Vivendi Suit

Source: www.neowin.net --- 30 days ago
Earlier today, Activision Publishing announced a streamlining of its Vivendi Games operations, saying it would be bringing into the fold five of that company's franchises: Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Ice Age, Prototype, and one unannounced game. An Activision representative later confirmed for GameSpot that those would be the only Vivendi Games franchises coming out of the publisher. That leaves a number of high-profile projects in limbo, including Double Fine Productions' Brutal Legend, as well as Wet, Ghostbusters, Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, World at Conflict: Soviet Assault, 50 Cent Blood on the Sand, Zombie Wranglers, Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust, as well as several Xbox Live Arcade titles. Read full story... ...

Source: weblogs.variety.com --- 22 days ago
As we all know, Activision Blizzard is killing Vivendi Games' Sierra label and all the crappy, and some of the not-so-crappy, games it was publishing (some might even argue it's keeping a few of the Sierra franchses that are crappy, but that's a separate issue). But there was one crappy game that was so close to being publisher, and was literally being manufactured with "Sierra" on the box as the merger happened a few weeks ago, that Activision Blizzard couldn't stop it. And so the final game to go out under the Sierra label is "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," a PS2 and Wii game based on the crappy film of the same title. Do I even have to tell you it's terrible? Sierra, of course, was an awesome publisher back in the '80s, making classic games of my childhood like "King's Quest," "Space Quest," and (when I got a little older) "Leisure Suit Larry." The first time I remember ever laughing at a videogame was definitely a Sierra title. There's a great Wikipedia entry on Sierra that goes from its founding by Ken and Roberta Williams (who made the first ever adventure game with graphics) through its heyday in the '80s to the corporate machinations in the late '90s and early 2000's and eventually being turned into Vivendi Games' label for everything non-Blizzard. You can be excused if you didn't even know Sierra was making a "Mummy" game. There was no PR around the release that I saw. The Sierra website says the game is coming o ...

Source: stopgame.ru --- 30 days ago
Слияние Vivendi Games и Activision больно ударило некоторым тайтлам, обитавшим в закромах Sierra . Все дело в том, что в результате сделки компания перешла в управление Activision , которая принялась активно пересматривать её политику. В результате был опубликован список проектов, с большой вероятностью способных добраться до релиза. Отставить панику! Prototype , такой перспективный и интригующий, в их число попал. Вместе с ним там можно найти следующие игры: Crash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutant , The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon , The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor , Ice Age 3 и один неанонсированный проект. Увы, нашлись и тайтлы, которых в списке не оказалось. Причем, это далеко на самые последние проекты, которые и упоминать-то неудобно. В неопределенности повис эшен пера Тима Шафера Brutal Legend , игроадаптация не нуждающихся в представлении « Охотников за приведениями », полигональные похождения известного американского рэпера 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand и очередная инкарнация Ларри Wet or Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust . Не обойдет стороной Activision и студии, принадлежащие Sierra . Встряска будет устроена High Moon Studios и Radical Entertainment , Massive Entertainment и Swordfish Studios будут либо проданы, либо распущены. Подразделения Vivendi Games Mobile и Sierra Online были названы не соответствующими стратегической линии. По словам Activision , она оставляет только те проекты из портфолио Vivendi , что находя ...

Source: www.gamer.nl --- 24 days ago
Toen Activision Blizzard eind juli haar releaselijst vrij gaf, ging er een schok (in ieder geval een kleintje) door de wereld. Op de lijst ontbraken enkele namen, namen die bij Vivendi als toptitels werden beschouwd. We hebben het over bijvoorbeeld een Ghostbusters, Chronicles of Riddick, Leisure Suit Larry en World in Conflict: Sovjet Assault. Waarvan Ghostbusters zonder twijfel de meest geanticipeerde titel is. ...

Source: www.thedeal.com --- 57 days ago
If all goes according to plan, video game publisher Activision Inc.'s "Guitar Hero" will soon be rocking out with avatars of Vivendi SA's "World of Warcraft." Activision said Wednesday that the Delaware Court of Chancery denied the Wayne County Employees' Retirement System's request for a preliminary injunction to halt a shareholder vote relating to Activision's proposal to combine with Vivendi Games Inc., the interactive entertainment business unit of French media conglomerate Vivendi. In February, the Detroit pension fund brought the Suit, claiming directors of Santa Monica, Calif.-based Activision had not obtained the best deal for shareholders. Judge William B. Chandler III ruled that the pension fund failed to show that the additional information it wanted before the meeting was important to investors. Chandler appeared to be well versed in the gaming world and compared it with the world of M&A with references like: "In some ways, perhaps, the world of Mergers and Acquisitions is a massively multi-player role playing game as well. Like in World of Warcraft and other games, the participants in the M&A field take on certain roles, interact in their own community, hone specialized skills, and even develop a unique, somewhat curious vernacular." In denying the pension fund's request, the judge concluded: "Like any game, this one has rules, and the most essential rule of disclosure is materiality. Because the plaintiff could not e ...

Source: www.tripletags.com --- 27 days ago
Fallout of the Activision – Vivendi merger It’s been something to see the merger happen and at whopping approval rate too but now comes the down fall of the merger. As you knew Vivendi games houses a lot of little developers that make good games and for a long time a much waited and hyped game is Ghostbusters the Game by Sierra Entertainment but now it may be in jeopardy. Recently Activision has announced that it’s only interested right now in a few of its game franchises to be pushed and they are Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Ice Age, Prototype, and a yet unnamed game too. So Activision has basically said that games like Brutal Legend, Ghostbusters, Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, World at Conflict: Soviet Assault, 50 Cent Blood on the Sand, Zombie Wranglers, and Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust have a unclear future and maybe canned for good. It’s understandable that after a merger you would only push the biggest named games or franchises but games like Ghostbusters and Brutal Legend have a cult following that can’t be ignored with many gamers waiting patiently for years for a Ghostbusters game it would seem nuts for Activision Blizzard to ignored that market for Spyro the dragon game wouldn’t it. But fear not this is not been set in stone either just that Activision is pushing them first before others, so they have not been cancelled but more or less placed in Limbo for now.   Reports say that Activi ...

