Activision

Founded in 1979-10 last activity in 2021
Status: active
Country: USA

39.6

per year

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.

It is known for After Burner, Altered Beast, Angry Birds, Archon, Battlezone, Bloody Roar, Bomberman, Call of Duty, Call to Power, Cannon Fodder, 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, 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, True Crime, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, Virtual On, Wolfenstein, Wonder Boy, Zork, Zork Universe

Releases per year

1702 video games with valid date were considered (97.5%)

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2	2000	dc
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain	1996	ps1
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3	2002	xbox
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4	2002	gc
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4	2002	ps2
Tony Hawk's Underground	2003	gc
Deuteros: The Next Millennium	1991	ocs
Beamrider	1983	col
Hunter	1991	st
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3	2001	ps2

Predator	1988	nes
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command	2000	gbc
Super Pitfall	1986	nes
Spider-Man - Battle for New York	2006	gba
Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye	1994	w31