By the way, I've done a bit more looking into this, and this merger will actually still retain Vivendi as the owner of the combined company -- they're simply moving their games division (which is worth nearly twice as much as Activision, at 8.1 billion USD) out into its own public stock -- under the name Activision Blizzard. Vivendi, once all is said and done, will own 68% of Activision Blizzard.

It's honestly a mark of how successful Blizzard Entertainment has been thus far to have their co-branded parent company carry part of their name, when this company is going to encompass far more than just Activision and Blizzard Entertainment. I think that's where a lot of confusion is being caused; this also includes Sierra Entertainment, and any other game developer currently under the Vivendi Games umbrella.

did somebody say "Warchief Thrall Proskater 4" ? woot lol

IT is blatantly a money thing. Vivendi Games has a dire reputation. They ruined the Tribes series and screwed over Homeworld fans so it is no surprise that Vivendi would take the (wise) decision to distance themselves from their games area.

The naming is simple - Activision are attributed with major console titles not to mention franchise titles such as Star Trek, Transformers, X-Men and Spiderman. This gives them a reputation as a major player in the franchise arm of the games industry. Blizzard are the foremost authority on RPG/RTS/MMO deveopment, with the top 3 gaming franchises (based on sales) being tehir franchises (with World of Warcraft occupying the top spot as a stand-alone).

Couple the two names together - Activision Blizzard - and you have a company that combines to of the most well known gaming companies into one easy-to-identify team...

Activision Blizzard = End of EA.

Call of Starcraft XD

well congrats -.-

Yes, although it already IS one of the best in the business^^

It would be nice if they could use some of the resources to give the graphics an upgrade though, to meet today's standard (the engine is after all about 3 years old, unless they upgraded it with BC ofc...)

wow, I'd be happy just to get a little fraction of that^^
I could've gotten 0,01B$, it wouldn't even show^^

o_O Would be sweet :D

That song rocks^^

Would be cool to play it on GuitarHero :P

Warchief Thrall's Azerothian Wasteland ^^

Blizzard and Activision are far from the dying method, yes.

Now EA Games Online is close to that stage in my opinion.
They killed a lot of good friendly titles they deemed a profit loss.
'Motor City Online' (Race car game) and 'Earth and Beyond' (Space game) are my most favorite EA destroyed. They gave one year and killed them, rather than giving incentives to return.