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Activision Skips The E3 Floor, Accomplishes More With A Tweet
Thursday, June 16, 2016 - 10:52am | 229Gerrick Johnson of BMO Capital Markets recently met with Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI)'s management team at the E3 video game exposition and detailed his discussions in a research note on Thursday. Johnson stated that the highlight of Activation's E3 presence was not from the show floor...
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Activision Blizzard Preview: No Grand Results For 'Grand Theft Auto' Maker
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - 3:03pm | 416Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) will report first quarter financial results after the market closes. Although the crowd and the Street are expecting results above the company’s guidance, they anticipate substantial declines in relation to the last quarter and the first quarter of...
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The Resurrection Of Guitar Hero: Here's What It Means For Investors
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 - 2:44pm | 287Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) on Tuesday announced a multi-platform launch of a new "Guitar Hero" game, one of its strongest franchises from 2007 to 2010 before falling off sharply and being suspending in 2011. In a report published Wednesday, Brean Capital analyst Todd Mitchell said...
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Smart Toys Could Boost Free-To-Play Video Game Market
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 11:38am | 678Numerous developers are supporting the free-to-play format, but are microtransactions the best way to profit? When targeting teens and adults, microtransactions seem to be very profitable. But it is a whole other story when looking at six-year-old kids, who may not comprehend the concept....
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Activision Earnings Preview: Should Investors Expect A Beat And Raise?
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 12:14pm | 795Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) will report its first quarter 2014 results after market close on Tuesday. The popular video-game developer and publisher is expected to earn $0.10 per share on revenue of $688.23 million, based on the consensus estimates. The last time Activision reported...
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Activision Rises Slightly After Q3 Results, Big Call of Duty Sales (ATVI)
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 5:48pm | 382Activision's (NASDAQ: ATVI) Call of Duty: Ghosts has provided the company with another billion dollars in revenue. This news came just before Activision announced its "better-than-expected" third-quarter results. The firm, which is best known for the Call of Duty and Skylanders franchises -- and...
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Activision Seeks Independence From Vivendi In $8.17 Billion Buyout
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 11:17am | 480Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), the company behind Call of Duty, Skylanders and the ill-fated Guitar Hero franchise, is seeking independence from Vivendi (OTC: VIVHY). The company had hoped to buy back roughly 429 million shares -- worth $5.83 billion -- from Vivendi earlier this year....
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Video Game Sales Rise Ahead Of PlayStation 4, Xbox One Release
Friday, September 13, 2013 - 2:04pm | 761After two years of declines, the video game industry is beginning to rebound. According to The Wall Street Journal, sales of new hardware (consoles like Xbox 360 and handhelds like Nintendo 3DS), new software and accessories have risen one percent in the United States. The collective sales of...
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Wii U Launch Sales Disappointed Activision Executives
Friday, February 8, 2013 - 5:08pm | 455Nintendo's (OTC: NTDOY) latest console is off to a rocky start, selling only 3.19 million units since it was released last November. According to The New York Times, Nintendo expects that it will have sold no more than four million units through March -- nearly 30 percent less than the company's...
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Can Any Video Game Top Call of Duty?
Sunday, November 25, 2012 - 2:24pm | 515Numerous games have challenged the Call of Duty legacy, but none have been able to compete with Activision's (NASDAQ: ATVI) most prominent cash cow. Not even World of Warcraft, Activision's other billion-dollar baby, has been able to reach the level of success achieved by Call of Duty. Over the...
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World of Warcraft Has Lost its "WoW" Factor
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 3:15pm | 960Activision's beloved franchise may be crushing Star Wars: The Old Republic, but this MMO is no longer a cash cow. In fact, it might just be a cow -- one that's waiting to be tipped over. But what is the cause? How can World of Warcraft be dying if its chief competitor is struggling to compete? "I...