'Guitar Hero' maker files patent suit has the almost inevitable litigious follow-up to Gibson's lawsuit claiming they own patents to a game like Guitar Hero (story). Word is: "Activision, in a complaint filed Tuesday in federal court in Los Angeles, seeks court orders that it doesn't in...

Activision, Vivendi discontinue ESA membership on GamesIndustry.biz has word that both Activision and Vivendi have parted ways with The Entertainment Software Association, the video game trade group. They have statements from the ESA and Activision, with Activision saying: "We apprecia...

Activision Stockholders Approve Combination with Vivendi Games has word that Activision shareholders have expressed overwhelming enthusiasm for the proposed merger with Vivendi Games, and that the parent of Blizzard and Sierra is set to become a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision tomorrow...

Activision Blizzard to suffer job cuts on mcvuk.com has word that the merger of Activision and Blizzard will lead to an "all-star team" of developers, but that "overlaps" will result in "redundancies," meaning that some people are going to lose their jobs: Here ...

Activision acquires UK studio FreeStyleGames has word that Activision Publishing has acquired FreeStyleGames. This UK-based studio has most recently been working on localized content for Guitar Hero, so this may relate to Activision's stated recommitment to downloadable content for the serie...