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It appears that Activision Blizzard reached a settlement of its $400 million claim against EA that was part of a legal dispute that was supposed to kick off a week from now with the Modern Warfare 2 devs. Activision lawyer Beth Wilkinson said: “Activision and Electronic Arts have decided to put this matter behind them...

As Smap reported late last night, both Activision and Blizzard Entertainment are driving very hard on the action RPG Diablo III so they can make a 2011 release. The news, of course, emerged after Activision Blizzard Q1 2011 financial results, which incidentally brings more interesting info...

Even though Blizzard sure as shit likes to take their time when they're working on any project, they rarely disappoint with their games. In fact, the results of their work are often, as history has proven, impressive to say the least. Of course, we're still waiting for the developer to complete the long-awaited action RPG, Diablo 3...

This is going to be a long news post with a lot of information in it, all of it pertaining to Activision Blizzard. I will try to condense all of this information as best as possible. This is coming from Activision's recently released Form 8-K document that the SEC makes them release, so if they're cooking the books they have to try harder to cover it up...

So, I see most of us agree that Kotick's idea takes the very concept of gaming and electronic entertainment to a whole new level of insanity and absurdity. The really frighteninng aspect of the entire thing is that the publisher (Blactivision or whatever you wanna call them...

Lord help us and stop this man while you're at it. Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick offered a rather uncanny (and somehow utterly disconcerting) idea during the America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference, which was held yesterday in California...

Activision Blizzard (as well as Sony and a handful of other publishers) are being sued by Uniloc - a company specializing in computer security and copy protection initiatives. It appears that the abovementioned publishers, supposedly, infringed on Uniloc's patents for what's basically DRM...

Microsoft reveals its thoughts on yesterday's news that Activision signed a ten-year exclusive publishing deal with Bungie. An MS company rep said to CVG: "Our partnership with Bungie as a first-party developer for Xbox 360 remains unchanged, and right now we're deeply engaged with them on the development of Halo Reach, which is poised to be the biggest game of 2010." Poor, poor, poor, Microsoft.

Development team Bungie and publisher Activision -- a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard -- announced today that they have entered into "an exclusive 10-year partnership to bring Bungie’s next big action game universe to market." Activision will have exclusive...

Activision Blizzard announced that a number of franchises are going to get new entries throughout 2010. Call of Duty, Tony Hawk, Guitar Hero and Spider-Man were among the first to be mentioned in this instance, so expect new games for those more than familiar IPs...

Yes, as you may recall, Blizzard's hack'n'slash RPG Diablo III most likely won't even get a 2010 launch window, which means we'll probably see it some time later. Today Activision officially confirmed during a presentation that Diablo III is set for a 2011 release, right after the company launches its games StarCraft II and World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm in 2010...

Activision Blizzard prez and CEO Robert Kotick earned $15 million in 2008, according to a Forbes profile. GI reports: "The business website lists a breakdown of Kotick's compensation for 2008, which incorporates a salary of $899,560, a bonus of $5 million and option awards totalling almost $6 million...

Vivendi announced that Chief Executive Jean-Bernard Levy is also going to become chairman of Activision Blizzard. Levy is to replace current Activision Blizzard Chairman Rene Penisson, who is retiring as his mandate expires this year. Robert Kotick is the current chief executive of Activision Blizzard...

Popular development studio Valve filed a lawsuit against publisher Activision Blizzard. Valve claims Activision recently underpaid royalties to Valve by nearly half a million bucks -- following that, Activision threatened to countersue if Valve attempted to secure those funds...

Activision Blizzard's financial reporting indicated a net loss of $72 million (5 cents per share), in part because of charges from taking over Vivendi Games. "Adjusted earnings were $429 million, or 31 cents per share, surpassing the 29 cents per share that analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had expected...