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On July 25, 2013, Activision Blizzard announced the purchase of 429 million shares from owner Vivendi for $5.83 billion, dropping the shareholder from a 63% stake to 11.8% by the end of the deal in September. Following the conclusion of the deal, Activision Blizzard became an independent company as a majority of the shares are owned by the public. Vivendi further reduced its stake to 5.8% in 2014 and completely exited Activision Blizzard in 2016.
Activision Blizzard was rocked by a large scandal in late July 2021, following the suicide of a female employee. The incident made way for a grand-scale reveal that the company had massive systematic issues with a toxic workplace culture and a slew of allegations about widespread sexual harassment and sexism against employees that had either been ignored or actively covered up by the internal HR department. Following the reveals, the state of California sued the company for failing to comply with safe work environment standards. In August the same year, J. Allen Brack resigned as President of Blizzard Entertainment, while Jesse Meschuk, the company's head of global human resources, was fired following as a direct result of the surfacing of the allegations. Things have only gotten worse for the company from there; for more information, see Website/{{Wikipedia}}'s [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Department_of_Fair_Employment_and_Housing_v._Activision_Blizzard article on the lawsuit.]]
Activision Blizzard was rocked by a large scandal in late July 2021, following the suicide of a female employee. The incident made way for a grand-scale reveal that the company had massive systematic issues with a toxic workplace culture and a slew of allegations about widespread sexual harassment and sexism against employees that had either been ignored or actively covered up by the internal HR department. Following the reveals, the state of California sued the company for failing to comply with safe work environment standards. In August the same year, J. Allen Brack resigned as President of Blizzard Entertainment, while Jesse Meschuk, the company's head of global human resources, was fired following as a direct result of the surfacing of the allegations. Things have only gotten worse for the company from there; for more information, see Website/{{Wikipedia}}'s [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Department_of_Fair_Employment_and_Housing_v._Activision_Blizzard article on the lawsuit.]]
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On July 25, 2013, Activision Blizzard announced the purchase of 429 million shares from owner Vivendi for $5.83 billion, dropping the shareholder from a 63% stake to 11.8% by the end of the deal in September. Following the conclusion of the deal, Activision Blizzard became an independent company as a majority of the shares are owned by the public. Vivendi further reduced its stake to 5.8% in 2014 and completely exited Activision Blizzard in 2016.
2016. By this period, Activision Blizzard purchased mobile game developer [=King.com=] (best known for their popular ''VideoGame/CandyCrush'' series) which was announced the year prior.
Activision Blizzard was rocked by a large scandal in late July 2021, following the suicide of a female employee. The incident made way for a grand-scale reveal that the company had massive systematic issues with a toxic workplace culture and a slew of allegations about widespread sexual harassment and sexism against employees that had either been ignored or actively covered up by the internal HR department. Following the reveals, the state of California sued the company for failing to comply with safe work environment standards. In Augustthe of that same year, J. Allen Brack resigned as President of Blizzard Entertainment, while Jesse Meschuk, the company's head of global human resources, was fired following as a direct result of the surfacing of the allegations. Things have only gotten worse for the company from there; for more information, see Website/{{Wikipedia}}'s [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Department_of_Fair_Employment_and_Housing_v._Activision_Blizzard article on the lawsuit.]]
Activision Blizzard was rocked by a large scandal in late July 2021, following the suicide of a female employee. The incident made way for a grand-scale reveal that the company had massive systematic issues with a toxic workplace culture and a slew of allegations about widespread sexual harassment and sexism against employees that had either been ignored or actively covered up by the internal HR department. Following the reveals, the state of California sued the company for failing to comply with safe work environment standards. In August
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!!Video games published by this company:
* ''Animal Planet: Vet Life'' (Platform/{{Wii}})
* ''VideoGame/Blur2010'' (Windows, Platform/PlayStation3, Platform/Xbox360)
* ''VideoGame/DJHero'' (Platform/PlayStation2, [=PlayStation=] 3, Wii, Xbox 360)
* ''Grim Tales: The Bride'' (Macintosh, Windows) (TBA)
* ''NPPL Championship Paintball 2009'' ([=PlayStation=] 2, [=PlayStation=] 3, Wii, Xbox 360)
* ''VideoGame/SecretService'' (Windows, [=PlayStation=] 2, Xbox 360)
* ''Series/{{Wipeout|2008}} 2'' ([[Platform/Nintendo3DS 3DS]], [=PlayStation 3=], Wii, Xbox 360)
* ''Animal Planet: Vet Life'' (Platform/{{Wii}})
* ''VideoGame/Blur2010'' (Windows, Platform/PlayStation3, Platform/Xbox360)
* ''VideoGame/DJHero'' (Platform/PlayStation2, [=PlayStation=] 3, Wii, Xbox 360)
* ''Grim Tales: The Bride'' (Macintosh, Windows) (TBA)
* ''NPPL Championship Paintball 2009'' ([=PlayStation=] 2, [=PlayStation=] 3, Wii, Xbox 360)
* ''VideoGame/SecretService'' (Windows, [=PlayStation=] 2, Xbox 360)
* ''Series/{{Wipeout|2008}} 2'' ([[Platform/Nintendo3DS 3DS]], [=PlayStation 3=], Wii, Xbox 360)
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** Creator/VivendiUniversalGames
** Creator/BizarreCreations
** Creator/HighMoonStudios
** Creator/RadicalEntertainment
** Creator/RavenSoftware
** Creator/{{Sierra}}
*** Creator/YosemiteEntertainment
** Creator/BizarreCreations
** Creator/HighMoonStudios
** Creator/RadicalEntertainment
** Creator/RavenSoftware
** Creator/{{Sierra}}
*** Creator/YosemiteEntertainment
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This is kind of an unnecessary thing to document — as unfortunate as it is, layoffs aren't uncommon in this industry.
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Later on January 25th, 2024, Microsoft layed off 1,900 workers from their gaming divisions with many of Activision Blizzard's companies, specifically Blizzard Entertainment, being the most affected by it. When the Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against Microsoft for the layoffs running against what they had said regarding the acquisition, Microsoft stated that the layoffs had nothing to do with the acquisition and were already planned to happen before it was acquired.
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* ''VideoGame/DJHero'' (UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, [=PlayStation=] 3, Wii, Xbox 360)
* ''VideoGame/Blur2010'' (Windows, UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/Xbox360)
* ''VideoGame/DJHero'' (UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, [=PlayStation=] 3, Wii, Xbox 360)
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* ''Animal Planet: Vet Life'' (UsefulNotes/{{Wii}})
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* ''VideoGame/Blur2010'' (Windows,UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/Xbox360)
Platform/PlayStation3, Platform/Xbox360)
* ''VideoGame/DJHero''(UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, (Platform/PlayStation2, [=PlayStation=] 3, Wii, Xbox 360)
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Later on January 25th, 2024, Microsoft layed off 1,900 workers from their gaming divisions with many of Activision Blizzard's companies, specifically Blizzard Entertainment, being the most affected by it.
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Later on January 25th, 2024, Microsoft layed off 1,900 workers from their gaming divisions with many of Activision Blizzard's companies, specifically Blizzard Entertainment, being the most affected by it. When the Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against Microsoft for the layoffs running against what they had said regarding the acquisition, Microsoft stated that the layoffs had nothing to do with the acquisition and were already planned to happen before it was acquired.
