For the year ended December 31, total revenues for Vivendi Games, which owns WoW developer Blizzard, were €1.02 billion, a year-on-year increase of 26.6 percent.
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Four new 3D Level Designer positions on Blizzard's job opportunities page all emphasize that the candidate will be working for "the team behind Diablo I and II."
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New Hero Class, new continent, new level cap, and more!
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A Variety report says unrest is growing at Vivendi Games' Sierra label because all of its titles will soon have to be pitched to Activision.Until the merger is technically complete,work proceeds as usual but once it's over,it's very unlikely that everything at Sierra will keep going as it has been. WoW developer Blizzard, and games due out this year such as The Bourne Conspiracy, Prototype and Ghostbusters will not be subject to interference, but those in development for 2009 may be dispensable.
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"The completion of the Activision Blizzard deal has moved a step closer with the news that Vivendi has secured funding to the tune of EUR 3.5 billion, in "anticipation of financing requirements associated with the acquisitions of Activision and Neuf Cegetel," a company statement read."
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"Under the arrangement, the companies said that Vivendi would pay $27.50 a share and make a cash infusion of $1.7 billion to acquire a 52 precent stake in Activision, valuing the entire company at $18.9 billion. Vivendi will subsequently fold its games operations into those of Activision in a new company to be called Activision Blizzard."
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Vivendi Games Q1 revenues dropped year-over-year, due to a tough comparison to last year, which saw the release of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade.
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Newspaper report points toward US giant taking major chunk of troubled UK publisher The Daily Mail reports that Eidos parent SCi is involved in dual discussions with existing ten per cent shareholder Time Warner and a new suitor - NBC Universal. Vivendi Universal's games division is currently involved in the merger of Activison, while the umbrella company already owns 20 per cent of NBC Universal.
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Blizzard has released a minor patch for StarCraft and StarCraft: BroodWar Windows users, updating it to v1.15.2. This patch no longer requires the CD while playing the game.
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Intel and Vivendi launch a Mod Contest for World in Conflict. Visit www.intel.com > game on for further information - only german language!
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