Activision Publishing, Inc, simply known as Activision, is an American video game developer and publisher which currently distributes, publishes, and owns the Call of Duty series.
History[]
Activision was founded on October 1st, 1979 by Jim Levy and former Atari programmers. Activision's first products were games for the Atari 2600, including the well-known Pitfall!. Activision has now become one of the largest third party video game publishers in the world.
Activision notably objected at first to the creation of the "Modern Warfare" theme and Infinity Ward's expansion to consoles, which would later prove to be one of the biggest entertainment franchises in history. The company was merged with Vivendi Games to form Activision Blizzard on July 9th, 2008.
On January 18th, 2022, Microsoft announced its intention to acquire Activision Blizzard and all its subsidiaries, including Activision, for $68.7 billion[1]. On October 13th, 2023, the merger was closed and Activision Blizzard ceased to exist as an independent company.[2]
Legal issues[]
Activision was in the middle of a $400 million lawsuit against Electronic Arts and two former employees of Infinity Ward, Vince Zampella and Jason West.[3] Activision accused Zampella and West of conspiring with EA, even going as far as helping in the development of the main rival game Battlefield: Bad Company 2, to the detriment of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. In 2019, Zampella and West have added fraud onto the list of charges in their counterlawsuit against Activision.[4]
Activision Blizzard is also currently engaged in a lawsuit with the state of California due to a "Frat Boy" culture, which includes major sexual harassment problem at the company[5].
Activision-owned studios relating to Call of Duty[]
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References[]
- ↑ https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-buy-activision-blizzard-deal-687-billion-2022-01-18/
- ↑ https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/10/13/xbox-activision-blizzard/
- ↑ Lex, Seth(2011-03-17).Activision Vs. EA $400m Lawsuit Allowed To Continue. SententiaS.Archived from the original on 2011-08-30.Retrieved on 2019-12-30.
- ↑ Younger, Paul(2011-04-04).Fraud charges added to Activision vs. EA suit. PC Invasion.Retrieved on 2019-12-30.
- ↑ https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/activision-blizzard-sued-by-california-over-frat-boy-culture
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