Activision, Inc. NASDAQ: ATVI was the first independent developer and distributor of computer and video games, founded on October 1, 1979. [1] Its first products were cartridges for the Atari 2600 video console system, and it is now one of the largest, third party video game publishers in the world, second only to Electronic Arts.
Activision - History.
Prior to the formation of Activision, video games were published exclusively by the makers of the systems the games were designed for. For example, At ...
The failure of Mediagenic resulted in a reorganization and merger with The Disc Company with Mediagenic again being the acquirer. After emerging from bankruptcy, Mediagenic officially changed its entity name back to Activision in the state of Delaware on December 1992. At that point Activision moved its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Southern California. While emerging from bankruptcy, it continued to develop games for PCs and video game consoles and resumed making strategic acquisitions. Activision chose from then on to only con ...
Prior to the formation of Activision, video games were published exclusively by the makers of the systems the games were designed for. For example, Atari was the only publisher of games for the Atari 2600. This was particularly galling to the developers of the games, as they received no financial rewards for games that did well, and didn't even receive credit in the manuals. After watching a number of games turn into multi-million-dollar best sellers, a number of program ...
