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Activision

Activision Publishing, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in Santa Monica, California. It is the publishing business for its parent company, Activision Blizzard, and consists of several subsidiary studios. Activision is one of the largest third-party video game publishers in the world and was the top United States publisher in 2016.

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Founded
October 1, 1979; 46 years ago (1979-10-01)
Founders
David Crane · Alan Miller · Bob Whitehead · Jim Levy
Industry
Video games
Headquarters
2701 Olympic Blvd, Santa Monica, California, US
Area served
Worldwide
Formerly
Computer Arts, Inc. · (1979) · Activision, Inc. · (1979–1988; 1992–2000) · Mediagenic

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Activision

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Activision

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related to Former studios · 79
Activision → Activision Leeds, Activision Value Publishing, Albany, April, Artificial Mind, August, Beachhead Studio, Birmingham, Bizarre Creations, Blizzard Albany, Blizzard Entertainment, Bob, Budcat Creations, California, Cambridge, Canada, Chile, Closed, Codemasters, Elsinore Studio
related to Studios · 39
Activision → Activision Shanghai Studio, April, Barcelona, Beenox, California, Canada, Carlsbad, China, Demonware, Digital Legends Entertainment, Dublin, Elsewhere Entertainment, Foster City, High Moon Studios, Infinity Ward, Ireland, January, July, Los Angeles, Madison
related to Growth and acquisitions (1997–2008) · 35
Activision → Activision Holdings, Activision Publishing, Activision's, Blade, Deer Hunter, Disney, Disney Interactive, Dot-com, DreamWorks, DreamWorks Animation, Fox Interactive, FromSoftware, In, In April, In December, In February, In January, In May, Inc, It
related to Merger with Vivendi Games (2008) · 23
Activision → Activision's, Around, Blizzard, Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard's, CEO, China, During, French, Given, Guitar Hero, Jean-Bernard Lévy, Kotick, Lévy, Mike Morhaime, RedOctane, Sierra Entertainment, Tony Hawk's, Vivendi, Vivendi Games
related to Post-merger developments (2009–2022) · 20
Activision → Activision Blizzard, Activision Publishing, Activision Publishing's CEO, Call, Dead Space, Duty, Eric Hirshberg, Formed, Glen Schofield, However, Infinity Ward, Michael Condrey, Modern Warfare, November, Raven, Since, Sledgehammer, Sledgehammer Games, Treyarch, Visceral Games
related to The video game market crash (1983–1988) · 20
Activision → Accolade, Activision's, Apple, Atari, Because, ColecoVision, Commodore, Crane, For Activision, However, Intellivision, Levy, Miller, The, Their, There, These, This, While, Whitehead
related to Purchase by Bobby Kotick (1991–1997) · 19
Activision → Activision's, After, Amiga, Bobby Kotick, Broderbund, Commodore International, Cyan, Davis, Kotick, Magnavox, Magnavox's, May, Mediagenic, Myst, Nintendo, Philips Electronics, Pitfall, Steve Wynn, This
related to Early years (1980–1982) · 17
Activision → Activision's, Additionally, Ahead, Atari, Atari-produced, Boxing, By, CES, Checkers, Consumer Electronics Show, Crane, Crane's, Dragster, Fishing Derby, Instruction, The, To
related to Purchase by Microsoft (2023–present) · 16
Activision → Activision Blizzard, Activision Publishing, Activision QA, America, California, Communication Workers, CWA, Microsoft, Microsoft Gaming, Minnesota, October, On March, Texas, United States, With, Xbox
Formerly · 6
Activision → (1979), (1979–1988; 1992–2000), (1988–1992), Activision, Inc., Computer Arts, Inc., Mediagenic

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ActivisionArea servedWorldwide1.00infobox
ActivisionFormerlyComputer Arts, Inc.1.00infobox
ActivisionFormerly(1979)1.00infobox
ActivisionFormerlyActivision, Inc.1.00infobox
ActivisionFormerly(1979–1988; 1992–2000)1.00infobox
ActivisionFormerlyMediagenic1.00infobox
ActivisionFormerly(1988–1992)1.00infobox
ActivisionFoundedOctober 1, 1979; 46 years ago (1979-10-01)1.00infobox
ActivisionFoundersDavid Crane1.00infobox
ActivisionFoundersAlan Miller1.00infobox
ActivisionFoundersBob Whitehead1.00infobox
ActivisionFoundersJim Levy1.00infobox
ActivisionHeadquarters2701 Olympic Blvd, Santa Monica, California, US1.00infobox
ActivisionIndustryVideo games1.00infobox
ActivisionKey peopleRob Kostich (president)1.00infobox
ActivisionParentActivision, Inc.1.00infobox
ActivisionParent(2000–2008)1.00infobox
ActivisionParentActivision Blizzard1.00infobox
ActivisionParent(2008–present)1.00infobox
ActivisionProductsList of Activision video games1.00infobox
ActivisionSubsidiariesSee § Studios1.00infobox
ActivisionTypeSubsidiary1.00infobox
ActivisionWebsiteactivision.com1.00infobox

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