Talk:Activision

message: This article reads like an investor advertisement sheet. It really needs a criticism section, or at least a section on Bobby Kotick, especially in light of a large series of articles like this http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/09/actiblizzard-ceo-kotick-policy-rewards-profits-removes-fun.ars and http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/94711-Bobby-Kotick-Wants-to-Take-the-Fun-Out-of-Making-Games  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.77.100.90 (talk) 20:27, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bobby Kotick 

message: So this user: 68.205.39.116 goes through pages and adds links to (presumeably) their own reviews.  There's a link to one of his reviews on the Activision main page now.  Are these links of significant importance that they should be added?  Should this user really be adding things solely to build themself up?  TheMaster42 19:15, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: NOBs Review

message: The paragraph from the article:
:Activision changed its name to Mediagenic in 1988, in an attempt to capture the business software market. To this end, Mediagenic released Cornerstone (developed by Infocom). The effort was a commercial failure, and in 1992 Mediagenic filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.  This resulted in a reorganization and merger with The Disc Company.
Can't be correct.  Infocom released Cornerstone before being acquired (or merging with) Activision.  Its failire is why Infocom had to merge with them.  See History of Infocom for details.  Any ideas on how to fix it? — Frecklefoot | Talk 20:37, Aug 9, 2004 (UTC)
:How about removing the wrong information?  :)  Pfalstad 18:01, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Cornerstone

message: The the line, "In 2005, the company was bought by and later merged into SelectSoft Publishing." seems really suspect.  I couldn't find any 2005 press announcement from ATVI having anything to do with SelectSoft or MPS (http://investor.activision.com/releases.cfm?year=2005&startpage=all).  Additionally SelectSoft's website doesn't mention anything about owning Activision (although they do publish some of Activision's older titles).  Did they really buy them?  I'm going to delete this in a few days unless someone posts better information than I have about this topic. - TheMaster42 03:50, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Talked with some ATVI employees - they said the above information was not correct and I can find no other sources to say that it is correct.  I have removed it. - TheMaster42 08:08, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: SelectSoft

message: why does "expert software" redirect to this page ?? ~~ wikipedia at domn dot net
:I have no idea.  Perhaps an enthuisiastic fan? — Frecklefoot | Talk 23:20, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "Activision to Pay for Expert Software Acquisition With Stock" (April 2, 1999)  --Mrwojo 02:05, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: We should put that in the article then. I was wondering the same thing. 69.236.83.191 16:51, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Head Games Publishing also redirects to this page. These two redirects should redirect to Activision Value or become separate articles in themselves. WinterSpw 17:35, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Expert Software?

message: Where are we with this list?  We were making some good progress, but we seemed to lose steam somewhere.  What's the current list? I don't think what's in the article is current, as it includes a lot of titles we already said were non-notable. — Frecklefoot | Talk 15:58, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I started the List of Electronic Arts games and still am not done with it.  I propose we go ahead and start a List of Activision games so we can start removing non-notable stuff from the "Notable" list (plus, a full list like this is always desirable).  I don't want to start another project, however, before finishing the EA list.  Anyone else want to start it?  An easy way is to get a listing from MobyGames or another favorite website, copy & paste and format it for Wikipedia.  Lists can't be copyrighted, so it's not violating anyone's rights. — Frecklefoot | Talk 17:42, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Notable games revisted

message: Some anon user keeps changing the company's location.  Their website says they are in Santa Monica, CA (from their website: "Activision's headquarters is located at 3100 Ocean Park Boulevard, Santa Monica, California 90405").  The anon user keeps changing it to Los Angeles, CA.  Santa Monica is adjacent to LA, so I can see how it's mistaken for being there (and it is in LA county), but one quick hop over to their website shows they are headquartered in Santa Monica.  While they do have at least one satellite office in LA, what we should list is their headquarter's location.  I'd change it again, but I'm afraid another user would just revert it back.  Can we please resolve this? — Frecklefσσt | Talk 16:19, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: We must resolve this. WinterSpw 17:45, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems to me that Frecklefoot did just resolve it, with a citation. Their HQ is in fact in Santa Monica, and repeatedly changing it without grounds to do so is vandalism. -Stellmach 21:02, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

