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company_name = Activision| | company_name = Activision| | ||
company_logo = [[File:Activision logo.png|300px]]| | company_logo = [[File:Activision logo.png|300px]]| | ||
company_type = Subsidiary of Activision Blizzard| | company_type = Subsidiary of [[Activision Blizzard]]| | ||
foundation = 1979 (Computer Arts)<br />1979 (Activision)<br />1988 (Mediagenic)| | foundation = 1979 (Computer Arts)<br />1979 (Activision)<br />1988 (Mediagenic)<br />1992 (Activision)| | ||
location = Santa Monica, California, US| | location = Santa Monica, California, US| | ||
key_people = [[Jim Levy]], founder<br />[[David Crane]], founder<br />[[Larry Kaplan]], founder<br />[[Alan Miller]], founder<br />[[Bob Whitehead]], founder| | key_people = [[Jim Levy]], founder<br />[[David Crane]], founder<br />[[Larry Kaplan]], founder<br />[[Alan Miller]], founder<br />[[Bob Whitehead]], founder| | ||
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products = Video games| | products = Video games| | ||
homepage = http://www.activision.com/| | homepage = http://www.activision.com/| | ||
}}'''Activision''' is a | }}'''Activision''' is a subsidiary of [[Activision Blizzard]], which itself is a subsidiary of the [[Microsoft]] gaming division, [[Microsoft Gaming]]. | ||
==Computer Arts, Inc.== | ==Computer Arts, Inc.== | ||
Computer Arts, Inc. was founded in 1979 by [[Jim Levy]] and former [[Atari, S.A.|Atari]] programmers [[David Crane]], [[Larry Kaplan]], [[Alan Miller]] and [[Bob Whitehead]]. | Computer Arts, Inc. was founded in [[1979]] by [[Jim Levy]] and former [[Atari, S.A.|Atari]] programmers [[David Crane]], [[Larry Kaplan]], [[Alan Miller]] and [[Bob Whitehead]]. | ||
==Activision, Inc.== | ==Activision, Inc.== | ||
Shortly after its foundation, in 1979, Computer Arts, Inc. was renamed | Shortly after its foundation, in 1979, Computer Arts, Inc. was renamed '''Activision, Inc.''' | ||
==Mediagenic== | ==Mediagenic== | ||
In 1988, | In [[1988]], it branched out to other forms of software than video games, and its corporate name was changed to '''Mediagenic'''. | ||
Under the Mediagenic holding company, | Under the Mediagenic holding company, the company continued to produce and publish games as Activision. Following a lawsuit that resulted in Mediagenic having to pay millions in damages, an investor group consisting of Robert Kotick and Brian Kelly purchased Mediagenic in [[1990]]. | ||
==Activision Blizzard== | ==Activision Blizzard== | ||
The company was renamed back to Activision in [[1992]]. In [[2008]], Activision was merged with [[Vivendi Games]] to form the holding company Activision Blizzard. | |||
In 2013, Activision Blizzard purchased most of Vivendi's shares of the Activision Blizzard stock to become an independent company. As in the Mediagenic years, | In [[2013]], Activision Blizzard purchased most of [[Vivendi|Vivendi's]] shares of the Activision Blizzard stock to become an independent company. As in the Mediagenic years, it still produces and publishes games under the Activision name while under the Activision Blizzard holding company. | ||
==Microsoft acquisition== | ==Microsoft acquisition== | ||
Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard in 2023. | Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard in [[2023]]. | ||
==Activision video games== | ==Activision video games== | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Activision Prototype #1]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Activision's Commodore 64 15 Pack]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Windows 95]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1997 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Included ''[[Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack]]'', ''[[Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack 2]]'', ''[[Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack 3]]'', and ''[[Activision's Commodore 64 15 Pack]]''. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Activision Prototype 1|Activision Prototype #1]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari 2600]] | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari 2600]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2003 | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2003 | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Developed in 1983. Unreleased until ''[[Activision Anthology|Activision Anthology: Remix Edition]]'' for [[Mac OS]] and [[Windows]] in 2003 | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Developed in 1983. Unreleased until ''[[Activision Anthology|Activision Anthology: Remix Edition]]'' for [[Mac OS]] and [[Windows]] in 2003 | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mac OS]], [[Windows 3.1]], [[Windows 95]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1995 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Included [[emulated]] [[Atari 2600]] [[video games]]: ''[[Boxing (1980 video game)|Boxing]]'', ''[[Chopper Command]]'', ''[[Cosmic Commuter]]'', ''[[Crackpots]]'', ''[[Fishing Derby]]'', ''[[Freeway]]'', ''[[Frostbite]]'', ''[[Grand Prix]]'', ''[[H.E.R.O.]]'', ''[[Kaboom!]]'', ''[[Pitfall! (video game)|Pitfall!]]'', ''[[River Raid (video game)|River Raid]]'', ''[[Seaquest]]'', ''[[Sky Jinks]]'', and ''[[Spider Fighter]]''. