Blizzard-Activision Merger Official 200
The Washington Post's Mike Musgrove is reporting that the Blizzard-Activision merger is official as of yesterday afternoon. "One analyst has predicted that the merged company would make $1.38 billion in profits during its first financial year, enough to make Activision Blizzard the world's largest game publisher. [...] But this merger should give the newly-formed company enough heft to compete with EA for such blockbuster projects, said Pachter. 'It's good to have a duopoly instead of a monopoly,' he said. 'This just makes the industry that much more interesting.'"
Duopoly better than monopoly (Score:5, Funny)
In other news, thumbscrews said to be preferable to the rack.
Can't wait for the Diablo / River Raid mashup. (Score:5, Funny)
Riverablo.
Re:Oh boy (Score:5, Funny)
I sure hope Activision isn't stupid enough to mess around with the way Blizzard does things. Disney may be full of twats, but at least they knew better than to screw with Pixar after buying them. Let's hope that Activision has the same sense.
What are you talking about? This is great. In fact, I'm downloading a demo of Blactivision's newest title, Tony Hawk's Streets of Warcraft, right now.
Re:Profits (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Oh boy (Score:3, Funny)
That's a great demo! I am currently grinding until I can get my Stick of the Tiger!
+10 Agi +12 Sticking.
Re:Oh boy (Score:4, Funny)
There's no way that'll be as good as Guitarcraft Hero III: Call of Doom 2.
The question is... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Profits (Score:3, Funny)
Mmmm... Chopper Command...
Re:Holy... (Score:5, Funny)
I think this means John Madden is now the final boss you face in Diablo 3
Re:Where are the Games of Yore? (Score:5, Funny)
If I paid for it, I don't want ads! (Score:3, Funny)
I don't pay money for Google. If I'm paying for a game it better not have any ads in it. It would be like paying to see Blade 3 [neowin.net] or I, Robot [thebestpag...iverse.net] or the new Casino Royale [telegraph.co.uk] or paying for a copy of NFSU2. [ocforums.com] I'm not going to pay twice.
Re:jesus fucking mary and joseph, when will it end (Score:3, Funny)
It's gonna be Brawndo [brawndo.com], of course!
Re:Holy... (Score:4, Funny)
Before this merger, Diablo 3 was going to be released at an indefinite time in the future. Now it'll be released "when it's done".