text: I note, by the way, that the same user made a similar change on the Stop & Shop page which is equally easily debunked by checking their corporate web page (e.g. the press release here. -Stellmach 21:08, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Thanks for changing it back.  I added the cite as a ref to remove any question. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 14:03, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

text: ARGH!  Mark Redekas did it again!  He didn't provide any rational or a ref or anything, he just changed it back to LA (and screwed up the template in the process).  He just said "Changed correct company location because Activision, Inc. is in Los Angeles, CA not Santa Monica, CA. That true." as if somehow that is proof that they're really in LA.  The ref clearly states that they are HQ'ed in Santa Monica.  Can't he be banned or something?  I'm not changing it because of the three revert rule.  Please, this is getting ridiculous. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 19:06, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  There's a process for these things. I've added a second notice about the right way to go about these things to his talk page. If he keeps it up without citations or dicussing his changes here, then yes, he can be blocked. -Stellmach 20:59, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Location

message: Though the quote about Mr. Moore may or may not be true, it does not belong in the first paragraph -- it is a text of opinion, and looks unprofessional in an encyclopedia. User:MsgrCloche 23:47, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Nor is it the case that the statement "may or may not be true," because it's patent nonsense.  Moore's move from Microsoft to EA was only announced a few days ago, so unless he affected both EA and Activision's profits retroactively with his magic bad luck powers, I don't see what he could have had to do with it. -Stellmach 02:27, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Opening Paragraph

message: I created the List of Activision games.  Please visit it if you're bored and disambiguate/fix some of the wikilinks.  Hopefully this list will help cut down on some of the spam in the in-article list. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 15:26, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: The List

message: If anyone would care to update this, the link is here. · AndonicO Talk 03:12, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Activision to merge with [[Vivendi Games]]. 

message: "Davis was against the merger from the start and was heavy-handed in management of them. He also forced marketing changes on Infocom which caused sales of their games to plummet." This phrase seems very 'point of view' and is unsubstantiated? (for all I know, could be true but I would think a statement this negative needs some support/reference?) 124.191.2.144 (talk) 11:40, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. The videogame business is notoriously bad at predicting what will sell, so making uncited claims about why Infocom sales plummeted seems very dubious. -Stellmach 18:58, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I wrote that.  Sorry, that was back in my "I don't know how to ref, so I'm not going to do it" days.  I just added the ref for that.  The "opinion" is that of the paper's author. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 21:32, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  No cite/NPOV? 

message: Well, I've put  into the section. It strictly breaks WP:POV and WP:VER. Section should be cited somehow (refs. to game portals, 80s, 90s computer magazines etc.). Until then, it's still our individual judgment and POV-ed, Lothar25 (talk) 19:31, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It sure is.  Some research is in order, as you mention. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 14:12, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable titles - Final stage ;) 

message: Activision 02 should be added into the article. They made Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 for some proof of existance  —Preceding unsigned comment added by DragonX83 (talk • contribs) 14:48, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 article says that Neversoft developed it.  MobyGames says the same thing. But MobyGames does have this list, which makes it look like a label. Assuming "O2" stands for Oxygen, it would actually be O2. It should be mentioned in a labels section.  Do they have any other publishing labels? — Frecklefσσt | Talk 17:42, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Activision 02 

message: The first paragraphs are an absolute mess. I am not informed as to this subject so I am not a good person to edit, but how can Activision "so far be the leading publisher in 2007" ? Just little things like that need to be changed throughout to make the article read better. 75.143.109.72 (talk) 06:17, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Editing needed 

message: I'm a little unhappy with the new section called "Development teams".  It only talks about one division, Software Conversions Ltd, that doesn't even exist anymore, and hasn't for like, what, 23 years?  Do we really need this section?  It's ref'ed, but doesn't really seem all that important.  And, as it is, is really just one development team. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 17:56, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Development teams

message: Help is needed at the Tony Hawk Games Wiki, which can be found here. It is very lonely. There are only about 3 users on there. If anyone of you join, and have questions, please see this user page. --98.148.171.15 (talk) 00:24, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Tony Hawk Games Wiki

message: I changed the word sans because 80% of the population has no idea what that word means... using technical out-dated words in a wikipedia article that is to be understood by 50% of the population is stupid, if you do use such a stupid term, at least link to a page explaining its meaning, damnit. /endrant (Yes I know what sans means, but I hate being messaged at 3am to be asked what it means)
Gabliaven (talk) 11:42, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changed the word sans 

message: EA has quite a lengthly criticism section, and with recent events Activision has been copping alot of flack. Some possible points; Kotick's refusal to release new IP's that don't have $100M dollar potential, Calling for a PS3 price cut then a couple of months later be calling for game prices to be raised etc etc. Could something like this be done for Activision?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.238.254.18 (talk) 13:28, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism section? 

