Who owns blizzard

Activision has owned Blizzard Entertainment since 2008.

Split from Vivendi and growth (2013–2014)

On July 25, 2013, Activision Blizzard announced the purchase of 429 million shares from owner Vivendi for $5.83 billion, dropping the shareholder from a 63% stake to 11.8% by the end of the deal in September.

Activision is owned by CEO Bobby Kotick. Activision Publishing Inc. is the publishing business of the parent company, Activision Blizzard. Activision is composed of different subsidiary studios, combined together, makes it the largest third-party video game publisher in the world.

Activision Blizzard is the holding company formed from the merger of Blizzard Entertainment’s then-owner Vivendi Games and Activision, the video game producer behind Call of Duty. The merger was finalized on July 9, 2008. Vivendi became the majority shareholder of Activision Blizzard with 54% of the stock.

Bobby Kotick is still the CEO of Activision Blizzard, despite a Wall Street Journal report that detailed Kotick’s history of harassment and abusive behavior while also saying he knew about allegations and incidents of abuse within the company for years.

Blizzard Entertainment is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment software, and the company is renowned for creating some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed games, including World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Hearthstone®, StarCraft®, and Diablo®.

Currently, Blizzard Entertainment has four main franchises: Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, and Overwatch. Each franchise is supported by other media based around its intellectual property such as novels, collectible card games, comics and video shorts.

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Activision-Blizzard Merger

After several years of rapid expansion through acquisitions of smaller game developers, Activision merged with Blizzard Entertainment in 2008 to create Activision Blizzard, forming one of the world’s largest video game companies.

The company is called Activision Blizzard, Inc. it’s a merger of both companies. They are still separate entities in terms of development though so games are developed by Blizzard or Activision (or its studios) but make money for the same company. Blizzard has always been owned by a larger company.

Treyarch is a wholly owned by Activision Publishing, Inc. About Activision Publishing, Inc. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California , Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading global producer and publisher of interactive entertainment.