List_of_Activision_video_games" title="List of Activision video games">List of Activision video games</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s">1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Activision&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Fishing_Derby" title="Fishing Derby">Fishing Derby</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boxing_(1980_video_game)" title="Boxing (1980 video game)">Boxing</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Skiing_(Atari_2600)" class="mw-redirect" title="Skiing (Atari 2600)">Skiing</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Freeway_(video_game)" title="Freeway (video game)">Freeway</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ice_Hockey_(1981_video_game)" title="Ice Hockey (1981 video game)">Ice Hockey</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kaboom!_(video_game)" title="Kaboom! (video game)">Kaboom!</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stampede_(video_game)" title="Stampede (video game)">Stampede</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Laser_Blast_(video_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Laser Blast (video game)">Laser Blast</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tennis_(Atari)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennis (Atari)">Tennis</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Megamania" title="Megamania">Megamania</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Barnstorming_(video_game)" title="Barnstorming (video game)">Barnstorming</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Enduro_(video_game)" title="Enduro (video game)">Enduro</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chopper_Command" title="Chopper Command">Chopper Command</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Starmaster" title="Starmaster">Starmaster</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pitfall!" title="Pitfall!">Pitfall!</a></i> series (1982–2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/River_Raid" title="River Raid">River Raid</a></i> series (1982–1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oink!_(video_game)" title="Oink! (video game)">Oink!</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Keystone_Kapers" title="Keystone Kapers">Keystone Kapers</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beamrider" title="Beamrider">Beamrider</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robot_Tank" title="Robot Tank">Robot Tank</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/H.E.R.O._(video_game)" title="H.E.R.O. (video game)">H.E.R.O.</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Little_Computer_People" title="Little Computer People">Little Computer People</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Portal_(1986_video_game)" title="Portal (1986 video game)">Portal</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hacker_(video_game)" title="Hacker (video game)">Hacker</a></i> series (1985–1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shanghai_(video_game)" title="Shanghai (video game)">Shanghai</a></i> series (1986–1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Transformers_video_games" title="List of Transformers video games">Transformers</a></i> series (1986, 2007–2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Ninja" title="The Last Ninja">The Last Ninja</a></i> series (1987–1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Deathtrack" title="Deathtrack">Deathtrack</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tongue_of_the_Fatman" title="Tongue of the Fatman">Tongue of the Fatman</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/MechWarrior" title="MechWarrior">MechWarrior</a></i> series (1989–1996)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Activision&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hunter_(video_game)" title="Hunter (video game)">Hunter</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zork" title="Zork">Zork</a></i> series (1993–1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dark_Reign:_The_Future_of_War" title="Dark Reign: The Future of War">Dark Reign</a></i> series (1997–2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heavy_Gear_(video_game)" title="Heavy Gear (video game)">Heavy Gear</a></i> series (1997–1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Quake_(series)" title="Quake (series)">Quake</a></i> series (1997–2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Interstate_%2776" title="Interstate '76">Interstate</a></i> series (1997–1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Battlezone_(1998_video_game)" title="Battlezone (1998 video game)">Battlezone</a></i> series (1998–1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/SiN" class="mw-redirect" title="SiN">SiN</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heretic_II" title="Heretic II">Heretic II</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vigilante_8" title="Vigilante 8">Vigilante 8</a></i> series (1998–2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tenchu" title="Tenchu">Tenchu</a></i> series (1998–2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Civilization:_Call_to_Power" title="Civilization: Call to Power">Call to Power</a></i> series (1999–2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Star Trek games">Star Trek</a></i> series (1999–2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hawk%27s_(series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Hawk's (series)">Tony Hawk's</a></i> series (1999–2015, 2020)</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Activision&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Soldier_of_Fortune_(video_game_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Soldier of Fortune (video game series)">Soldier of Fortune</a></i> series (2000–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_X-Men_video_games" class="mw-redirect" title="List of X-Men video games"><i>X-Men</i></a> series (2000–2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Spider-Man_video_games" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Spider-Man video games">Spider-Man</a></i> series (2000–2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lost_Kingdoms" title="Lost Kingdoms">Lost Kingdoms</a></i> series (2002–2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Total_War_(video_game_series)" title="Total War (video game series)">Total War</a></i> series (2002–2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty_(series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Call of Duty (series)">Call of Duty</a></i> series (2003–present)</li> <li><i>True Crime</i> series (2003–2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wolfenstein" title="Wolfenstein">Wolfenstein</a></i> series (2003–2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shrek_video_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Shrek video