Vivendi Games

France publisherfounded in 1996 closed in 2008-07 status: bought

204
games
16.4
per year
12
years active

aka(s): Cendant, Vivendi Universal, Vivendi Universal Games, Vivendi, Vivendi Games Mobile, VU Games

Formerly: Vivendi Universal Games (until 2006-04-20 when shareholders agreen on name change)

Divisions:
* Universal Interactive Studios
* Blizzard Entertainment
* Sierra Entertainment
* Sierra Online
* Vivendi Games Mobile

Was merged with Activision in 2007-12 to form Activision Blizzard in 2008-07.

Website: www.vivendi.com/

It is known for Adi, Baldur's Gate, City Building Series, Crash Bandicoot, Empire Earth, F.E.A.R., Ground Control, Half-Life, Homeworld, Leisure Suit Larry, No One Lives Forever, Rock n Roll Racing, Simon the Sorcerer, Spyro, Spyro the Dragon, SWAT, The Legend of Spyro, Tribes, Warcraft, World of Warcraft, You Don't Know Jack

Releases per year

1998 2
2000 1
2001 10
2002 18
2003 47
2004 39
2005 32
2006 22
2007 12
2008 5
2009 9

197 video games with valid date were considered (96.5%)

Overall rankings

8
71
43
8
0
3.6
average

Common gametypes

action/reflex27%shooter16%platformer13%adventure11%racing/driving8%other23%

Top platforms

  Xbox 46
  Windows 36
  PS2 35
  GBA 22
  GameCube 21
  X360 8
  PS 6
  Nintendo DS 6
  PS3 5
  Wii 4
  PSP 4
  N-Gage 2
  Mac OS X 2
  GBC 2
  iOS 2