That’s right, you did not hear wrong all of you fans of Call of duty, Warcraft series, Starcraft series, World of Warcraft, Diablo series, Guitar Hero.

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Vivendi Universal and Activision is creating the world’s largest and most profitable pure-play video game publisher by merging Blizzard and Activision. From the Activision Blizzard fact sheet:

  • Transaction combines Activision’s top selling franchises with Vivendi Games’ portfolio of leading PC and subscription-based online games
    Activision Blizzard will be the only publisher with leading market positions across all categories of the rapidly growing interactive entertainment industry.
  • After closing, immediately will become global leader in dynamic, high margin subscription-based online games business with opportunity to migrate Activision franchises online
  • Combination creates company with large footprint in the fast-growing Asian markets, including China and Korea, while maintaining strong
    operating performance across North America and Europe
  • Activision Blizzard is expected to have $3.8 billion in pro forma calendar 2007 revenues and the highest operating margins of any major third party video game publisher
  • Targeted pro forma operating income of $1.1 billion and pro forma EPS in excess of $1.20 in calendar year 2009