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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Vivendi Universal Games 13
Vivendi Games canonical 5

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct company ⓘ
holding company ⓘ
video game publisher ⓘ
businessModel holding of development studios ⓘ
publishing ⓘ
country France ⓘ
defunctAfterMergerWith Activision Blizzard ⓘ
surface form: Activision
distributedPlatform Nintendo platforms ⓘ
PC ⓘ
PlayStation ⓘ
Xbox ⓘ
headquartersLocation France ⓘ
industry video games ⓘ
languageOfPrimaryMarkets English ⓘ
French ⓘ
mergedInto Activision Blizzard ⓘ
mergerPartner Activision Blizzard ⓘ
surface form: Activision
notableLabel Blizzard ⓘ
Sierra ⓘ
notableSubsidiary Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
Sierra Entertainment ⓘ
owned Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ
Coktel Vision ⓘ
Fox Interactive Media ⓘ
surface form: Fox Interactive

High Moon Studios ⓘ
Massive Entertainment ⓘ
Nihilistic Software ⓘ
Papyrus Design Group ⓘ
Radical Entertainment ⓘ
Sierra Entertainment ⓘ
Sierra Entertainment ⓘ
surface form: Sierra Online

Swordfish Studios ⓘ
Universal Interactive ⓘ
ownedFranchisePublisherOf Crash Bandicoot ⓘ
surface form: Crash Bandicoot series

Diablo ⓘ
surface form: Diablo series

Spyro the Dragon ⓘ
surface form: Spyro the Dragon series

StarCraft ⓘ
surface form: StarCraft series

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans ⓘ
surface form: Warcraft series

World of Warcraft ⓘ
parentCompany Vivendi ⓘ
predecessor Vivendi Games self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vivendi Universal Games
product video games ⓘ
regionServed worldwide ⓘ
resultOfMerger Activision Blizzard ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Activision Blizzard → foundedBy → Vivendi Games ⓘ
Blizzard Entertainment → acquiredBy → Vivendi Games ⓘ
Vivendi Games → predecessor → Vivendi Games self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vivendi Universal Games
Crash Bandicoot → publisher → Vivendi Games ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vivendi Universal Games
Sierra Entertainment → parentCompany → Vivendi Games ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vivendi Universal Games
Universal Interactive → parentCompany → Vivendi Games ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vivendi Universal Games
Universal Interactive → successor → Vivendi Games ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vivendi Universal Games
Radical Entertainment → acquiredBy → Vivendi Games ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vivendi Universal Games
Swordfish Studios → parentOrganization → Vivendi Games ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vivendi Universal Games
Swordfish Studios → acquiredBy → Vivendi Games ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vivendi Universal Games
Swordfish Studios → workedWith → Vivendi Games ⓘ
Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced → publisher → Vivendi Games ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vivendi Universal Games
The Bourne Conspiracy → distributor → Vivendi Games ⓘ
Crash Twinsanity → publisher → Vivendi Games ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vivendi Universal Games
Crash of the Titans → distributor → Vivendi Games ⓘ
Universal Interactive Studios → successor → Vivendi Games ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vivendi Universal Games
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex → publisher → Vivendi Games ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vivendi Universal Games
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel → distributor → Vivendi Games ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vivendi Universal Games