message: Can someone supplement this article with information on Sierra Entertainment which were currently in control of Naughty Dog's Crash Bandicoot & Insomniac's Spyro The Dragon Series?
Gaogier How can I help? 11:05, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  No Info On [[Sierra Entertainment]] 

message: Why does Sledgehammer Games have a lengthy discussion in this article while none of their other studios do?  They all have their own articles.  Why doesn't Sledgehammer have its own article as well, instead of cluttering up this article? It has more than enough refs to justify its own page. — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 22:45, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: See this AfD in which consensus was to merge to this page. It was decided that notability was not established as of yet. When it is (a month or two, I'd guess), then the article can be recreated and the section here can be shortened. --ThejadefalconSing your songThe bird's seeds 22:59, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Sledgehammer Games

message: Does anyone else find it strange that a corporation that is such a magnet for bad press doesn't have a criticisms/controversy section? It seems like any time Activision is brought up on any video game message board an endless flurry of hate and calls for a boycott ensue. Xizer (talk) 23:54, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Without a doubt the most hated gaming company in the world... 

message: Small complaint, but if I recall the demo right, isn't the Iron Man 2 game being done by Sega, not Activision? ProjectPlatinum 23:45, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Iron Man 2 

message: What is Crash Bandicoot Overhaul?--Gianchio (talk) 17:34, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crash Bandicoot Overhaul 

message: This article has been a recent target of a large amount of vandalism... it should probably become semi-protected. --114.241.31.176 (talk) 10:33, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protection proposal 

message: Please delete that title anyone because its not even rumored or official yet "Crash Bandicoot title (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii)" -Motwera  174.91.74.208 (talk) 23:03, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misleading Crash bandicoot Title in 2011 section 

message: The article indicates they were majorly harmed by losing a patent infringement lawsuit during their time as Mediagenic, but does not say who sued them over what products.  This is a glaring omission as it seems an important part of their company history.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.94.88.174 (talk) 06:02, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Details on patent suit? 

message: I would assume that this article now refers to Activision Publishing, which is a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard. Bobby Kotick is 'not' the CEO of Activision Publishing; currently, Eric Hrishberg is (http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/13/activision-publishing-names-eric-hirshberg-as-new-ceo/), so that and probably a lot of other parts of the article need to be changed. Velociostrich (talk) 23:40, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Activision Blizzard and Activision Publishing 

message: It should be added that French multi-national media conglomerate Vivendi is 80% owned by American multi-national conglomerate General Electric. A single line which adds a lot more context as to who holds purse strings.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.40.41.34 (talk) 10:32, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Vivendi

message: "On May 2, 2012, hacktivist group LulzSec shared CEO Eric Hirshberg's private data through facebook after the release of the Call of Duty Black Ops II trailer. The Trailer included subliminal flashes of Guy Fawkes masks allegedly portrayed as the enemy. [12]"
What the hell is that about? Delete it post-haste.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.223.103.24 (talk) 10:27, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lulzsec? 

message: The end of the Post-merger developments section mentions Activision's release of that Generator Rex game and how there are no Metacritic scores as of February 2012. Since it's semi-protected, I can't update that to June 2012. Nazumu (talk) 08:23, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Generator Rex Metacritic scores

message: I stand to be corrected, but isn't Activision Publishing Minneapolis, Inc. and Activision about the same company?  If so, then I suggest Activision Publishing Minneapolis, Inc. be merged into this article. Singularity42 (talk) 23:01, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal: merge [[Activision Publishing Minneapolis, Inc.]] into this article 

message: The "Post-merger developments" section reads "On February 9, 2011, Activision announced that it was shuttering its once profitable Guitar Hero franchise....", which is incorrect usage of the word "shuttering".  It should read "ON February 9, 2011, Activision announced that it was ending its once profitable Guitar Hero franchise...".  
Please change "shuttering", which means to close the shutters on a building, to "ending" or "closing".
Also, I believe they have confirmed the Guiter Hero series will return sometime in the future.
PMierdaP (talk) 08:14, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. No reason to oppose. —KuyaBriBriTalk 16:01, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect word usage! 

