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Acti Blizzard Bossman Buys Part Of The Pittsburgh Steelers
4:30PM Luke Plunkett | No, it’s not Robert Kotick. We’re talking about Paul Sams, former COO of Blizzard, now COO of Activision Blizzard, and his “family”, who are part of a consortium that just bought the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers. More »
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Activision: Sequels Offer “Road Map For Innovation”
10:00AM Stephen Totilo | Pity the video game sequel, perpetually scapegoated as an evil of the industry. To the rescue of its reputation this week came Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick. The exec recently explained what sequels are good for, besides profit. More »
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Inside GamesCom’s Halls One Day Early
9:00PM Brian Crecente | Koelnmesse, home to Gamescom, is a mammoth, sprawling complex of buildings, streets and boulevards, so it’s not surprising that Mike and I got lost on the way to the press room. More »
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When An Activision Boss Jokes About Raising Game Prices…
8:00AM Stephen Totilo | Activision CEO Bobby Kotick is taking his daily bruising from gamers, this time for telling someone he’d raise video game prices if he could. But there’s a little more to the story. More »
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8:20AM Stephen Totilo | Activision Blizzard reported another quarter of growth today but announced it expects to make $US300 million less in 2009 than originally forecast. More »
StarCraft Delay, Activison Expecting A Lot Less Money
8:20AM Stephen Totilo | Activision Blizzard reported another quarter of growth today but announced it expects to make $US300 million less in 2009 than originally forecast. More »
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ActiBlizz Confirms Tony Hawk, Bond For 2010, Dances Around Diablo
7:40AM Stephen Totilo | Activision Blizzard execs listed a bunch of new games for 2010 during a conference call today but declined to be anything other than cagey on the topic of Diablo III. More »
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The Console Market As Of Next New Year’s Eve, According To Activison
7:00AM Stephen Totilo | During Activision Blizzard’s conference call announcing its second quarter results today, the company shared its best guess for the console market circa 12/31/09. More »
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Analyst Sees StarCraft II Inevitably Delayed To 2010
9:20AM Michael McWhertor | Blizzard set its sights on one “front line release” for 2009, a title that we expected to be StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the first of three StarCraft II games. One analyst isn’t so sure Blizzard can make it. More »
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