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Episode 40: Activision Blizzard

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The History and Facts of Activision

Activision is a long time video game publisher conglomerate they own some studios the guitar hero games they publish those all those cheap pieces of plastic you bought in the mid 2000s call it Skylanders. Activision's run by a guy named Bobby Kotek who's been I believe he actually bought the company himself in the super early days of the gaming industry in the 80s or 90s and he's been CEO forever. They're really they're quite old for this industry they're founded in 1979 they're the first video game publisher and they were the first people to publish games for video game platforms that are not the platform themselves.

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