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Activision Blizzard develops and publishes video games. Activision Blizzard is the American holding company for Activision and Blizzard Entertainment, majority owned by French corporation Vivendi SA. The company is the result of a merger between Activision and Vivendi Games in 2008, a deal worth US$18.8 billion. Well known games the company publishes include Guitar Hero, Call of Duty and World of Warcraft. The merger made Activision Blizzard one of the fastest growing software companies of the Software Top 100. In 2009, Activision Blizzard was the second largest video game company in the world.
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Company information |
Headquarters |
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Primary business sectors |
Gaming Software |
Secondary business sectors |
PC games, non-PC games |
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Employees |
2,125 |
Website |
www.activisionblizzard.com |
Wikipedia |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision Blizzard |
Software Top 100 position (2011) |
9
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Previous Software Top 100 position |
10 |
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Financial information |
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Total revenues 2010 (mln US$) |
4,447 |
Total revenues 2009 (mln US$) |
4,279 |
Software revenues 2010 (mln US$) |
4,447 |
Software revenues 2009 (mln US$) |
4,279 |
Software revenue growth (%yoy) |
3.9% |
Software/Total % |
100.0% |
General information |
http://www.activision.com/index.html#about|en_US |
Microsoft investor relations url
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http://investor.activision.com/sec.cfm |
Financial year end |
December 31st |
Financial year correction |
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Software revenue calculation |
Total revenues
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© 2003-2011 SOFTWARE TOP 100 |
http://www.softwaretop100.org |
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