Activision

Activision Publishing, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in Santa Monica, California. Activision is one of the largest third-party video game publishers in the world and was the top United States publisher in 2016.https://web.archive.org/web/20170306074425/https://newzoo.com/insights/rankings/top-25-companies-game-revenues/
==History==
Activision, Inc., founded on October 1, 1979 by David Crane, Alan Miller, Bob Whitehead and Jim Levy in Sunnyvale, California, was the first independent, third-party console video game developer, created by former Atari game developers who were dissatisfied with their treatment by Atari.
The Call of Duty series was published on October 29, 2003.
==Channel==
On November 16, 2006, Activision would create their YouTube channel. The first video was uploaded on March 19, 2008, titled "Kung Fu Panda - The Game trailer".
==Studios==
* Activision Shanghai Studio in Shanghai, China, founded in 2009.
* Beenox in Québec City, Québec, Canada, founded in May 2000, acquired on May 25, 2005.
* Demonware in both Dublin, Republic of Ireland and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, founded in 2003, acquired in May 2007.
* Digital Legends Entertainment in Barcelona, Spain, founded in May 2001, acquired on October 28, 2021.https://investor.activision.com/news-releases/news-release-details/activision-acquires-mobile-game-developer-digital-legends
* High Moon Studios in Carlsbad, California, founded as Sammy Corporation in April 2001, acquired by Vivendi Games in January 2006.
* Infinity Ward in Woodland Hills, California, founded in 2002, acquired in October 2003.
* Radical Entertainment in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, founded in 1991, acquired by Vivendi Games in 2005, laid off most staff in 2012.
* Raven Software in Madison, Wisconsin, founded in 1990, acquired in 1997.
* Sledgehammer Games in Foster City, California, founded on July 21, 2009.
* Solid State Studios in Santa Monica, California, founded in 2021.https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-new-call-of-duty-game-is-in-development-at-activision-mobile/
* Toys for Bob in Novato, California, founded in 1989, acquired on May 3, 2005.
* Treyarch in Santa Monica, California, founded in 1996, acquired in 2001.
==Notable games published==
This list contains Activision's notable games.
===1980s===
*Fishing Derby (1980)
*Boxing (1980)
*Skiing (1980)
*Freeway (1981)
*Ice Hockey (1981)
*Kaboom! (1981)
*Stampede (1981)
*Laser Blast (1981)
*Tennis (1981)
*Megamania (1982)
*Barnstorming (1982)
*Enduro (1982)
*Chopper Command (1982)
*Starmaster (1982)
*Pitfall! series (1982–2004)
*River Raid series (1982–1988)
*Oink! (1983)
*Beamrider (1983)
*Robot Tank (1983)
*H.E.R.O. (1984)
*Little Computer People (1985)
*Portal (1986)
*Hacker series (1985–1986)
*Shanghai series (1986–1990)
*Transformers series (1986, 2007–2017)
*The Last Ninja series (1987–1988)
*Deathtrack (1989)
*MechWarrior series (1989–1996)
===1990s===
* Hunter (1991)
* Zork series (1993–1997)
* Dark Reign series (1997–2000)
* Heavy Gear series (1997–1999)
* Quake series (1997–2007)
* Interstate series (1997–1999)
* Battlezone series (1998–1999)
* SiN (1998)
* Heretic II (1998)
* Vigilante 8 series (1998–2008)
* Tenchu series (1998–2004)
* Call to Power series (1999–2000)
* Star Trek series (1999–2003)
* Tony Hawk's series (1999–2015, 2020)
===2000s===
* Soldier of Fortune series (2000–2007)
* X-Men series (2000–2011)
* Spider-Man series (2000–2014)
* Lost Kingdoms series (2002–2003)
* Total War series (2002–2004)
* Call of Duty series (2003–present)
* True Crime series (2003–2005)
* Wolfenstein series (2003–2009)
* Shrek series (2004-2011)
* Doom 3 (2004)
* Madagascar series (2005-2011)
* The Movies (2005)
* Gun (2005)
* Guitar Hero series (2006–2015)
* Marvel: Ultimate Alliance series (2006–2009)
* Little League World Series Baseball series (2008-2010)
* James Bond series (2008–2012)
* Crash Bandicoot series (2008–present)
* Spyro the Dragon series (2008–2018)
* Prototype series (2009–2015)
===2010s===
* Blur (2010)
* Singularity (2010)
* NASCAR The Game series (2011–2013)
* Skylanders series (2011–2018)
* SpongeBob SquarePants series (2013–2015)
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series (2013–2016)
* Destiny series (2014–2018)
* Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (2019)
==References==
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