Following its recent shareholder approval representatives have announced that Activision and Vivendi Games have officially merged as Activision Blizzard, with CEO Robert Kotick saying the new company begins with "leading market positions across all categories" of the industry. As earlier reported, the plan makes Vivendi Games a new wholly owned subsidiary of Activision, with parent company Vivendi receiving approximately 295 million newly issued shares of Activision common stock, as it purchases approximately $1.7 billion in ... ...