Blizzard and Activision Announce $18.8bn Merger

Ebon Praetor writes "The BBC reports that Blizzard and Activision have announced an $18.8bn merger. Activision's CEO, Bobby Kotick, will become the head of the joint company, while Vivendi, Blizzard's current parent company, will become the largest single investor in the new group. Even with the size of the merger, the combined company will still be smaller than the industry giant EA. 'As part of the merger plan, Blizzard will invest $2bn in the new company, while Activision is putting up $1bn. The merged business will be called Activision Blizzard ... Vivendi will be the biggest shareholder in the group.'"

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Re:Makes sense

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Blizzard doesn't release sequels anymore, they just release half-assed updates and add-ons for retards who think World of Warcraft is either "good" or an RPG.

Whoever thought up WoW should be kicked in the beanbag repeatedly for the damage they've done to computer gaming in general, and RPGs in particular. Between WoW and Halo, gaming has fallen just as fast and hard as TV since Survivor first came out (although TV didn't have half as far to go...). Computer and video games used to be fun, now they're just derivative WoW and Halo clones for mushbrained frat boys with shriveled nutsacks.

Fuck Blizzard and fuck Activision for just making generally crummy games. I hope this merger kills them both and I hope everyone employed by both companies winds up on the street eating rotting baked beans out of a dumpster.