message: * Enduro (Video Game) (1982)
Jamrhein71 (talk) 16:01, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  Done Link corrected to Enduro (video game). —C.Fred (talk) 16:06, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 28 December 2012- correct link to proper page for video game "Enduro" 

message: Activsions also Broke 1000 upon 1000s off PS3's with there badly ported version of Black ops 2 and still denies it.  Grow a pair and admit blame for all these Breakage  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.126.39.181 (talk) 21:12, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  PS3 Breakages 

message: Activision will be bringing Angry Birds Star Wars to the PS3, Vita, 360, Wii, Wii U and 3DS. Here's the link:
http://www.cultofmac.com/236175/angry-birds-star-wars-flies-away-from-mobile-and-into-gaming-consoles-october-29th/
76.69.126.133 (talk) 23:01, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done for now: The source you provided looks like a promotional press release, not a reliable source. If you can find an independent, third-party source describing the release, I'd be happy to add it to the article. --SamX‧☎‧✎‧S 15:38, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 18 July 2013 

message: The article says the CEO is Bobby Kotick but he is the CEO of Activision's parent company Activision Blizzard. The Activision CEO is Eric Hirshberg. See Activision's own site: http://www.activisionblizzard.com/senior-corporate-management
I don't know how to do references or I would do it myself  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Camerajohn (talk • contribs) 15:13, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request: the CEO is Eric Hirshberg 

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message: This would probably be the category for Activision Blizzard and not Publishing since the Infobox has it listed as subsidiary. --CharlesDeMint (talk) 19:05, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct. Activision is not a holding company, Activision Blizzard is. -- ferret (talk) 19:19, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Holding company category 

message: Is it worth mentioning their matchmaking patent? Axl ¤ [Talk] 14:37, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added a statement. Axl ¤ [Talk] 13:20, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Matchmaking patent 

message: This edit from an IP changed the quantity of games in The Lost Treasures of Infocom from 20 to 50, which is incorrect. Samboy (talk) 11:57, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[The Lost Treasures of Infocom]] had 20, not 50 games 

message: Activision have been purchasing over 10 companies for the past 18 years time, The criticism is that people say that Activision are very greedy and they are the king of franchise milking, in 2007 they annocuned that they will merge with Vivdeni Games and they were a lot of Eyebrows shown at the annocument, after the merging Activision gained the rights to Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon and they been hated ever since. Lopey273 (talk) 15:58, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism and Greed 

message: I think this edit not factually correct. Already prior the Activision–Vivendi Games merger, Activision Publishing had formally been in charge of publishing activities as a subsidiary of Activision, Inc., which was in turn publicly listed. Their California registration history (per SOS CA) paints the following picture:
The 'original' Activision, Inc. (registered in California on 1979-10-01; Cal entity number C0962542; legal name "Mediagenic" held from 1988-08-17 to 1992-08-03) was merged with an entity of the same name, though incorporated in Delaware (C1867531), on 1993-08-04; this Delaware corporation was renamed "Activision Publishing, Inc." on 2000-06-19. On the same day as the renaming, a company under the name "Activision Holdings, Inc." (incorporated 2000-05-25; C2235977) changed its name to "Activision, Inc." This third Activision, Inc. is also the one that merged with Vivendi Games as is now renamed as "Activision Blizzard, Inc."
The body already mentions the creation of the holding company in June 2000, but I'll have to see whether there is a source on the renaming part somewhere. However, the mentioned sentence, as it stands, is most likely incorrect. Lordtobi (✉) 17:44, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, there's fuzziness here. I'll still trying to work through sources. --Masem (t) 18:16, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