games">Shrek</a></i> series (2004-2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doom_3" title="Doom 3">Doom 3</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Madagascar_(franchise)" title="Madagascar (franchise)">Madagascar</a></i> series (2005-2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Movies_(video_game)" title="The Movies (video game)">The Movies</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gun_(video_game)" title="Gun (video game)">Gun</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Guitar_Hero" title="Guitar Hero">Guitar Hero</a></i> series (2006–2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Marvel:_Ultimate_Alliance" title="Marvel: Ultimate Alliance">Marvel: Ultimate Alliance</a></i> series (2006–2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Barbie_video_games" title="List of Barbie video games">Barbie</a></i> series (2006-2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Little_League_World_Series_Baseball" title="Little League World Series Baseball">Little League World Series Baseball</a></i> series (2008-2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/James_Bond_in_video_games" title="James Bond in video games">James Bond</a></i> series (2008–2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Crash_Bandicoot" title="Crash Bandicoot">Crash Bandicoot</a> series</i> (2008–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spyro" title="Spyro">Spyro the Dragon</a> series</i> (2008–2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prototype_(series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prototype (series)">Prototype</a></i> series (2009–2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ice_Age_(franchise)" title="Ice Age (franchise)">Ice Age</a></i> series (2009-2012)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010s">2010s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Activision&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Blur_(video_game)" title="Blur (video game)">Blur</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Singularity_(video_game)" title="Singularity (video game)">Singularity</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NASCAR_The_Game" title="NASCAR The Game">NASCAR The Game</a></i> series (2011–2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Skylanders" title="Skylanders">Skylanders</a></i> series (2011–2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/SpongeBob_SquarePants_video_games" title="SpongeBob SquarePants video games">SpongeBob SquarePants</a></i> series (2013–2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_video_games" title="List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video games">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles</a></i> series (2013–2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Destiny_(video_game)" title="Destiny (video game)">Destiny</a></i> series (2014–2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sekiro:_Shadows_Die_Twice" title="Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice">Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice</a></i> (2019)</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Activision&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2003, the company was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Game_Developers_Choice_Awards" title="Game Developers Choice Awards">Game Developers Choice</a> "First Penguin" award in recognition of its place as the first third-party developer.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div 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title="Zork">Zork</a></i> <ul><li><i>Zork I</i></li> <li><i>Zork II</i></li> <li><i>Zork III</i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Enchanter</i> trilogy</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/Enchanter_(video_game)" title="Enchanter (video game)">Enchanter</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sorcerer_(video_game)" title="Sorcerer (video game)">Sorcerer</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spellbreaker" title="Spellbreaker">Spellbreaker</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</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/Beyond_Zork" title="Beyond Zork">Beyond Zork</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zork_Zero" title="Zork Zero">Zork Zero</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Phaser_Strike" title="Star Trek: Phaser Strike">Phaser Strike</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Secret_of_Vulcan_Fury" title="Star Trek: Secret of Vulcan Fury">Secret of Vulcan Fury</a></i> (cancelled)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_(2013_video_game)" title="Star Trek (2013 video game)">Star Trek</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_(arcade_game)" title="Star Trek (arcade game)">Strategic Operations Simulator</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Voyager_%E2%80%93_The_Arcade_Game" title="Star Trek: Voyager – The Arcade Game">Voyager – The Arcade Game</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Adventure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_25th_Anniversary_(computer_game)" title="Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (computer game)">25th Anniversary</a></i> (PC)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_25th_Anniversary_(NES_video_game)" title="Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (NES video game)">25th Anniversary</a></i> (NES)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation_%E2%80%93_A_Final_Unity" title="Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity">A Final Unity</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Borg" title="Star Trek: Borg">Borg</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_First_Contact_(video_game)" title="Star Trek: First Contact (video game)">First Contact</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation_(1994_video_game)" title="Star Trek: The Next Generation (1994 video game)">Future's Past</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine:_Harbinger" title="Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Harbinger">Harbinger</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Judgment_Rites" title="Star Trek: Judgment Rites">Judgment Rites</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Klingon" title="Star Trek: Klingon">Klingon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Kobayashi_Alternative" title="Star Trek: The Kobayashi Alternative">The Kobayashi Alternative</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Promethean_Prophecy" title="Star Trek: The Promethean Prophecy">The Promethean Prophecy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Resurgence" title="Star Trek: Resurgence">Resurgence</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Voyager_(video_game)" title="Voyager (video game)">Voyager</a></i> (canceled)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation_%E2%80%93_A_World_for_All_Seasons" title="Star