Blizz fans won't notice merger - Morhaime

By Tom Bramwell Published 28 June, 2008

"Our focus...will remain the same."

Blizzard Entertainment CEO and co-founder Mike Morhaime has said that the company's fans "shouldn't notice any difference" following the company's upcoming merger with Activision.

"What does this mean to you? Well if I do my job right - you shouldn't notice any difference," Morhaime told the audience at Blizzard's Worldwide Invitational event in Paris this morning.

"Our focus at Blizzard Entertainment will remain the same - to continue making great games," he added.

The union of Activision and Vivendi Games, Blizzard's parent company, was announced last December in a deal worth over USD 18 billion. Earlier this year the merger was cleared by the European Commission and this month the companies announced it would be completed on 8th July.

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Comments (5) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • makeamazing #1 4 years ago

    I just didnt see why Blizzard needed to merge with another company... but there you go... it will probably end in tears before bedtime.

  • wellzy4eva #2 4 years ago

    not all Mergers are bad, Square Enix was had no real bad side effects.

  • smelly #3 4 years ago

    >I just didnt see why Blizzard needed to merge with another company...


    They were already "merged" with another company.

    They are owned by vivendi universal games.

    It was vivendi which bought activision and told them to merge.

    If anything under the new scheme blizzard probably have more control than before..
    Edited by smelly at 29/06/08 @ 19:32

  • bdc #4 4 years ago

    ' not all Mergers are bad, Square Enix was had no real bad side effects.'

    It's hard to make a company who were already at rock bottom even worse. Square was saddled with crippling debts and a complete lack of talent that left after IX. Enix was doing Square a massive favor.

  • spongebob #5 4 years ago

    Eighteen TRILLION dollars, bwahahahahhahaha!