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack 2]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mac OS]], [[Windows 3.1]], [[Windows 95]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1995 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Included [[emulated]] [[Atari 2600]] [[video games]]: ''[[Atlantis (video game)|Atlantis]]'', ''[[Barnstorming]]'', ''[[Dolphin]]'', ''[[Dragster]]'', ''[[Enduro]]'', ''[[Ice Hockey]]'', ''[[Keystone Kapers]]'', ''[[Laser Blast]]'', ''[[Megamania]]'', ''[[Oink!]]'', ''[[Plaque Attack]]'', ''[[River Raid II]]'', ''[[Skiing]]'', ''[[Stampede]]'', and ''[[Tennis]]''. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack 3]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mac OS]], [[Windows 3.1]], [[Windows 95]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1995 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Included [[emulated]] [[Atari 2600]] [[video games]]: ''[[Breakout (video game)|Breakout]]'', ''[[Canyon Bomber]]'', ''[[Checkers]]'', ''[[Combat]]'', ''[[Night Driver]]'', ''[[Private Eye]]'', ''[[Space War]]'', ''[[Starmaster]]'', ''[[Title Match Pro Wrestling]]'', and ''[[Yars' Revenge]]''. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Activision's Commodore 64 15 Pack]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Windows 3.1]], [[Windows 95]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1995 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Emulation provided by [[Digital Eclipse]]. Included [[emulated]] [[Commodore 64]] [[video games]]: ''[[The Activision Decathlon]]'', ''[[Alcazar: The Forgotten Fortress]]'', ''[[Beamrider]]'', ''[[The Great American Cross-Country Road Race]]'', ''[[Hacker (video game)|Hacker]]'', ''[[Little Computer People]]'', ''[[Portal: A Computer Novel]]'', ''[[Toy Bizarre]]'', ''[[Rock n' Bolt]]'', ''[[Park Patrol]]'', ''[[Master of the Lamps]]'', ''[[Top Fuel Eliminator]]'', ''[[Web Dimension]]'', ''[[Zenji]]'', and ''[[Zone Ranger]]''. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Alcazar: The Forgotten Fortress]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Alcazar: The Forgotten Fortress]]'' | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Ghostbusters II (1989 video game)|Ghostbusters]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Ghostbusters II (1989 video game)|Ghostbusters II]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari 2600]] | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari 2600]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1989 | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1989 | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2001 | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2001 | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Developed in 1983. Unreleased until ''[[Intellivision Rocks]]'' for [[Mac OS]] and [[Windows]] in 2001 | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Developed in 1983. Unreleased until ''[[Intellivision Rocks]]'' for [[Mac OS]] and [[Windows]] in 2001 | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Leather Godesses of Phobos]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[DOS]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1992 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Under [[Infocom]] label. | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Little Computer People]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Little Computer People]]'' | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Pitfall!]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Pitfall! (video game)|Pitfall!]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari 2600]], [[Commodore 64]], [[Intellivision]], [[MSX]] | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari 2600]], [[Commodore 64]], [[Intellivision]], [[MSX]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982 | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982 | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation]] | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation (video game console)|PlayStation]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1998 | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1998 | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Under [[Infocom]] label. | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Under [[Infocom]] label. | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[River Raid]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[River Raid (video game)|River Raid]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari 2600]], [[Atari 5200]], [[Atari 8-bit computers]], [[Intellivision]], [[MSX]], [[PC Booter]] | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari 2600]], [[Atari 5200]], [[Atari 8-bit computers]], [[Intellivision]], [[MSX]], [[PC Booter]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982 | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982 | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari 2600]] | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari 2600]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982 | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982 | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Australia-exclusive compilation including ''[[Pitfall!]]'', ''[[Barnstorming]]'', ''[[Grand Prix]]'', and ''[[Laser Blast]]'' in one [[ROM cartridge]]. | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Australia-exclusive compilation including ''[[Pitfall! (video game)|Pitfall!]]'', ''[[Barnstorming]]'', ''[[Grand Prix]]'', and ''[[Laser Blast]]'' in one [[ROM cartridge]]. | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Tennis (1981 video game)|Tennis]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Tennis (1981 video game)|Tennis]]'' | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Zork: The Undiscovered Underground]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Zork: The Undiscovered Underground]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Windows]] | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Commodore 64]], [[Mac OS]], [[Windows]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1997 | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1997 | ||
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[[Category: Companies and organizations formed in 1979]] | [[Category: Companies and organizations formed in 1979]] | ||
[[Category: Companies and organizations formed in 1992]] | [[Category: Companies and organizations formed in 1992]] | ||
[[Category: Mergers and acquisitions in 2008]] | [[Category: Mergers and acquisitions in 2008]] | ||
[[Category: Mergers and acquisitions in 2013]] | [[Category: Mergers and acquisitions in 2013]] | ||
[[Category: Mergers and acquisitions in 2023]] | [[Category: Mergers and acquisitions in 2023]] | ||
[[Category: Pitfall]] | |||
[[Category: Subsidiaries and divisions of Activision Blizzard]] | |||
[[Category: Subsidiaries and divisions of Microsoft]] | |||
[[Category: Subsidiaries and divisions of Microsoft Gaming]] | |||
[[Category: Video game developers]] | [[Category: Video game developers]] | ||
[[Category: Video game publishers]] | [[Category: Video game publishers]] |
Latest revision as of 10:25, 29 October 2024
Activision | |
Type | Subsidiary of Activision Blizzard |
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Founded | 1979 (Computer Arts) 1979 (Activision) 1988 (Mediagenic) 1992 (Activision) |
Headquarters | Santa Monica, California, US |
Key people | Jim Levy, founder David Crane, founder Larry Kaplan, founder Alan Miller, founder Bob Whitehead, founder |
Industry | video games |
Products | Video games |
Number of people | not disclosed |
Website | http://www.activision.com/ |
Activision is a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, which itself is a subsidiary of the Microsoft gaming division, Microsoft Gaming.
Computer Arts, Inc.
Computer Arts, Inc. was founded in 1979 by Jim Levy and former Atari programmers David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead.
Activision, Inc.
Shortly after its foundation, in 1979, Computer Arts, Inc. was renamed Activision, Inc.
Mediagenic
In 1988, it branched out to other forms of software than video games, and its corporate name was changed to Mediagenic.
Under the Mediagenic holding company, the company continued to produce and publish games as Activision. Following a lawsuit that resulted in Mediagenic having to pay millions in damages, an investor group consisting of Robert Kotick and Brian Kelly purchased Mediagenic in 1990.
Activision Blizzard
The company was renamed back to Activision in 1992. In 2008, Activision was merged with Vivendi Games to form the holding company Activision Blizzard.
In 2013, Activision Blizzard purchased most of Vivendi's shares of the Activision Blizzard stock to become an independent company. As in the Mediagenic years, it still produces and publishes games under the Activision name while under the Activision Blizzard holding company.
Microsoft acquisition
Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard in 2023.
Activision video games
To view games from other developers that Activision published, see games published by Activision.