Trek: The Next Generation – A World for All Seasons">A World for All Seasons</a></i> (canceled)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Simulation</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/Begin_(video_game)" title="Begin (video game)">Begin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Bridge_Commander" title="Star Trek: Bridge Commander">Bridge Commander</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Bridge_Crew" title="Star Trek: Bridge Crew">Bridge Crew</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Decwar" title="Decwar">Decwar</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Encounters" title="Star Trek: Encounters">Encounters</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Invasion" title="Star Trek: Invasion">Invasion</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Klingon_Academy" title="Star Trek: Klingon Academy">Klingon Academy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Shattered_Universe" title="Star Trek: Shattered Universe">Shattered Universe</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_III.4" title="Star Trek III.4">Star Trek III.4</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Starfleet_Academy_(1997_video_game)" title="Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (1997 video game)">Starfleet Academy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Starfleet_Academy_%E2%80%93_Starship_Bridge_Simulator" title="Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Starship Bridge Simulator">Starfleet Academy - Starship Bridge Simulator</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Starship_Creator" title="Star Trek: Starship Creator">Starship Creator</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Starship_Creator_Warp_II" title="Star Trek: Starship Creator Warp II">Starship Creator Warp II</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trek73" title="Trek73">Trek73</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Strategy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Armada" title="Star Trek: Armada">Armada</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Armada_II" title="Star Trek: Armada II">Armada II</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Away_Team" title="Star Trek: Away Team">Away Team</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Battle_Trek" title="Battle Trek">Battle Trek</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Birth_of_the_Federation" title="Star Trek: Birth of the Federation">Birth of the Federation</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_DAC" title="Star Trek DAC">DAC</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Conquest" title="Star Trek: Conquest">Conquest</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_ConQuest_Online" title="Star Trek: ConQuest Online">ConQuest Online</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine:_Dominion_Wars" title="Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Dominion Wars">Dominion Wars</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_Fleet_Command" title="Star Trek Fleet Command">Fleet Command</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Infinite" title="Star Trek: Infinite">Infinite</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Legacy" title="Star Trek: Legacy">Legacy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_New_Worlds" title="Star Trek: New Worlds">New Worlds</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Rebel_Universe" title="Star Trek: The Rebel Universe">The Rebel Universe</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Starfleet_Command" title="Star Trek: Starfleet Command">Starfleet Command</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Starfleet_Command_II:_Empires_at_War" title="Star Trek: Starfleet Command II: Empires at War">Starfleet Command II</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Starfleet_Command_II:_Empires_at_War#Expansion" title="Star Trek: Starfleet Command II: Empires at War">Orion Pirates</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Starfleet_Command_III" title="Star Trek: Starfleet Command III">Starfleet Command III</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_(1971_video_game)" title="Star Trek (1971 video game)">Star Trek</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Tactical_Assault" title="Star Trek: Tactical Assault">Tactical Assault</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_Timelines" title="Star Trek Timelines">Timelines</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Video_Trek_88" title="Video Trek 88">Video Trek 88</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</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/Star_Trek_Online" title="Star Trek Online">Online</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_Pinball" title="Star Trek Pinball">Pinball</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pinball_FX_(2023_video_game)" title="Pinball FX (2023 video game)">Star Trek Pinball</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studios</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Interplay_Entertainment" title="Interplay Entertainment">Interplay Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster" title="Simon & Schuster">Simon & Schuster Interactive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MicroProse" title="MicroProse">MicroProse</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Activision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethesda_Softworks" title="Bethesda Softworks">Bethesda Softworks</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_Gaming188" 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" 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Xbox" title="Xbox">Xbox series</a></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%"><a href="/wiki/Xbox_(console)" title="Xbox (console)">Xbox</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/Xbox_controller" title="Xbox controller">Controller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Xbox_games" title="List of Xbox games">Games</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Collection" title="World Collection">World Collection</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_technical_specifications" title="Xbox technical specifications">Technical specifications</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</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/Xbox_360_launch" title="Xbox 360 launch">Launch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_360_technical_problems" title="Xbox 360 technical problems">Technical problems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Xbox_360_applications" title="List of Xbox 360 applications">Applications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_360_controller" title="Xbox 360 controller">Controller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Xbox_360_accessories" title="List