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| STORIES ABOUT: Vivendi |
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| Activision Blizzard Is Alive, Merger Is Complete |  | After we've reported that the Activision shareholders have approved the merger with Sierra Games, we're getting info that the entire process which was initiated last December is now complete. Activision Blizzard is officially the newest and biggest videogame de ... [read more >>] | | 11 July 2008, 02:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Bourne Conspiracy Released for Mobiles |  | Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy is now transformed into a mobile game, thanks to Vivendi Games Mobile, the well-known French-based developer and publisher, and it's released across Europe.
Revolving around Jason Bourne, the fictional character created by the American writer Robert Ludlum, the new mobile game will allow players to experience a thrilling adventure. Being Jason Bourne, you will have to hide from go ... [read more >>] | | 03 July 2008, 11:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D for iPhone |  | Vivendi and Polarbit (creators of Raging Thunder for iPhone) have announced their collaboration to release Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D for Apple's iPhone. The new racing title will be made available on the App Store as soon as it's done.
... [read more >>] | | 03 July 2008, 04:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Activision Blizzard Will Sell 5 Billion Dollars Worth of Games |  | Activision has announced that on July 8 its shareholders will vote on and, most likely, approve the merger with Vivendi games, and that will result in arguably the biggest videogame publisher and developer in the world. Michael Patcher from Wedbush Morgan has announced that he ... [read more >>] | | 12 June 2008, 05:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Activision Blizzard Merger Vote Gets Date |  | After being announced last fall, in a move that completely surprised the videogame industry, the merger between Activision and ... [read more >>] | | 10 June 2008, 18:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Prototype Producer Details Web Mechanics |  | Prototype, in development at Radical Entertainment and to be published by Vivendi Games, is one of those games that offers freedom, an open world experience. The player is cast in New York, playing a character with limited to no memories of his past, that has the ability to steal the identiti ... [read more >>] | | 22 May 2008, 05:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Electronic Arts Is Backing the Entertainment Software Association |  | The Entertainment Software Association, the trade body that reunites major game publishers in the United States with the purpose of representing them and their interest, has been dealt a few pretty major blows lately. First Activision and Vivendi Games, which will soon merge to c ... [read more >>] | | 21 May 2008, 18:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vivendi Sells Less, Expects More |  | Two days ago, we talked about the financial results of Electronic Arts, which surprised most people by selling more games but recording a loss, rather than a profit. Yesterday we talked about the financial results the PlayStation 3 maker ... [read more >>] | | 16 May 2008, 18:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Warner Bros Interactive Names New President |  | Publisher Warner Bros. Interactive, part of the Warner Bros. Entertainment consortium, stated that it has hired a new president in the person of Martin Tremblay, who has previous experience as president of Vivendi Worldwide Studios and, before that, as head of the Ubisoft Montreal game studio.
The main task of the new president will be to work together with the board and other persons in key management positions to make sure t ... [read more >>] | | 07 May 2008, 03:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Activision and Vivendi Not Going to E3 |  | E3 was the behemoth of games shows. It was big, it was loud and ultimately some thought it served no real purpose other than to attract media attention to games, videogames companies and gamers themselves. After the last loud hurrah of the 2006 edition E3, which is organized by the Entertainment Software Association, was last year a much more sober affair, with more meetings between industry people and less public access.
Som ... [read more >>] | | 05 May 2008, 16:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart for Java and Symbian Announced |  | Vivendi Games Mobile announced the release of Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart and Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D, two new games for mobile devices, the first being created for the Java platform while the 3D one is made for Symbian handset. Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart is the newest mobile title&l ... [read more >>] | | 30 April 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon Brings All the Celebrities Together |  | It's enough to say Elijah Wood, Gary Oldman, Christina Ricci, Blair Underwood, Wayne Brady and Mark Hamill to understand that The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon, the third chapter in the popular trilogy, is going to be a great title to enjoy on all consoles: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Nintendo Wii and DS.
With this all-star voice cast we'll also receive the final of the trilogy where an unlikely all ... [read more >>] | | 29 April 2008, 12:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Wordox: Word Snatcher - New Word Puzzle Mobile Game |  | Vivendi Games Mobile has prepared a brand new game for all those who like to play on their handsets, a game called "Wordox: Word Snatcher". As you probably already guessed, the new title is a Scrabble-like game, developed by Vivendi based on the Wor ... [read more >>] | | 25 April 2008, 18:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| European Union Clear Activision and Vivendi Games Merger |  | The European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, has given the all clear in regard to the attempted merger between Activision and Vivendi Games, part of the Vivendi Universal conglomerate.