Source: www.athleticsnation.com --- 52 days ago
"A Florida united states marine corps who claimed he'd been unlawfully closed from selling copies of his unofficial World of Warcraft guide by the wildly popular game's maker can resume his sales, owing to an out-of-court settlement reached Friday. Brian Kopp, 24, have filed Suit in March against California-supported Blizzard Entertainment, parent company Vivendi, and the Entertainment Software Association. The complaint questionable that those organizations were wrong to order eBay to terminate auctions of his book The Ultimate World of Warcraft Leveling & Gold Guide, of which he have sold hundreds of copies since last August at most $15 apiece. Alleging the book violated intellectual-property laws, Blizzard, Vivendi, and the ESA sent repeated take-down notices, provided for by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, to eBay. The sell giant's general policy is to halt auctions when it receives such notices and to suspend a user's statement after it racks up a certain number of warnings. Kopp routinely filed counternotices protesting the claims, according to his original court complaint in California federal court. Because the companies never responded to those documents, eBay was free to reinstate Kopp's auctions, which it did. But the video game industry continued to issue take-down notices, the number of which grew high enough that eBay was forced to suspend Kopp's accounts under multiple usernames. ""It's beauty much the equivale ...

Source: www.gamefocus.ca --- 28 days ago
Al Lowe, the mastermind behind the Leisure Suit Larry franchise, told gaming site Edge: "For years, Sierra has been nothing more than a logo slapped on whatever box [Vivendi Games] thought it would help sell better. It was ’Sierra’ in... ...

Source: gamefree.ru --- 7 days ago
Этот инновационный шутер забрасывает игрока в недалекое будущее в столицу США. В роли летчика-испытателя Майкла Свифта, потерявшего недавно единственную дочь, мы участвуем в секретном эксперименте по испытанию машины времени "Chronomicon" и квантового костюма под названием "Quantum Suit". В итоге что-то, естественно, пошло не так и герой попадает в мир, который является лишь отражением действительности. Жанр: Action Разработчик: Saber Interactive Издатель: Vivendi Universal Games ...

Source: adultgamingenthusiasts.com --- 29 days ago
Odd move, especially considering the games they plan on keeping. I will be extremely depressed if something happens to Ghostbusters. I've been looking forwardto that game for months. Brutal Legend, Ghostbusters, more dropped by Activision Publisher passes on a slew of Vivendi Games' in-development titles; 50 Cent, World in Conflict: Soviet Assault, Wet also affected. By Brendan Sinclair , GameSpot Posted Jul 28, 2008 7:42 pm PT Earlier today, Activision Publishing announced a streamlining of its Vivendi Games operations , saying it would be bringing into the fold five of that company's franchises: Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Ice Age, Prototype, and one unannounced game. An Activision representative later confirmed for GameSpot that those would be the only Vivendi Games franchises coming out of the publisher. That leaves a number of high-profile projects in limbo, including Double Fine Productions' Brutal Legend, as well as Wet, Ghostbusters, Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, World at Conflict: Soviet Assault, 50 Cent Blood on the Sand, Zombie Wranglers, Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust, plus several Xbox Live Arcade titles. "The only franchises that Activision Publishing will release are based on Crash Bandicoot, Ice Age and Spyro, as well as Prototype, and one other game that has not yet been announced," the representative said. "We are reviewing our options regarding those titles that we will not be publishing." ...

Source: mp3.marki-online.net --- 40 days ago
Larry is back–and on your mobile! Featuring the lovable anti-hero Leisure Suit Larry of video game lore and the star of an all new PC and console release from Vivendi Universal Games. Help Larry succeed in seducing a selection of sexy women in a series of sassy mini-games that will lead him to the ever elusive goal of actually scoring with one of them! The game features two difficulty levels–the hardest one featuring‘rebel'versions of the women - along with two wild bonus modes once Larry has succeeded in seducing at least one woman: wack-a-mole and strip tease modes! ...

Source: thelemicstudies.com --- 57 days ago
source: LAShTAL.com and OTO International News Ordo Templi Orientis is reporting two landmark legal cases that they have won recently. The first is the trademark battle over the use of "OTO" and "O.T.O." in the United Kingdom. "In her decision of June 8, Anna Carbone, the Appointed Person hearing OTO's appeal, found in favor of OTO, overturning a previous decision in favor of Starfire. OTO's registrations of the marks "OTO" and "O.T.O." are now proceeding normally in the UK, joining our previous registrations of "Ordo Templi Orientis" and the OTO Lamen. Under UK law, there can be no further appeal of a decision by an Appointed Person, in either the Trademark Registry or High Court." The second case involves O.T.O.'s successful filed Suit against NBC Vivendi Universal for the use of an image from the Thoth Tarot in the promotion of the Woody Allen movie "Scoop." "OTO filed Suit in US Federal Court in Southern California against Focus Features, NBC Universal and Vivendi for copyright infringement in connection with the appropriation of images from the Thoth Tarot cards to promote the Woody Allen film "Scoop," where they were used on the poster, DVD packaging and in the press kits. The case has been resolved to the satisfaction of all parties. Under the terms of the agreement, the details of the settlement are confidential." Click here for the full article as reported on LAShTAL.com ...