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Blizzard Breaks For Independence As Kotick Plans $8.2 Billion Dollar Buyout

Posted by Unknown on from the world-of-business dept.

MojoKid writes "The CEO of Activision Blizzard, Bobby Kotick, announced this morning that he would lead an investor buyout of the company worth approximately $8.2 billion dollars. The move would free Blactivision (how has this moniker never caught on?) to become an independent publisher and free it from the clutches of Vivendi, the evil French entertainment conglomerate. Vivendi has reportedly been attempting to sell Activision Blizzard for years, due to an apparent hatred of actually turning a profit, given than the game developer owns some of the most popular franchises on Earth. Kotick has previously been known for his comments regarding exploiting game franchises and for gems like this: 'We have a real culture of thrift. The goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks into Activision about 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making video games.'"

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  1. The Achievement of the Glorious Gamer in Splendor by alphatel · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's true that Researchers Implant False Memories in Mice but Activision has implanted Happy Memories in Gamers and erased all bad ones!

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  2. "Blactivision" by mwvdlee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Blactivision (how has this moniker never caught on?)

    Because it's fucking stupid. It's fupid.

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    1. Re:"Blactivision" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Blactivision (how has this moniker never caught on?)

      Because it's fucking stupid. It's fupid.

      Years from now we'll see:

      fupid adjective , fupid, fupid-dest, fupider

      adjective

      1. Being fucking stupid
      2. really dumb
      3. lacking in intelligence
      4. What the fuck are you thinking!
  3. Re:Well Then by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've been involved with Blizzard since the early days when they weren't so popular despite being so young.

    Wow, so Slashdot has hipsters.

    Or slipsters, as MojoKid might call them.

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  4. Re:The Achievement of the Glorious Gamer in Splend by Calydor · · Score: 5, Funny

    What Diablo III? There were only two games released in that series, though I really wish they'd make a third sometime.

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