The Commission has been investigating the merger on th ... [read more >>] | | 17 April 2008, 03:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Prison Break Game for Mobiles, Soon |  | Prison Break, the hugely popular TV series that concluded its 3rd season at the beginning of 2008, will soon be available on mobile phones. Not as a film, but as a game that will try to bring the TV series' intense drama to our handsets.
Produced by Vivendi, Prison Break for mobiles is an ... [read more >>] | | 16 April 2008, 04:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Take Two Expands into Asia |  | Even as the deadline for the Electronic Arts hostile takeover draws near, Take Two seems to have more important issues to deal with. After plans were announced last year regarding a possible move into the South East Asia markets, Take Two has declared that a new Asia division will b ... [read more >>] | | 15 April 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Celebrity Hangman For Mobiles – Guess Or Get Hanged |  | The mobile division of Vivendi Games recently released a new celebrity-themed game for our handsets: Celebrity Hangman. The game does not allow you to hang the celebrities you dislike, as you might have wished to, but instead it offers you the chance to ... [read more >>] | | 11 April 2008, 05:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google's YouTube Rules the World |  | Although it was already a well known fact that Google's YouTube is one of the most popular services on the net and the clear leader of the online video sharing industry, a new report published by comScore comes to support this statement: Google's video websites gained the leader chair in US, Canada, UK, France and Germany. Even if there are several similar services, none of them managed to steal the first place in one o ... [read more >>] | | 10 April 2008, 09:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vivendi Needs More Money for Activision Takeover |  | Creating the biggest game company in the world is no easy thing to do. Even if it was announced last year that Blizzard and Activision would become one body and one soul, the move is set to go through only sometime in June this year. And it costs a lot of money and expertise ... [read more >>] | | 03 April 2008, 03:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 50 Cent Dropping Blood in the Sand |  | When 50 Cent: Bulletproof hit late in 2005, most people said that maybe 50 should stick to music, a game he knows how to play, rather than lend his name to a videogame that made Gamespot create a whole new category, called "Worst Game that Everyone Played," just ... [read more >>] | | 27 March 2008, 16:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Paul Oakenfold Will Handle Bourne Music |  | Movies turn to games, games turn to movies. It's getting really crowded in the crossover market. Most based-on-games movies have bombed at the box office. Does anyone in the audience remember "hits" like Hitman or Doom? Games that are based on movies tend to equally messy affairs, with little actual solid gameplay. Their whole draw factor is based on a movie license and gamers are really very clear in criticizing them.
La ... [read more >>] | | 25 March 2008, 05:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 'The Spiderwick Chronicles' Goes Mobile |  | Vivendi Games Mobile, recently announced the launch of The Spiderwick Chronicles for mobile phones, based on the upcoming theatrical release of the same name by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies.
The Spiderwick Chronicles game for m ... [read more >>] | | 13 February 2008, 10:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| SWAT Elite Troops - Shoot to Kill OR NOT |  | Vivendi Games Mobile announces the launch of SWAT Elite Troops for mobile phones, the sequel to the award winning SWAT Force mobile game. The SWAT Elite Troops game is now available on mobile phones throughout Europe and will be available in March 2008 in North America.
SWAT Elite Troops for ... [read more >>] | | 07 December 2007, 06:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Multi-awarded Urban Attack Shooter Is Now Available on Mobiles |  | Vivendi Games Mobile recently announced the European launch of Urban Attack the long-awaited, original and inventive first-person-shooter (FPS) mobile game. Urban Attack for mobile has received rave reviews from the game press and has already collected numerous awards and accolades.
Urban Attack for mobile has been in development for more than twenty months and is the result of considerable research and development involving advanced 3D ... [read more >>] | | 04 December 2007, 02:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Switchball Available Now on XBLM |  | Just a couple of days ago, Switchball was conformed as one of two upcoming Xbox Live Arcade titles. In the meanwhile, Sierra Online has released the new puzzle game for ... [read more >>] | | 10 November 2007, 07:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| First-Person-Shooter “Urban Attack” Aims Cellulars |  | Vivendi has just announced that it will support the release of the "Urban Attack" game for mobile phones. This first-person shooter is set to hit the market before the end of the year and make an excellent holiday gift for many people.
"Urban Attack" follows a plot set in 2046, after the third war, in Ukraine. The Russian Mafia now controls the Russian government, where the part of Yuri, a 17-year-old agent ... [read more >>] | | 09 October 2007, 09:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| “The Legend of Spyro” Wins Best Mobile Game Award |  | "The Legend of Spyro" has just won the Best Mobile Video Game Award at the second annual Video Game Festival, in Montreuil, France. The game will be available for mobile players in the near future, continuing the success that it has managed to reach on PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance systems up to this point.
