"It's now official: Activision had the greatest sales total for 2007. Propelled by awesome results from Guitar Hero III and Call of Duty 4, Activision reported 17.7% market share for the year."
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Activision has released its Q4 and full fiscal year 2008, reporting a record USD 2.9 billion in net revenues for the fiscal year - a 92 per cent increase over the prior fiscal year... "Fiscal 2008 was the best year in our history and Q4 was the largest and most profitable non-holiday quarter, even though we did not release any new titles," said Robert Kotick, chairman and CEO of Activision.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sep 26, 2007: Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATVI) today announced that it has acquired U.K.-based video game developer Bizarre Creations, one of the world's premier video game developers and a leader in the racing category, a $1.4 billion market that is the fourth most popular video game genre and represents more than 10% of the total video game market worldwide. With more than 10 years' experience in the racing genre, Bizarre Creations is the developer of the innovative multi-million unit franchise Project Gotham Racing, a critically-acclaimed series for the Xbox® and Xbox 360®.
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Bungie, the developer of blockbuster game franchises including Halo, Myth and Marathon, and Activision, announced today that they have entered into an exclusive 10-year partnership to bring Bungie's next big action game universe to market. Under the terms of the agreement, Activision will have exclusive, worldwide rights to publish and distribute all future Bungie games based on the new intellectual property on multiple platforms and devices.
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Activision Blizzard's stock fell to its lowest point since November 2006 yesterday when it hit USD 8.14, despite strong sales for the chart-topping Call of Duty: World at War and record subscriber levels for World of Warcraft.
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Activision has announced that it will expand its Wii offerings with a range of titles specifically designed for the Nintendo system under a new brand dubbed "Wee 1ST". The new consumer initiative will see a number of Wee 1ST titles hit stores in time for the holiday season, including Little League World Series 2008, Rapala Fishing Frenzy and Dancing with the Stars: Get Your Dance On.
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Shares of Activision Inc. hit a record high Friday after the video game publisher reported profit and sales that soared past guidance and Wall Street's expectations.
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According to this USPTO filing, Acti-Blizz has trademarked the name “Dance Hero”. The move was only made this week, and no other details are available.
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"Today Activision announced it is producing a new Pifall game exclusively for the Wii. Titled Pitfall: The Big Adventure, the jungle expedition is in development at Edge of Reality. The studio is no stranger to the Pitfall franchise, having crafted Pitfall: The Lost Expedition for last-gen consoles."
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As the game industry restructures itself around the production of increasingly expensive big-budget titles many studios are opting to go multiplatform with their latest releases in order to maximize return on investment. This situation leaves certain companies scratching their heads and wondering how, in an environment of broad consumer choice, they can manage to package their own "exclusive" content in a manner that will get people to buy from them rather than the other guy.
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