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Activision Bought Out
« on: December 03, 2007, 12:48:21 am »
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http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/02/news/companies/vivendi.ap/index.htm?postversion=2007120217

There could be a very nice big discussion on where this is going to go...

Vivendi owns Blizzard, blizzard and Activision will be merged together to form 'Activision Blizzard'.

Very interesting
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Re: Activision Bought Out
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2007, 03:16:57 am »
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This is not good news. Now we'll have a WoW minigame where you skate in Azeroth with Tony Hawk. See? Not good.
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Re: Activision Bought Out
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2007, 03:26:43 am »
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Quote from: BlueMonkey on December 03, 2007, 03:16:57 am
This is not good news. Now we'll have a WoW minigame where you skate in Azeroth with Tony Hawk. See? Not good.

Just like how Oracle of Seasons/Ages was a sidescrolling platformer with 8 robot bosses.

Oh wait.
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« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2007, 03:29:47 am »
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Quote from: Swiftu on December 03, 2007, 03:26:43 am
Quote from: BlueMonkey on December 03, 2007, 03:16:57 am
This is not good news. Now we'll have a WoW minigame where you skate in Azeroth with Tony Hawk. See? Not good.

Just like how Oracle of Seasons/Ages was a sidescrolling platformer with 8 robot bosses.

Oh wait.
That's because Capcom is awesome and wouldn't do that. And Nintendo didn't buy out Capcom, vice versa. Nintendo wouldn't risk the Zelda series like that.
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Re: Activision Bought Out
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2007, 03:39:11 am »
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looks like the blizz games will be raped.... just think how bad "Call of Duty" in compare with the first title is... Soon you'll see Diablo 3, Starcraft Ghost, Warcraft 4 and all other things you want... just in bad, commercial thought versions with bad program code and the worst game storys of blizz you've ever seen.
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« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2007, 03:41:27 am »
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Quote from: BlueMonkey on December 03, 2007, 03:16:57 am
This is not good news. Now we'll have a WoW minigame where you skate in Azeroth with Tony Hawk. See? Not good.

That will be awesome
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« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2007, 03:44:53 am »
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I think diablo III will be around the corner now.

Very strange merger. I'm not overly fond of the parent company, since they ate up and swallowed my all time favorite game company ever, Sierra.
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Re: Activision Bought Out
« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2007, 03:51:32 am »
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Quote from: Andrew on December 03, 2007, 03:44:53 am
I think diablo III will be around the corner now.

Very strange merger. I'm not overly fond of the parent company, since they ate up and swallowed my all time favorite game company ever, Sierra.

Sierra made the best games at its time.... just like blizz is now buyed only because of WoW  ( and some older games ;P )
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Re: Activision Bought Out
« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2007, 05:31:41 am »
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SO! Who's ready to play Tony Hawk: Skate Silvermoon? No? Well get into WoW for the special Punk Skater Chainmail Armor and !@#$% Board, or the new Horde Skateboard Mount! If that doesn't excite you, then we've got JUST the thing for you! Call of Duty 5: Arthas' Wrath. Play a mighty Blood Elf Undead Hunter who joined the military after a failed skateboarding career! Level your Boarding Skills as you shoot your way across countless of the Burning Legion's masses!
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Re: Activision Bought Out
« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2007, 05:56:16 am »
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I'm not so sure this is a bad thing; Activision has always been a decent developer, and so has Blizzard... To be honest, I think Activision will bring some much needed things to Blizzard, and vice versa :o
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« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2007, 06:04:26 am »
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Like skateboards?
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Re: Activision Bought Out
« Reply #11 on: December 03, 2007, 06:16:48 am »
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lol Activision is so much more than that! lol


Activision Titles-

    * Fishing Derby (1980)
    * Skiing (1980)
    * Freeway (1981)
    * Ice Hockey (1981)
    * Kaboom! (1981)
    * Stampede (1981)
    * Barnstorming (1982)
    * Pitfall! (1982)
    * River Raid (1982)
    * Robot Tank (1983)
    * H.E.R.O. (1984)
    * Hacker (1985)
    * MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat (1995)
    * The Quake series (with the exception of the first version of Quake)
    * Interstate '76 (1997)
    * Battlezone (1998)
    * Civilization: Call to Power (1999)
    * Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (1999)
    * Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (2002)
    * Spider-Man: The Movie (2002)
    * Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (2003)
    * True Crime: Streets of L.A. (2003)
    * Call of Duty (2003)
    * Doom 3 (2004)
    * Spider-Man 2 (2004)
    * Call of Duty 2 (2005)
    * GUN (2005)
    * The Movies (2005)
    * True Crime: New York City (2005)
    * Guitar Hero series (2005-2007)
    * Spider-Man 3 (2007)
    * Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)


^a SHITLOAD of those games pwn all over Tony Hawk :P

--Blizzard

RPM Racing[7]    1991    racing game
The Lost Vikings    1992    platform game
Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye[7]    1993    puzzle game
Rock N' Roll Racing    1993    racing game
Blackthorne[7]    1994    cinematic platform game
The Death and Return of Superman[7]    1994    side-scrolling beat 'em up
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans    1994    fantasy real-time strategy game
The Lost Vikings II    1995    platform game
Justice League Task Force[10]    1995    fighting game
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness    1995    fantasy real-time strategy game
Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal    1996    expansion pack
Diablo    1996    action-oriented computer role-playing game
StarCraft    1998    science fiction real-time strategy game
StarCraft: Brood War    1998    expansion pack
Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition    1999    fantasy real-time strategy game
Diablo II    2000    action-oriented RPG
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction    2001    expansion pack
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos    2002    fantasy real-time strategy game
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne    2003    expansion pack
World of Warcraft    2004    MMORPG set in the Warcraft universe
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade    2007    expansion set for World of Warcraft

(pardon the dirtyness there :P) ^Also a lot of great titles (Rock n' Roll Racing)... Perhaps now we'll see a new incarnation of Rock n Roll Racing by Activision??? :D
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Re: Activision Bought Out
« Reply #12 on: December 03, 2007, 08:14:23 am »
Quote from: Andrew on December 03, 2007, 03:44:53 am
I think diablo III will be around the corner now.

Very strange merger. I'm not overly fond of the parent company, since they ate up and swallowed my all time favorite game company ever, Sierra.

Diablo III is only rumored. The original Blizzard North team that developed Diablo II moved onto another company. I do not remember what it is called at the moment, but they're working on a free MMO called Mythos. And the designer of Diablo/Diablo II has made some hints about Diablo III. Look up some articles about it. I'm sure we'll see it happen from these guys instead of what Blizzard has become now.
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Quote from: gm112 on December 03, 2007, 08:14:23 am
Quote from: Andrew on December 03, 2007, 03:44:53 am
I think diablo III will be around the corner now.

Very strange merger. I'm not overly fond of the parent company, since they ate up and swallowed my all time favorite game company ever, Sierra.

Diablo III is only rumored. The original Blizzard North team that developed Diablo II moved onto another company. I do not remember what it is called at the moment, but they're working on a free MMO called Mythos. And the designer of Diablo/Diablo II has made some hints about Diablo III. Look up some articles about it. I'm sure we'll see it happen from these guys instead of what Blizzard has become now.

there is a secret project named "HYDRA"
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