It is a natural course that games usually take, when trying to expand, after the ... [read more >>] | | 01 October 2007, 05:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Prototype |  | Prototype is not the average game. In fact, it’s probably the most promising title I’ve seen at GC 2007 in Leipzig. It may not stand up to Fallout’s hype or to the GTA IV’s franchise, but when it’s going to be released a lot of developers will hide their heads in the sand or utter words of insult.
Basically, Prototype is a third person shooter, but everyone will soon discover it’s a lot more. The main character, Alex Mercer has no memo ... [read more >>] | | 27 September 2007, 03:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vivendi Tries to Spook Apple |  | Vivendi, one of the major labels is trying to make some waves by drawing attention to how badly its partner in the digital download business is treating it. Not only did Vivendi call Apple out on its horrible methods, but also announced that they are actively looking for new partners.
Vivendi CEO Jean-Bernard Levy has taken a stand against Apple, calling the contractual terms and the amount of the money they receive from ever ... [read more >>] | | 25 September 2007, 10:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Winning O2 Customer Stars in “Crash of the Titans” Game |  | Vivendi Games Mobile and O2 UK will have Stephen Massart from London to star in the new Crash of the Titans mobile game. The man will play the role of Crash Bandicoot’s new and menacing foe, DIMBO. What an honor...
Few are those who even dare to hope they can make this dream (having to star in a movie) come true. Mobile phone ... [read more >>] | | 11 September 2007, 07:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Softpedia's Interview on World in Conflict at GC 07 |  | Who better to talk about World in Conflict and what it brings in September when it launches, than Vice President of Massive Entertainment, David Polfedlt? The Interview you see below has Polfedlt explaining some of the game's main points of interest su ... [read more >>] | | 29 August 2007, 06:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| “Crash Bandicoot” Game Hits Nokia N-Gage Phones |  | As a result of their partnership with Vivendi Games Mobile, Nokia will bring "Crash Bandicoot" on their N-Gage mobile gaming platform. This brings the old fight of good vs evil on the Finnish company's new platform, starting with this fall.
"Crash Bandicoot" brings fun, action and a crazy marsupial looking to save the world. The storyline is at least unusual and places the player in intriguing situatio ... [read more >>] | | 28 August 2007, 08:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| World in Conflict Gold and Prime for Launch |  | Sierra Entertainment has proclaimed that World in Conflict has exited the development state and has gone gold. The game will be available for purchase in both Standard and Collector's Edition version beginning September 18th.
Martin Tremblay, president of worldwide studios, Sierra En ... [read more >>] | | 17 August 2007, 04:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| “The Bourne Ultimatum” Reaches Mobile Phones |  | Vivendi Games Mobile has announced the release of "The Bourne Ultimatum", a mobile game based on Robert Ludlum's best-selling novel, with the same name. There will also be a movie hitting theaters in North America today, which makes this game release come at an even ... [read more >>] | | 03 August 2007, 10:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Incredible Machine Mobile Brain Teaser |  | One of the most successful computer game series, The Incredible Machine, will be available on mobile phones too from now on. This brain teaser mobile game is expected to have just as much success as previous versions, considering the fact that people can now take their puzzle games ... [read more >>] | | 11 June 2007, 08:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Press Launches Are All About SEX |  | The picture to the left was shot during the Rumble Roses XX press launch. What do you think? You'd like to be that guy I'm sure. Well... not if you have a girlfriend. No, wait... yes, you'd want that happening to you even if you do have a girlfriend. Anyway, this sc ... [read more >>] | | 05 June 2007, 19:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vivendi vs. YouTube – The Battle Is About to Begin |  | Vivendi SA, one of the most famous French media companies, announced its plans to develop a YouTube-like service that will compete with the search giant and target the same segment of users. Obviously, this is not the first time when YouTube is threatened by a similar service, Google managing to remain the leader after Sony and News Corporation challenged it. It's not quite clear if Vivendi plans to create an online video sh ... [read more >>] | | 30 May 2007, 11:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Games Stars Wanted by Vivendi |  | Vivendi is a leader in media and telecommunication, music, interactive games even television film that focuses on mobile telecommunications. Vivendi Games, the subside of Vivendi, is a popular game software developer that offers interactive entertainment.
The company proudly announced its fans that it is going to promote its latest mobile title “Surviving High School 07” through My Space, the popular social networking websit ... [read more >>] | | 18 April 2007, 09:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vivendi Games Mobile Launches Office Wars |  | Vivendi Games Mobile recently announced the forthcoming launch of its new life-based simulation game - Office Wars. Office Wars is a funny office-based sim which takes place in a seafood company populated by employees that should have neve ... [read more >>] | | 16 March 2007, 10:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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