Activision and Blizzard Merge

**Bob the Insane** · 12-02-2007, 22:27

CoD MMO... something like Planetside or BF2 on steroids!!

**Tiberius of the Drake** · 12-02-2007, 22:39

No. they will add another faction to WOW. The American Army. At level 70 the player will be able to call in a thermonuclear strikes on their enemy in a duel.

**Marshal Murat** · 12-03-2007, 02:10

I was thinking CoD: Return to Warcraft

maybe
EA-Smackdown MMORPG

**Papewaio** · 12-03-2007, 02:19

Don't they have opposite ideas about patching?

Activision next to none and Blizzard keeps on patching years after the release of a game?

I hope the Blizzard model wins out.

**Xiahou** · 12-03-2007, 02:41

Originally Posted by Papewaio

Don't they have opposite ideas about patching?

Activision next to none and Blizzard keeps on patching years after the release of a game?

I hope the Blizzard model wins out.

I hope so too. But my gut tells me that mergers such as these often get your the worst of both companies instead of the best.

**Husar** · 12-03-2007, 03:59

Well, actually Blizzard is owned by Vivendi and Vivendi now holds 52% stock in Activision Blizzard.
Can also be read here.

That said, I can't think of any games from either company that I'm particularly interested in.

**Papewaio** · 12-03-2007, 04:39

Most of that is in the initial article. Which surprised me as I always thought of Blizzard as a US company.

**Mouzafphaerre** · 12-03-2007, 13:47

Originally Posted by Husar

Well, actually Blizzard is owned by Vivendi and Vivendi now holds 52% stock in Activision Blizzard.
Can also be read here.

That said, I can't think of any games from either company that I'm particularly interested in.

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Vivendi owns everything!

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**TinCow** · 12-03-2007, 13:14

Originally Posted by Papewaio

Don't they have opposite ideas about patching?

Activision next to none and Blizzard keeps on patching years after the release of a game?

I hope the Blizzard model wins out.

That is exactly my concern. Blizzard is easily the best 'patching' developer I have ever come across. I do not expect good things to come from this.