Activision
USA publisher and developerfounded in 1979-10 status: active
aka(s): Activision Publishing, Activision Blizzard
Founders: David Crane, Alan Miller, Bob Whitehead
... all of whom were former Atari programmers.
Corporate name changed to Mediagenic in 1988 but Activision brand continued to be used.
Filed for Chapter 11 reorganization (bankruptcy) in 1992, which led to merger with The Disc Company.
In 2008 there was a merger with Vivendi Games (owner of Blizzard) to become Activision Blizzard.
2013-10 Activision bought itself out of the Vivendi merger and is now again its own company.
Notable collaborators: David Crane, Steve Cartwright, Russell Lieblich, David Levine and Dan Kitchen
It is known for After Burner, Altered Beast, Angry Birds, Archon, Battlezone, Bloody Roar, Bomberman, Call of Duty, Call to Power, Commander Keen, Crash Bandicoot, Crazy Taxi, Dark Reign, DJ Hero, Doom, Double Dragon, Earthworm Jim, Enemy Territory, Geometry Wars, Guitar Hero, Heavy Gear, Heretic and HeXen, Interstate, Last Ninja, Legacy of Kain, Little Big Adventure, MechWarrior, Monster Jam series, Nightmare Creatures, Pitfall, Prototype series, Quake, R-Type, Rampage serie, Santa Fe Mysteries, Sargon, Sid Meier's Civilization, SiN, Skylanders, Soldier of Fortune, Space Invaders, Spyro, Strogg, SuperLite1500, Tetris, The Legend of Spyro, Tony Hawk, Total War, Toukon Retsuden, True Crime, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, Virtual On, Wolfenstein, Wonder Boy, Zork, Zork Universe
Releases per year
1980 | 6 | |
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1981 | 6 | |
1982 | 10 | |
1983 | 38 | |
1984 | 73 | |
1985 | 62 | |
1986 | 69 | |
1987 | 78 | |
1988 | 46 | |
1989 | 79 | |
1990 | 54 | |
1991 | 17 | |
1992 | 8 | |
1993 | 8 | |
1994 | 17 | |
1995 | 21 | |
1996 | 28 | |
1997 | 21 | |
1998 | 28 | |
1999 | 40 | |
2000 | 37 | |
2001 | 48 | |
2002 | 61 | |
2003 | 44 | |
2004 | 61 | |
2005 | 81 | |
2006 | 70 | |
2007 | 89 | |
2008 | 86 | |
2009 | 109 | |
2010 | 70 | |
2011 | 42 | |
2012 | 69 | |
2013 | 38 | |
2014 | 29 | |
2015 | 35 | |
2016 | 11 | |
2017 | 8 | |
2018 | 4 | |
2019 | 7 | |
2020 | 7 | |
2021 | 7 | |
2022 | 2 | |
2023 | 2 | |
2024 | 2 |
1728 video games with valid date were considered (97.7%)
Common gametypes
Top platforms
Windows | 182 | |
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Wii | 132 | |
PS2 | 108 | |
X360 | 99 | |
C64 | 98 | |
PS3 | 79 | |
Nintendo DS | 71 | |
Xbox | 63 | |
GBA | 61 | |
PS | 56 | |
ZX Spectrum | 54 | |
Amstrad CPC | 53 | |
Atari 2600 | 52 | |
MS-DOS | 52 | |
GameCube | 46 |
Activision best rated games
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 | 2000 | dc | |
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain | 1996 | ps1 | |
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 | 2002 | gc | |
Tony Hawk's Underground | 2003 | gc | |
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | 2007 | x360 | |
Beamrider | 1983 | col | |
Hunter | 1991 | st | |
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 | 2002 | xbox | |
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 | 2002 | ps2 | |
Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram | 1999 | dc |
Activision worst games
Predator | 1988 | nes | |
Spider-Man - Battle for New York | 2006 | gba | |
Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye | 1994 | w31 | |
Space Invaders | 1999 | win | |
Fighting Soccer | 1989 | c64 |