of Xbox 360 accessories">Accessories</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_360_HD_DVD_Player" title="Xbox 360 HD DVD Player">HD DVD Player</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_360_Wireless_Headset" title="Xbox 360 Wireless Headset">Wireless Headset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_360_Wireless_Racing_Wheel" title="Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel">Wireless Racing Wheel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_Live_Vision" title="Xbox Live Vision">Xbox Live Vision</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Xbox_360_games" title="List of Xbox 360 games">Games</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Xbox_games_compatible_with_Xbox_360" title="List of Xbox games compatible with Xbox 360">Backward compatible</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinect_Fun_Labs" title="Kinect Fun Labs">Kinect Fun Labs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_360_technical_specifications" title="Xbox 360 technical specifications">Technical specifications</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Xbox_One" title="Xbox One">Xbox One</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/List_of_Xbox_One_and_Series_X/S_applications" title="List of Xbox One and Series X/S applications">Applications</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Xbox_Series_X_and_Series_S" title="Xbox Series X 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 compatible</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</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/Xbox_system_software" title="Xbox system software">System software</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinect" title="Kinect">Kinect</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_Adaptive_Controller" title="Xbox Adaptive Controller">Adaptive Controller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_(app)" title="Xbox (app)">Xbox app</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Xbox_Live_games_on_Windows_10" title="List of Xbox Live games on Windows 10">games</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Platinum_Hits" title="Platinum Hits">Platinum Hits</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Windows_games" title="Index of Windows games">Games</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Windows_3.x_games" title="List of Windows 3.x games">Windows 3.x</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_DOS_games" title="Index of DOS games">MS-DOS</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Games_for_Windows" title="Games for Windows">Games for Windows</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Games_for_Windows_titles" title="List of Games for Windows titles">games</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Games_for_Windows_%E2%80%93_Live" title="Games for Windows – Live">GFWL</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Games_for_Windows_%E2%80%93_Live_titles" title="List of Games for Windows – Live titles">games</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_SideWinder" title="Microsoft SideWinder">Microsoft SideWinder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_games_included_with_Windows" title="List of games included with Windows">Games included with Windows</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other platforms</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><a href="/wiki/List_of_Xbox_games_on_Windows_Phone" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Xbox games on Windows Phone">Xbox on Windows Phone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Zune_applications" title="List of Zune applications">Zune games</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Online services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avatar_(Xbox)" class="mw-redirect" title="Avatar (Xbox)">Avatars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_Games_Store" title="Xbox Games Store">Games Store</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_network" title="Xbox network">Xbox network/Xbox Live</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_Live_Arcade" title="Xbox Live Arcade">Arcade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_Live_Indie_Games" title="Xbox Live Indie Games">Indie Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_Anywhere" class="mw-redirect" title="Live Anywhere">Anywhere</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_Game_Pass" title="Xbox Game Pass">Xbox Game Pass</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_Cloud_Gaming" title="Xbox Cloud Gaming">Xbox Cloud Gaming</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Windows_Games_on_Demand" title="List of Windows Games on Demand">Windows Games on Demand games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mixer_(service)" title="Mixer (service)">Mixer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MSN_Games" title="MSN Games">MSN Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Game_Room" title="Game Room">Game Room</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Promotions</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><a href="/wiki/OurColony" title="OurColony">OurColony</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Official_Xbox_Magazine" title="Official Xbox Magazine">Official Xbox Magazine</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_Exhibition_disks" class="mw-redirect" title="Xbox Exhibition disks">Xbox Exhibition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X_(Xbox_show)" title="X (Xbox show)">"X" Show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summer_of_Arcade" title="Summer of Arcade">Summer of Arcade</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Developer tools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/DirectX" title="DirectX">DirectX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_Development_Kit" title="Xbox Development Kit">Xbox Development Kit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_XNA" title="Microsoft XNA">XNA</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_XNA_Game_Studio" title="Microsoft XNA Game Studio">Game Studio</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ID@Xbox" title="ID@Xbox">ID@Xbox</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Games</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><a href="/wiki/List_of_Microsoft_Gaming_video_games" title="List of Microsoft Gaming video games">Microsoft Gaming</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Activision_video_games" title="List of Activision video games">Activision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bethesda_Softworks_video_games" title="List of Bethesda Softworks video games">ZeniMax Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Blizzard_Entertainment_games" title="List of Blizzard 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