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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Activision	54
Activision Blizzard canonical	44
Activision Blizzard Esports	2
ATVI	1
Activision studio network	1
Raven Software	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T82142 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Activision Blizzard
Context triple: [Microsoft, acquired, Activision Blizzard]

A. ZeniMax Media
ZeniMax Media is a video game holding company best known as the parent of Bethesda Softworks, the publisher of major franchises like The Elder Scrolls and Fallout.
B. Apex Entertainment
Apex Entertainment is a film and television production company known for backing narrative feature projects such as the historical drama "Chappaquiddick."
C. Microsoft
Microsoft is a multinational technology company best known for its Windows operating system, Office productivity suite, and Azure cloud computing platform.
D. Sony
Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate best known for its consumer electronics, gaming (PlayStation), entertainment, and imaging products.
E. Mojang Studios
Mojang Studios is a Swedish video game developer best known as the creator of the sandbox phenomenon Minecraft.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

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

A. ZeniMax Media
ZeniMax Media is a video game holding company best known as the parent of Bethesda Softworks, the publisher of major franchises like The Elder Scrolls and Fallout.
B. Apex Entertainment
Apex Entertainment is a film and television production company known for backing narrative feature projects such as the historical drama "Chappaquiddick."
C. Microsoft
Microsoft is a multinational technology company best known for its Windows operating system, Office productivity suite, and Azure cloud computing platform.
D. Sony
Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate best known for its consumer electronics, gaming (PlayStation), entertainment, and imaging products.
E. Mojang Studios
Mojang Studios is a Swedish video game developer best known as the creator of the sandbox phenomenon Minecraft.
F. None of above. chosen

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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Referenced by (103)

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

Battle.net → parentOrganization → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Blizzard Shanghai → affiliatedWith → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Overwatch League → ownedBy → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Overwatch League → parentOrganization → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision Blizzard Esports

David Vonderhaar → associatedWith → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Zombies → publisher → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (support studio) → supportStudioParentCompany → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Doom 3 (Xbox port) → publisher → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time (support studio) → franchiseOwner → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Midasplayer.com → acquiredBy → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

KING → acquiredBy → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

subject surface form: King Digital Entertainment

KING → parentCompany → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

subject surface form: King Digital Entertainment

Michael Condrey → employer → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Skylanders: SuperChargers → publisher → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Microsoft Gaming → oversees → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Soap MacTavish → publisher → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (support studio) → publisher → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (support studio) → parentCompanyOfLeadPublisher → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Bungie → signedPublishingAgreementWith → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Bungie → becameIndependentFrom → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Skylanders series → publisher → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Skylanders series → owner → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Call of Duty League → foundedBy → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Call of Duty League → ownedBy → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Call of Duty League → organizer → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision Blizzard Esports

King → acquiredBy → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

King → parentOrganization → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Crash: Mind over Mutant → publisher → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Universal Interactive Studios → successor → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Neversoft → publisher → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Neversoft → parentCompany → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

RedOctane → parentCompany → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

DJ Hero → publisher → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (support studio) → supportStudioParentCompany → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Skylanders: Trap Team → publisher → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Skylanders: Trap Team → distributor → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Skylanders: Imaginators → distributor → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

David Crane → employer → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Destiny → publisher → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars → distributor → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Glen Schofield → employer → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Larry Kaplan → employer → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Tree Rex → publisher → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Bouncer → publisher → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Bouncer → franchiseOwner → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Crusher → publisher → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Swarm → publisher → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Ninjini → publisher → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Activision

Riccardo Zacconi → associatedWith → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

Riccardo Zacconi → afterAcquisitionBy → Activision Blizzard ⓘ

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