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Raven Software Corporation is an American video game developer based in Wisconsin and founded in 1990. In 1997, Raven made an exclusive publishing deal with Activision and was subsequently acquired by them. After the acquisition, many of the studio's original developers, largely responsible for creating the Heretic and Hexen: Beyond Heretic ...
With the assistance of Activision, Gray Matter Studios was established on June 17, 1999, and took over most of the former employees. [4] [5] Activision initially owned 40% of the studio. [6] It bought the remaining 60% in January 2002, after the successful release of Return to Castle Wolfenstein. [2] [7] The publisher paid 133,690 shares of ...
River Raid is a video game developed by Carol Shaw for the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed Atari 2600) and released in 1982 by Activision. The player controls a fighter jet over the River of No Return in a raid behind enemy lines. The goal is to navigate the flight by destroying enemy tankers, helicopters, fuel depots and bridges ...
Activision, the game's publisher, acquired a portion of Gray Matter's stock during this time. Return to Castle Wolfenstein was a critical and financial success, and led Activision to acquire the remaining shares of Gray Matter in 2002 for about $3.2 million, with the intent to help Infinity Ward expand out the Call of Duty franchise.
Skylanders: Swap Force (stylized as Skylanders: SWAP Force) is a 2013 platform game developed by Vicarious Visions and Beenox and published by Activision. It is the third main game in the Skylanders video game and toy franchise, following 2012's Skylanders: Giants , which was a direct sequel to 2011's Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure .
On Wednesday, a group of Activision Blizzard shareholders joined a chorus seeking to oust longtime CEO Bobby Kotick. Activision Blizzard CEO's duty to disclose sexual misconduct claims falls into ...
UPDATED: Microsoft closed a $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard on Friday after getting the green light from regulators in the U.K., nearly two years after it was first announced.
Single-player, multiplayer. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is a 2020 first-person shooter game developed by Treyarch and Raven Software and published by Activision. It is the sixth installment in the Black Ops sub-series and the seventeenth installment in the overall Call of Duty series, serving as a direct narrative continuation of 2010's ...