Activision Blizzard, Inc. is an American video game holding company based in Santa Monica, California. It was founded in July 2008 through the merger of Activision, Inc. (the publicly traded parent company of Activision Publishing) and Vivendi Games. It is traded on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol ATVI, and since 2015 has been a member of the S&P 500 Index. Activision Blizzard currently includes five business units: Activision Publishing, Blizzard Entertainment, King, Major League Gaming, and Activision Blizzard Studios. The company owns and operates additional subsidiary studios, as part of Activision Publishing, including Treyarch, Infinity Ward, High Moon Studios, and Toys for Bob.[6] Among major intellectual properties produced by Activision Blizzard are Call of Duty, Crash Bandicoot, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk's, Spyro, Skylanders, World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch, and Candy Crush Saga. Under Blizzard Entertainment, it invested in esports initiatives around several of its games, most notably Overwatch and Call of Duty. Activision Blizzard's titles have broken a number of release records. As of March 2018, it was the largest game company in the Americas and Europe in terms of revenue and market capitalization. The company has also been involved in multiple notable controversies, including allegations of infringed patents and unpaid royalties. In late July 2021, it was sued by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing on allegations of harassment and employment discrimination. The suit triggered an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, multiple workplace walkouts, the resignation or dismissal of several employees, the loss of multiple company event sponsors, and hundreds of workplace harassment allegations. Microsoft announced its intent to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion on January 18, 2022. If approved, Activision Blizzard would become a division of Microsoft Gaming, making Microsoft the third-largest gaming company (behind Tencent and Sony).
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Shrek Is Back! With An All New Video Game Adventure! Once upon a time in a land far, far away, in a kingdom just down the road, there was a misunderstood ogre, a beautiful ogress, a talking donkey, a brave cat, a sweet-tasting gingerbread man, a handsome prince and all the others who all have wishes. Shrek wants to find out what a "Happily Ever After" means, Princess Fiona plan to get everyone to live happily ever after, Donkey just wanted to become a noble steed, Gingy wanted a nice vacation in Candyland, Puss in Boots just wanted to give his wish to the people, Prince Charming will also give his wish to the people & all the others just have 1 wish. Sensing a quiet desperation sweeping across the land, Artie decides to organize a tournament to entertain the masses and to possibly decide whose wish will be granted. And so... The Battle of the Heroes is about to begin.
