Vivendi Games

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defunct company holding company video game publisher

Vivendi Games was a French video game publisher and holding company that owned studios like Blizzard Entertainment before merging with Activision to form Activision Blizzard.

Aliases (1)

Vivendi Universal Games ×2

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct company → holding company → video game publisher →
businessModel	holding of development studios → publishing →
country	France →
defunctAfterMergerWith	Activision →
distributedPlatform	Nintendo platforms → PC → PlayStation → Xbox →
headquartersLocation	France →
industry	video games →
languageOfPrimaryMarkets	English → French →
mergedInto	Activision Blizzard →
mergerPartner	Activision →
notableLabel	Blizzard → Sierra →
notableSubsidiary	Blizzard Entertainment → Sierra Entertainment →
owned	Blizzard Entertainment → Coktel Vision → Fox Interactive → High Moon Studios → Massive Entertainment → Nihilistic Software → Papyrus Design Group → Radical Entertainment → Sierra Entertainment → Sierra Online → Swordfish Studios → Universal Interactive →
ownedFranchisePublisherOf	Crash Bandicoot series → Diablo series → Spyro the Dragon series → StarCraft series → Warcraft series → World of Warcraft →
parentCompany	Vivendi →
predecessor	Vivendi Universal Games →
product	video games →
regionServed	worldwide →
resultOfMerger	Activision Blizzard →
status	defunct →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Blizzard Entertainment →	acquiredBy
Activision Blizzard →	foundedBy
Vivendi Games ("Vivendi Universal Games") →	predecessor
Crash Bandicoot ("Vivendi Universal Games") →	publisher