Activision Blizzard

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American company public company video game holding company

Activision Blizzard is a major American video game holding company known for franchises such as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Overwatch.

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Activision	17
ATVI	1
Activision studio network	1
Raven Software	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American company ⓘ public company ⓘ video game holding company ⓘ
acquiredBy	Microsoft ⓘ
acquisitionAnnounced	2022 ⓘ
acquisitionCompleted	2023 ⓘ
Bobby KotickRole	Chief Executive Officer ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
formationMethod	merger ⓘ
foundedBy	Activision Blizzard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Activision Vivendi Games ⓘ
hasDivision	Activision Publishing ⓘ surface form: Activision Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ King Digital Entertainment ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Santa Monica, California, United States ⓘ surface form: Santa Monica, California
inception	2008 ⓘ
industry	entertainment ⓘ video games ⓘ
keyPeople	Bobby Kotick ⓘ
notableEvent	sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuits ⓘ
notableProduct	Call of Duty ⓘ surface form: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Overwatch ⓘ surface form: Overwatch 2 World of Warcraft: Shadowlands ⓘ
ownsFranchise	Call of Duty ⓘ Candy Crush ⓘ Crash Bandicoot ⓘ Diablo ⓘ Guitar Hero ⓘ Hearthstone ⓘ Overwatch ⓘ Spyro the Dragon ⓘ StarCraft ⓘ Tony Hawk's Pro Skater ⓘ World of Warcraft ⓘ
parentCompany	Microsoft ⓘ
platformFocus	PC games ⓘ console games ⓘ mobile games ⓘ
publishes	Call of Duty ⓘ surface form: Call of Duty series Candy Crush ⓘ surface form: Candy Crush Saga Diablo ⓘ surface form: Diablo series Hearthstone ⓘ Overwatch ⓘ surface form: Overwatch series StarCraft ⓘ surface form: StarCraft series World of Warcraft ⓘ surface form: World of Warcraft series
regulatorInvestigation	California Department of Fair Employment and Housing ⓘ Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ surface form: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
stockExchange	NASDAQ ⓘ
subsidiary	Activision Publishing ⓘ Beenox ⓘ Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ High Moon Studios ⓘ Infinity Ward ⓘ King ⓘ Activision Blizzard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Raven Software Sledgehammer Games ⓘ Toys for Bob ⓘ Treyarch ⓘ Vicarious Visions ⓘ
tickerSymbol	Activision Blizzard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ATVI

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Microsoft → acquired → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Blizzard Entertainment → acquiredBy → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

King Digital Entertainment → acquiredBy → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Vicarious Visions → acquiredBy → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

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Bobby Kotick → boardMemberOf → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Vivendi Games → defunctAfterMergerWith → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

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Bobby Kotick → employer → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

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Activision Blizzard → foundedBy → Activision Blizzard self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Vivendi Games → mergedInto → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Vivendi Games → mergerPartner → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

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Diablo → ownedBy → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

High Moon Studios → ownedBy → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

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Guitar Hero → owner → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

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Spyro the Dragon → owner → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

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Activision Publishing → parentCompany → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Candy Crush → parentCompany → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Sledgehammer Games → parentCompany → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

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Toys for Bob → parentCompany → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

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Beenox → parentOrganization → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

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Blizzard Entertainment → parentOrganization → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

High Moon Studios → parentOrganization → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

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High Moon Studios → parentOrganization → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

King Digital Entertainment → parentOrganization → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Treyarch → parentOrganization → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

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Vicarious Visions → parentOrganization → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

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Activision Publishing → partOf → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Beenox → partOf → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision studio network

Toys for Bob → partOf → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Guitar Hero → publisher → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Spyro the Dragon → publisher → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

subject surface form: Spyro Reignited Trilogy

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Vivendi Games → resultOfMerger → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Activision Blizzard → subsidiary → Activision Blizzard self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Raven Software

Beenox → subsidiaryOf → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Blizzard Entertainment → subsidiaryOf → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

High Moon Studios → subsidiaryOf → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

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King Digital Entertainment → subsidiaryOf → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Treyarch → subsidiaryOf → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Activision Blizzard → tickerSymbol → Activision Blizzard self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ATVI