text: I haven't started digging but it sounds like at the point of merge, all the subisidaries of "Activision Holdings" fell into "Activision Publishing"? Is that your take? --Masem (t) 19:07, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: , which subsidiaries do you mean? There are no corporate mergers on file for either Activision Holdings or Activision Publishing. What I can see that several mergers were filed for the original Activision/Mediagenic, though: Infocom on 1988-09-03, ten corporations for regional operations on 1989-01-13, two further on 1989-04-27, and Disc Company, Inc. on 1992-03-31. If there were asset mergers we'd need to check with their corporate entries. Lordtobi (✉) 19:40, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I guess the question is, taking Infinity Ward as an example: was it acquired as a Holdings or Publishing company? If it was a Holdings company, then at the point of the Vivendi merger, it technically would be handing off the merged orgs, but it seems that it now falls under Publishing. It's fully possible to do that of course, but just trying to make sure that we should be covering the studios in this article, rather than A-B. --Masem (t) 19:52, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Asset deals usually go thrpugh the top company (cf. the Warhorse Studios situation from tomorrow morning), so the acquisition itself went through Atvi Holdings. For Infinity Ward specifically, in the press release, Atvi Publishing's CEO gets to have a word, suggesting that, by management, Infinity Ward became part of Atvi Publishing. If you find a source saying "X will now report to Y", you can take that as statement of managerial organization. Lordtobi (✉) 20:02, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

text: Also, trying to confirm the initial headquarters when the four founded it. I'm getting Mountain View from sites that aren't best for confirming, but can't find anything else earlier. --Masem (t) 19:39, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Their 1980 box arts list Sunnyvale (same loc as Atari at the time), Mountain View started appearing in 1981. This mag (p19) from Sep 1980 backs up the Sunnyvale location. I cannot tell whether this was the very first, but it might well be the first known (less than a year after founding). Lordtobi (✉) 20:02, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Activision Publishing, Inc. 

message: Hi. Looking through the article I'm surprised to find that there's been zero mention of Activision, despite having record profits, laying off 800 employees this month. The event has been one of the most notable in the company's history and one that has been widely criticized across the board. I presume this information can be included in the article? I'm just wondering why no one has done so already. -- Wikibenboy94 (talk) 13:17, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Has been working on a large rewrite of these articles. But however note that it's Activision Blizzard, the parent, who made the layoffs, and that article DOES mention the layoffs already. This article is for Activision, the subsidiary publisher (sister to Blizzard, not parent of). -- ferret (talk) 14:03, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  Ah sorry, my mistake. I should have looked there instead. -- Wikibenboy94 (talk) 16:56, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

text: Yeah, and at this point, I haven't seen anything that says any Activision Publishing companies are affected (in contrast to the 2010 layoffs which did force A. Publishing to close studios). --Masem (t) 14:20, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: We know of some redundancies to Activision Publishing, High Moon and Vicarious Visions for jobs related to the Destiny series, but there are no precise numbers we could use. Lordtobi (✉) 15:46, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Barring outright closure or a massive rescaling, I wouldn't think that necessary here. I know I added the layoffs on the A-B page. --Masem (t) 15:50, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lay-off of 800 employees 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians. Full disclosure, I work for TaxWatch UK.
In August 2019, we published a report explaining how activision shifted €5bn to companies in Bermuda and Barbados between 2013-2017. This shifting of profits using royalty payments to tax haven companies is the same scheme used by Google, which has been heavily criticised by MPs.
This report was picked up by multiple outlets, including GamesIndustry and The Sunday Times, 
I would like for a small section to be included on the Activision Wikipedia page. However, given the conflict of interest, I believe that someone else should make that edit.
Happy to answer any questions on the report.
Thanks,
Alex Alex0190 (talk) 12:09, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Profit shifting and tax 

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message: Cheers. https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/18/22889258/microsoft-activision-blizzard-xbox-acquisition-call-of-duty-overwatch  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.192.148.117 (talk) 13:42, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: To be more specific, they are buying the parent company Activision Blizzard. -- ferret (talk) 14:12, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

text: For those coming to change this page to reflect this, When the deal does go through, yes technically Microsoft will own Activision, however, they won't directly own Activision, and instead will own it through the parent company Activision Blizzard which, at this point in time will continue to be the parent company of Activision unless something changes. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 14:43, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Microsoft is buying Activision. 

message: Add informatiom about Microsoft acquisition of Activision, announced yesterday. 179.181.83.108 (talk) 18:58, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:04, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 19 January 2022 

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