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Activision
programmers
in 1977
to create games for the Atari Video Computer System
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Activision
in 1979
in
Sunnyvale, California
by former Atari game developers
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Activision
games
in 1979
in
Cranes garage
lanning releases for mid-1980
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Activision
their first games
in 1980
which had modest success
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Activision
its titles
in 1980
in
Consumer Electronics Show
drawing favorable press and worrying Atari, which tried to undermine Activisions reputation
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Kaboom
in 1981
which became the companys first game to sell over a million units
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1982
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Pitfall
in 1982
which sold over four million copies
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Larry Kaplan
Activision
in 1982
to work on the Amiga personal computer
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Activision
a lawsuit
in 1982
with Atari, agreeing to pay royalties but legitimizing the third-party development model
...
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Activision
on 6/1983
in
NASDAQ
under the stock ticker AVSN
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Activision
Infocom
on 6/1986
a text adventure game pioneer, through a corporate merger
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Activision
MechWarrior
in 1989
he first-person perspective game, based on FASAs BattleTech
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Activision
Infocom studios
in 1989
after several years of losses
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1990
Activision
Joe Montana Football
in 1990
but internal issues led to Electronic Arts completing the game
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Activision
patent infringement lawsuits
faced a $6 million penalty to Magnavox
...
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Bobby Kotick
Activision
in 1991
and a small group of investors for around US$500,000
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Activision
raising about $40 million
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Activision
MechWarrior 2
on 2/1995
After two years of delays and internal struggles, leading FASA not to renew their licensing deal with Activision
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Activision
the license
in 1997
to the war game Heavy Gear, which was well-received by critics
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Battlezone
on 2/1998
which utilized the Mechwarrior 2 engine
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2000
Activision
Activision Holdings
to manage Activision and its subsidiaries more effectively
...
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Activision
Janusz A. Zajdel Award for Best Novel
in 2002
...
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First Penguin award
in 2003
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Activision
MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video
in 2004
...
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RedOctane
in 2007
the publisher of the Guitar Hero franchise
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Activision
Vivendi
on 7/2008
creating Activision Blizzard
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Sledgehammer Games
...
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2010
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Budcat Creations
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Bizarre Creations
on 2/2011
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Activision
free-to-play Call of Duty: Warzone
in 2020
...
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Activision
Activision Mobile
on 8/2021
a new studio devoted to the Call of Duty Mobile title
...
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Activision
Pen Factory
on 9/2021
in
Pen Factory
vacated their headquarters in Santa Monica and subleased a smaller office space in the Pen Factory
...
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Elsewhere Entertainment
in
Warsaw
assembled for development of a new narrative-based AAA IP not associated with other Activision series
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