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Report: Vivendi Is Having A Hard Time Selling Activision
Latest gossip in the “Vivendi might be selling Activision” rumours that’ve been floating around comes courtesy Bloomberg, which reports today that Vivendi’s search is off to a slow start.
Report: Vivendi Wants To Sell Stake In Activision Blizzard
According to Bloomberg, Vivendi is itching to unload its 61 per cent stake in Actvision Blizzard. If it cannot find a buyer, it will sell some of its US$8.1 billion worth of stocks. [Hollywood Reporter]
Fans At Last Will Find The Silver Lining
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When last heard from, those behind a long-in-development, fan-made King’s Quest sequel were on the verge of an agreement with Activision allowing them to finally complete their project. This afternoon, that news came. The Silver Lining will finally be completed.
Call Of Duty: World At War Zombies Attack iPhone
Thanks to the iPhone and iPod Touch you need never be away from the mass re-killing of hordes of shuffling, reanimated Nazi soldiers. Call of Duty: World At War: Zombies has been released via the iTunes App Store today.
Rebellion Goes Bargain Shopping, Picks Up A Ton Of Great Old IP
Aliens vs Predator developers Rebellion have been picking through the remains of Vivendi’s old portfolio of intellectual property, discarded amidst the company’s merger with Activision, and have found a number of bargains.
Ludlum Rep Says Jason Bourne In The Hands Of ‘Grown Ups Now’
Seems Robert Ludlum’s estate was no fan of Vivendi’s The Bourne Conspiracy. Keith Boesky, who represents the interests of Robert Ludlum, says of the new deal with Electronic Arts, “We’re dealing with grown ups now.”
Ghostbusters Gets Publisher, Release Window
As was expected, Atari have formally announced that they’ve picked up the rights to the Ghostbusters game, left in limbo ever since the Activision/Vivendi merger killed off the game’s original publisher, Sierra. Atari plans to release Ghostbusters “early next summer”, to coincide with the first movie’s 25th anniversary. Atari also announced they’ve picked up the in-development Riddick game (full title The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena), which will be out next spring.
50 Cent: Blood on the Sand is Dead, Dead, Dead [Update]
Remember 50 Cent II, the sequel to discography-cum-video game 50-Cent: Bulletproof? The game that Sierra named 50-Cent: Blood on the Sand? The one that has a love-interest, slick graphics and tons of blood?
Yeah, it’s dead. Caught in the unflinching cogs of big video game business, mergers, and close downs, we hear. Victim of a flooded genre and a potential publisher with one too many shooters on its hands.
But don’t cry for Fifty. We hear the G-Unit-sporting rapper got his appearance cash, while Swordfish, the team behind the budding game, is likely to get sold off.
You gotta love this business.
Ghostbusters Pulled From Gamestop
We are getting reports that Gamestop have pulled Ghostbusters from pre-order. The tips centre on an internal email at Gamestop, informing staff that pre-order customers will be entitled to a full refund.
Sure enough, where a search for ‘Ghostbusters’ on Gamestop once returned this impressive array[via Google cache]of results, currently the only Ghostbuster-related item to be found on the site is this rather forlorn copy of the original movie on UMD.
Hard to say exactly what this means – both Terminal Reality and Vivendi have been adamant that the game will be published. The main confusion seems to be who by?
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