Activision

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Activision Publishing, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in Santa Monica, California. Activision is one of the largest third-party video game publishers in the world and was the top United States publisher in 2016.^[1]

History[]

Activision, Inc., founded on October 1, 1979 by David Crane, Alan Miller, Bob Whitehead and Jim Levy in Sunnyvale, California, was the first independent, third-party console video game developer, created by former Atari game developers who were dissatisfied with their treatment by Atari.

The Call of Duty series was published on October 29, 2003.

Channel[]

On November 16, 2006, Activision would create their YouTube channel. The first video was uploaded on March 19, 2008, titled "Kung Fu Panda - The Game trailer".

Studios[]

Activision Shanghai Studio in Shanghai, China, founded in 2009.
Beenox in Québec City, Québec, Canada, founded in May 2000, acquired on May 25, 2005.
Demonware in both Dublin, Republic of Ireland and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, founded in 2003, acquired in May 2007.
Digital Legends Entertainment in Barcelona, Spain, founded in May 2001, acquired on October 28, 2021.^[2]
High Moon Studios in Carlsbad, California, founded as Sammy Corporation in April 2001, acquired by Vivendi Games in January 2006.
Infinity Ward in Woodland Hills, California, founded in 2002, acquired in October 2003.
Radical Entertainment in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, founded in 1991, acquired by Vivendi Games in 2005, laid off most staff in 2012.
Raven Software in Madison, Wisconsin, founded in 1990, acquired in 1997.
Sledgehammer Games in Foster City, California, founded on July 21, 2009.
Solid State Studios in Santa Monica, California, founded in 2021.^[3]
Toys for Bob in Novato, California, founded in 1989, acquired on May 3, 2005.
Treyarch in Santa Monica, California, founded in 1996, acquired in 2001.

Notable games published[]

This list contains Activision's notable games.

1980s[]

Fishing Derby (1980)
Boxing (1980)
Skiing (1980)
Freeway (1981)
Ice Hockey (1981)
Kaboom! (1981)
Stampede (1981)
Laser Blast (1981)
Tennis (1981)
Megamania (1982)
Barnstorming (1982)
Enduro (1982)
Chopper Command (1982)
Starmaster (1982)
Pitfall! series (1982–2004)
River Raid series (1982–1988)
Oink! (1983)
Beamrider (1983)
Robot Tank (1983)
H.E.R.O. (1984)
Little Computer People (1985)
Portal (1986)
Hacker series (1985–1986)
Shanghai series (1986–1990)
Transformers series (1986, 2007–2017)
The Last Ninja series (1987–1988)
Deathtrack (1989)
MechWarrior series (1989–1996)

1990s[]

Hunter (1991)
Zork series (1993–1997)
Dark Reign series (1997–2000)
Heavy Gear series (1997–1999)
Quake series (1997–2007)
Interstate series (1997–1999)
Battlezone series (1998–1999)
SiN (1998)
Heretic II (1998)
Vigilante 8 series (1998–2008)
Tenchu series (1998–2004)
Call to Power series (1999–2000)
Star Trek series (1999–2003)
Tony Hawk's series (1999–2015, 2020)

2000s[]

Soldier of Fortune series (2000–2007)
X-Men series (2000–2011)
Spider-Man series (2000–2014)
Lost Kingdoms series (2002–2003)
Total War series (2002–2004)
Call of Duty series (2003–present)
True Crime series (2003–2005)
Wolfenstein series (2003–2009)
Shrek series (2004-2011)
Doom 3 (2004)
Madagascar series (2005-2011)
The Movies (2005)
Gun (2005)
Guitar Hero series (2006–2015)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance series (2006–2009)
Little League World Series Baseball series (2008-2010)
James Bond series (2008–2012)
Crash Bandicoot series (2008–present)
Spyro the Dragon series (2008–2018)
Prototype series (2009–2015)

2010s[]

Blur (2010)
Singularity (2010)
NASCAR The Game series (2011–2013)
Skylanders series (2011–2018)
SpongeBob SquarePants series (2013–2015)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series (2013–2016)
Destiny series (2014–2018)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (2019)

References[]

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[2] ttps://investor.activision.com/news-releases/news-release-details/activision-acquires-mobile-game-developer-digital-legends

[3] ttps://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-new-call-of-duty-game-is-in-development-at-activision-mobile/

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