History Creator / VivendiUniversalGames

''Vivendi Games'' (formerly Universal Interactive, then Vivendi Universal Interactive and later Vivendi Universal Games) was a video game publishing company. Founded as a publishing subsidiary of CUC International, it was sold to French marketing company Havas in 1998, which in turn was bought by Creator/{{Vivendi}} the same year. It was named after Vivendi's former name from 2000 to 2006, following its acquisition of Seagram, the parent company of Hollywood conglomerate [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Studios]], in 2000. However, Vivendi Universal sold most of its Universal assets in 2004 to General Electric (owners of Creator/{{NBC}}) and formed Creator/NBCUniversal in the process. Later during 2006, the company dropped the "Universal" part from its name afterwards, although it remained the majority stakeholder of Creator/UniversalMusicGroup, which split off from the film studio (until 2021, when it was spun-off as a separate public company).

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''Vivendi Games'' (formerly Universal Interactive, then Vivendi Universal Interactive and later Vivendi Universal Games) was a video game publishing company. Founded as a publishing subsidiary of CUC International, it was sold to French marketing company Havas in 1998, which in turn was bought by Creator/{{Vivendi}} the same year. It was named after Vivendi's former name from 2000 to 2006, following its acquisition of Seagram, the parent company of Hollywood conglomerate [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Studios]], in 2000. However, Vivendi Universal sold most of its Universal assets in 2004 to General Electric (owners of Creator/{{NBC}}) and formed Creator/NBCUniversal in the process. Later during 2006, the company dropped the "Universal" part from its name afterwards, although it remained the majority stakeholder of Creator/UniversalMusicGroup, which split off from the film studio until 2021, when it was spun-off as a separate public company.

''Vivendi Games'' (formerly Universal Interactive, then Vivendi Universal Interactive and later Vivendi Universal Games) was a video game publishing company. Founded as a publishing subsidiary of CUC International, it was sold to French marketing company Havas in 1998, which in turn was bought by Creator/{{Vivendi}} the same year. It was named after Vivendi's former name from 2000 to 2006, following its acquisition of Seagram, the parent company of Hollywood conglomerate Creator/{{Universal}}, in 2000. However, Vivendi Universal sold most of its Universal assets in 2004 to General Electric and then dropped the "Universal" part from its name afterwards, although it remains the majority stakeholder of Creator/UniversalMusicGroup, which split off from the film studio.

''Vivendi Games'' (formerly Universal Interactive, then Vivendi Universal Games) was a former video game publishing company. Founded as a publishing subsidiary of CUC International, it was sold to French marketing company Havas in 1998, which in turn was bought by Creator/{{Vivendi}} the same year. It was named after Vivendi's former name from 2000 to 2006, following its acquisition of Seagram, the parent company of Hollywood conglomerate Creator/{{Universal}}, in 2000. However, Vivendi sold most of its Universal assets in 2004 to General Electric and then dropped the "Universal" part from its name afterwards, although it remains the majority stakeholder of Creator/UniversalMusicGroup, which split off from the film studio.

In 2008, Vivendi reached a deal to sell Vivendi Games to Creator/{{Activision}} for $18.9 billion, which merged its assets to form Creator/ActivisionBlizzard. Vivendi continued to hold the majority stake of Activision Blizzard until 2013 and still held some shares until 2016.

''Vivendi Universal Games'' (formerly Universal Interactive) was a former video game publishing company. Founded as a publishing subsidiary of CUC International, it was sold to French marketing company Havas in 1998, which in turn was bought by Creator/{{Vivendi}} the same year. It was named after Vivendi's former name from 2000 to 2006, following its acquisition of Seagram, the parent company of Hollywood conglomerate Creator/{{Universal}}, in 2000. However, Vivendi sold most of its Universal assets in 2004 to General Electric and then dropped the "Universal" part from its name afterwards, making the video game company's name an [[TheArtifact artifact]].[[note]]Sort of. Vivendi still holds the rights to Creator/UniversalMusicGroup, now a separate entity from the film studio.[[/note]]

Through its parent companies' many acquisitions, Vivendi Universal owned several notable video game developers, including Creator/BlizzardEntertainment (creator of ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''), Creator/RadicalEntertainment, and Creator/HighMoonStudios, to name a few. It also owned Creator/{{Sierra}}, publisher of graphic adventure game ''VideoGame/KingsQuest''.

In 2008, Vivendi reached a deal to sell Vivendi Universal Games to Creator/{{Activision}} for $18.9 billion, which merged its assets to form Creator/ActivisionBlizzard. Vivendi continued to hold the majority stake of Activision Blizzard until 2013 and still held some shares until 2016.

!!Assets owned by Vivendi Universal Games include:

!!Games published by Vivendi Universal Games include:

''Vivendi Universal Games'' (formerly Universal Interactive) was a former video game publishing company. Founded as a publishing subsidiary of CUC International, it was sold to French marketing company Havas, which in turn was bought by Creator/{{Vivendi}} in 1998. It was named after Vivendi's former name from 2000 to 2006, following its acquisition of Seagram, the parent company of Hollywood conglomerate Creator/{{Universal}}, in 2000. However, Vivendi sold the majority stake of the studio to 2004 to General Electric and then dropped the "Universal" part from its name afterwards, making the video game company's name an [[TheArtifact artifact]].[[note]]Sort of. Vivendi still holds the rights to Creator/UniversalMusicGroup, now a separate entity from the film studio.[[/note]]

''Vivendi Universal Games'' (formerly Universal Interactive) was a former video game publishing company. Founded as a publishing subsidiary of CUC International, it was sold to French marketing company Havas, which in turn was bought by Creator/{{Vivendi}} in 1998. It was named after Vivendi's former name from 2000 to 2006, following its acquisition of Seagram, the parent company of Hollywood conglomerate Creator/{{Universal}}, in 2000. However, Vivendi sold its stake of the studio in 2006 to General Electric and then dropped the "Universal" part from its name afterwards, making the video game company's name an [[TheArtifact artifact]].[[note]]Sort of. Vivendi still holds the rights to Creator/UniversalMusicGroup, now a separate entity from the film studio.[[/note]]

''Vivendi Universal Games'' (formerly Universal Interactive) is a former video game publishing company. It held the publishing rights for ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' and ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon'' before Creator/{{Sierra}} took the rights. It ended production of games by 2009.

!!Games by Vivendi Universal Games include:

''Vivendi Universal Games (formerly Universal Interactive)'' is a former video game publishing company. It held the publishing rights for ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' and ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon'' before Creator/{{Sierra}} took the rights. It ended production of games by 2009.

''Vivendi Universal Games (formerly Universal Interactive)'' is a former video game publishing company. It held the publishing rights for ''Franchise/CrashBandicoot'' and ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon'' before Creator/{{Sierra}} took the rights.

* ''Franchise/CrashBandicoot''