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  1. No WoW causes Vivendi Q1 sales to drop 24% details »
    www.joystiq.com Posted 1 day ago by Alexander Sliwinski feed details »

    Filed under: Business Vivendi Games, soon to merge with Activision and become the goliath Activision Blizzard, saw its sales fall 24% from Q1 last year, thanks to the...

  2. Vivendi Q1 net income down 9.6% on lower video game sales details »
    www.telegeography.com Posted 16 hours ago feed details »

    French telecoms and media group Vivendi reported a 9.6% drop in profits for the three months ending 31 March 2008, attributing the downturn to lower sales volumes at its...

  3. WoW expansion coming this year...polar bear mounts included? details »
    www.destructoid.com Posted 11 hours ago feed details »

    I hear some people who play World of Warcraft still have social lives and care about things other than epic raids, and this does my heart good, as I worry that gamers are...

  4. Blizzard Made $295M Last Quarter, Wrath of the Lich King Dated For Second Half Of '08 [Warcraft Gold] details »
    kotaku.com Posted 1 day ago by Michael McWhertor feed details »

    Vivendi Games, which contributed some $340 million to its parent company's "very good" first quarter, continues to place much of its success on Blizzard Entertainment....

  5. Vivendi Games Sales Fall 24% In WoW-Expansionless Q1 details »
    www.gamasutra.com Posted 2 days ago feed details »

    Vivendi has announced its first quarter results, showing a 24 percent drop in sales in its games division over the year prior -- a period which saw the release of WoW...

  6. Interview: Terminal Reality? Ain't Afraid Of No Ghosts details »
    www.gamasutra.com Posted 17 hours ago feed details »

    A little over a year ago, Slovenian developer Zootfly made a big splash with gameplay videos of an in-development game based on Ivan Reitman's classic film Ghostbusters -...

  7. Rockstar president sees appeal in EA alliance details »
    ds.qj.net Posted 3 days ago by Karl B. feed details »

    Even though Take-Two is still busy fending off Electronic Arts' hostile takeover bid, Rockstar Games' Sam Houser apparently sees some appeal in working under EA's...

  8. Three reasons why gamers should care about the ESA details »
    www.destructoid.com Posted 3 days ago by mrdestructoid@gmail.com (Destructoid.com) feed details »

    [Editor's note: HarassmentPanda gives us the lowdown on the Entertainment Software Association and what it means to all of us. It's a very informative read and is a very...

  9. Universal Music Group: God, Do We Love Amy Winehouse! [Silicon Alley Insider] details »
    www.alleyinsider.com Posted 1 day ago by Peter Kafka feed details »

    Universal Music Group solves the "how are we ever going to sell music again" riddle: Just find a starlet who spends equal amounts of time in trouble and in the tabloids....

  10. Breaking: Activision and Vivendi discontinue ESA membership details »
    www.joystiq.com Posted 2 weeks ago by Alexander Sliwinski feed details »

    Filed under: Business We've just learned that Activision and Vivendi Games has discontinued its membership with the Entertainment Software Association. This information...

  11. Vivendi ain't afraid of no promotion details »
    www.nintendowiifanboy.com Posted 3 weeks and 6 days ago by David Hinkle feed details »

    Filed under: Fan stuff Vivendi has the right idea when it comes to marketing their upcoming Ghostbusters game. What they did was take this Ecto-1 (which, if you haven't...

  12. EU Gives Blizzard Activision Its Blessing [Activision Blizzard] details »
    kotaku.com Posted 4 weeks and 2 days ago by Mike Fahey feed details »

    Today the European Commission granted French telecom and media group Vivendi permission to merge its videogame unit with Activision, thus bringing to fruition the merger...

  13. Surviving High School details »
    www.wonderlandblog.com Posted 3 weeks and 1 day ago by Alice feed details »

    Mobile phone games usually pass me by, but this is interesting ...Vivendi's blockbuster IP game, "Surviving High School," now in its third iteration, gives...

  14. Rockstar's Houser talks EA takeover details »
    www.joystiq.com Posted 4 days ago by Alexander Sliwinski feed details »

    Filed under: Business In a recent piece about Rockstar Games' head honcho, Sam Houser, The Wall Street Journal probes the mind of the "secretive, demanding workaholic"...

  15. BREAKING: Activision and Vivendi Jump Ship From ESA details »
    gamepolitics.com Posted 2 weeks ago by GamePolitics feed details »

    The Entertainment Software Association, the trade association which represents US game publishers, is losing Activision and Vivendi as member companies. UPDATE:...

  16. European Union Approves Activision/Vivendi Merger Deal details »
    www.gamasutra.com Posted 4 weeks and 1 day ago feed details »

    The European Commission has approved the high-profile $9.85 billion merger of video game publishers Vivendi and Activision, allowing the creation of the resultant company...

  17. EU greenlights Activision-Vivendi merger details »
    www.joystiq.com Posted 4 weeks and 2 days ago by Alexander Sliwinski feed details »

    Filed under: Business The European Commission has given permission to the games division of French telecom and media group, Vivendi, to run free into the arms of...

  18. Vivendi Games to release The Legend Of Spyro: Dawn Of The Dragon this autumn, assets revealed details »
    ds.qj.net Posted 2 weeks and 2 days ago by Jay P. feed details »

    Fans of the fire-breathing purple dragon, behold! Vivendi Games has just announced that they will be releasing the next title after The Legend of Spyro: Eternal Night....

  19. ESA Confirms Activision/Vivendi Departure [Breaking] details »
    kotaku.com Posted 2 weeks ago by Leigh Alexander feed details »

    The Entertainment Software Association told Kotaku today that both Activision and Vivendi are no longer a part of the industry trade organization, confirming a rumor we...

  20. Activision and Vivendi Break From ESA [Rumor] details »
    kotaku.com Posted 2 weeks ago by Brian Crecente feed details »

    Yesterday word broke that Activision was one of what might be several companies not attending this year's E3 Media and Business Summit. Today I've heard that neither...