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'''Activision''' is an [[United States of America|North American]] video game developer and publisher founded in 1979. It was the first [[wikipedia:Video_game_development_parties#Third-party_developer|third-party]] video game company in the world, and one of the oldest video game companies to exist today. Activision, Inc. is a division of Activision-Blizzard, a new company formed out of a merger between Activision and Blizzard Entertainment, the developer/publisher of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game juggernaut, ''World of Warcraft''. Both companies are owned by [[France|French]] conglomerate Vivendi SA. Activision owned ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - The Game]]'' developer [[Luxoflux]], until the studio was closed on February 11, 2010.<ref>[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/02/activision-lays-off-200-shuts-luxoflux.html Los Angeles Times article on the closure of Luxoflux, February 11, 2010]</ref> | '''Activision''' is an [[United States of America|North American]] video game developer and publisher founded in [[1979]]. It was the first [[wikipedia:Video_game_development_parties#Third-party_developer|third-party]] video game company in the world, and one of the oldest video game companies to exist today. Activision, Inc. is a division of Activision-Blizzard, a new company formed out of a merger between Activision and Blizzard Entertainment, the developer/publisher of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game juggernaut, ''World of Warcraft''. Both companies are owned by [[France|French]] conglomerate Vivendi SA. Activision owned ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - The Game]]'' developer [[Luxoflux]], until the studio was closed on February 11, 2010.<ref>[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/02/activision-lays-off-200-shuts-luxoflux.html Los Angeles Times article on the closure of Luxoflux, February 11, 2010]</ref> | ||
Relevant to this Wiki, they have also published some ''Transformers'' [[video games]] throughout the years. | Relevant to this Wiki, they have also published some ''Transformers'' [[video games]] throughout the years. | ||
Revision as of 07:18, 30 October 2010
Activision is an North American video game developer and publisher founded in 1979. It was the first third-party video game company in the world, and one of the oldest video game companies to exist today. Activision, Inc. is a division of Activision-Blizzard, a new company formed out of a merger between Activision and Blizzard Entertainment, the developer/publisher of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game juggernaut, World of Warcraft. Both companies are owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Activision owned Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - The Game developer Luxoflux, until the studio was closed on February 11, 2010.[1]
Relevant to this Wiki, they have also published some Transformers video games throughout the years.
Transformers games published
- The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth (1986, Commodore 64)
- Transformers The Game (2007, Xbox 360/Playstation 3/Wii/Playstation 2/DS/PSP)
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - The Game (2009, Xbox 360/Playstation 3/Wii/Playstation 2/DS/PSP)
- Transformers: War for Cybertron (2010, Xbox 360/Playstation 3/PC/DS)
- Transformers: Cybertron Adventures (2010, Wii)
