Activision

Activision

Activision Publishing, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in Santa Monica, California. It is the publishing business for its parent company, Activision Blizzard, and consists of several subsidiary studios. Activision is one of the largest third-party video game publishers in the world and was the top United States publisher in 2016. The company was founded as Activision, Inc. on October 1, 1979, in Sunnyvale, California, by former Atari, Inc. programmers for the popular Atari Video Computer System home video game console. Upset at their treatment by Atari, they left to develop games for the same system, notably including Pitfall!. Activision was the first independent, third-party, console video game developer.

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• Entity:  Company

• Formerly called:  Computer Arts, Inc, (1979), Activision, Inc, (1979–1988, 1992–2000), Mediagenic, (1988–1992)
• Type:  Subsidiary
• Industry:  Video Games
• Founded:  October 01, 1979
• Founders:  David Crane, Alan Miller, Bob Whitehead, Jim Levy
• Area served:  Worldwide
• Key people:  Rob Kostich (President)
• Parent:  Activision, Inc, (2000–2008), Activision Blizzard, (2008–Present)
• Wikidata description:  American Video Game Publisher

• Related Topics:  Activision Category, Former Vivendi Subsidiaries, Companies Based In Santa Monica, California