Vivendi Games
France publisherfounded in 1996 closed in 2008-07 status: bought
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/
Notable collaborators: Keith Arem, Dave Wittenberg, Stephen J. Crow, Craig Hubbard and Rob Pardo
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
Common gametypes
Top platforms
Xbox | 46 | |
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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 |
Vivendi Games best rated games
Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich | 2005 | win | |
Homeworld 2 | 2003 | win | |
SWAT 4 | 2005 | win | |
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade | 2007 | win | |
Empire Earth II | 2005 | win | |
Scarface: The World is Yours | 2007 | wii | |
Half-Life 2 | 2004 | win | |
F.E.A.R. | 2005 | win | |
Aliens versus Predator 2 | 2001 | win | |
Caesar III | 1998 | win |
Vivendi Games worst games
Crash Boom Bang! | 2006 | nds | |
Fight Club | 2004 | ps2 | |
Fight Club | 2004 | xbox | |
Enclave | 2002 | win | |
James Cameron's Dark Angel | 2002 | ps2 |