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The Motley Fool May 25, 2007 Steven Mallas	Activision Rocking Wireless Guitar Hero groupies, get ready: A third entry in the musical franchise is on the way, and it will have a wireless controller! Investors, make no mistake about it -- this is an extremely important asset for Activision.
The Motley Fool September 17, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	The DJ Is in the House at Activision Viacom, the video gaming giant behind the Guitar Hero franchise, is working on a disc jockey mashup game called DJ Hero.
The Motley Fool August 7, 2009 Anders Bylund	Activision Takes a Rough Road to Profits EA takes the high road and Activision takes the low. Who will be in gaming heaven before the other? Let's compare these two companies.
The Motley Fool November 6, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Throw This Stock Away Who gets tossed out this week? Come on down, Activision Blizzard
The Motley Fool September 17, 2010 Travis Hoium	Activision Blizzard vs. Electronic Arts Activision Blizzard has moved to subscription revenue leaving EA in the dust.
The Motley Fool October 14, 2008 Anders Bylund	Music Games Aren't Child's Play There's grown-up money to be made as Guitar Hero and Rock Band give the music industry a much-needed makeover.
The Motley Fool July 2, 2009 Anders Bylund	Will Activision Kill Sony? The Sony PlayStation 3 is starting to look shaky in an otherwise brilliant video game market.
The Motley Fool February 12, 2009 Anders Bylund	Activision Is Music to My Ears Air guitar is dead. All hail the plastic guitar, and the profit it brings!
The Motley Fool August 6, 2007 Jeremy MacNealy	Fool on Call: EA's New Game Plan The game developer expects to regain lost market share, but it will come at a cost. Ideally, Electronic Arts will not only recapture market share but also use its pipeline to pump some profit back into the bottom line. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 2, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Who Will Bail Out Take-Two Interactive? Take-Two stumbles and hopes to respawn.
The Motley Fool August 23, 2007 Steven Mallas	Take-Two Shocks the Street Take-Two Interactive's BioShock has everybody talking, but does that mean you should buy the stock?
The Motley Fool August 19, 2004 Steven Mallas	Sunny Days for Video Games Video games were hot in July, and video game stocks should follow the trend.
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The Motley Fool November 23, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	For Those About to Rock It's a battle of the brands when it comes to band simulation games. Harmonix developed both Viacom's new Rock Band game and Activision's Guitar Hero franchise.
The Motley Fool February 12, 2010 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Video Games: Diehards Die Hard, Again The video game industry kicks off 2010 on the wrong foot.
The Motley Fool October 20, 2010 Travis Hoium	It's Time for a Rebirth in Gaming Video game sales have gone south because games have gotten stale, and we would like some action.
The Motley Fool August 3, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Activision's Heroic Quarter Activision has the right game in the right place at the right time this year. Guitar Hero II has helped the game publisher achieve an impressive 163% increase in revenue this quarter.
The Motley Fool July 31, 2008 Anders Bylund	Can You Smell What EA Is Cooking? Arguably the biggest name in video game publishing, Electronic Arts still hasn't figured out a way to turn a profit in its seasonally limpid first quarter.
CFO November 1, 2008 Tim Burke	The Hitmakers Finance chiefs in the video-game industry worry about many of the same issues as CFOs in other industries -- achieving stronger balance sheets, greater scale, and improved operational efficiency, all of which help them develop more titles, push more products, and make more money.
The Motley Fool April 2, 2007 Alyce Lomax	EA Wants to Be a Rock Star The Rock Band video game is a new spin on an existing idea, but the spin sounds promising so far. However, some gamers (and video game investors) have wished EA would get a bit more creative instead of relying on rehashes.
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The Motley Fool February 8, 2008 Anders Bylund	There's a Backstage Party at Activision Riding a heavy metal wave of Guitar Hero III success, Activision turns in a show-stopping quarter.
The Motley Fool September 1, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	EA's Mad, Mad, Madden World Electronic Arts' Madden 07 is a hit, but what else is new. Now entering its seventeenth season, Madden is the ideal video game franchise.
The Motley Fool November 27, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	What I Like About You, Activision The video game company boosts its expectations for the current quarter and fiscal 2008; its Guitar Hero franchise continues to be a megahit.
The Motley Fool May 7, 2010 Anders Bylund	All Work and No Play for Activision Blizzard Activision Blizzard just presented pleasantly positive sales and profit numbers for its first quarter of 2010, driven mostly by the acclaimed Call of Duty game franchise.
BusinessWeek April 22, 2010 Adam Satariano	Did Activision Just Frag Itself? The game giant is in a legal battle with the creators of Call of Duty.
InternetNews March 24, 2008	Gibson Sues Over Guitar Hero And Rock Band Gibson Guitar filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Viacom's MTV Networks, Harmonix and Electronic Arts relating to the wildly popular Rock Band video game and Harmonix's previously developed game, Guitar Hero.
The Motley Fool April 17, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Throw This Stock Away If you find something better, replace it.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Nintendo Faces the Music It seemed like a surefire hit: Unite Nintendo's top-selling Wii console with the popular music-simulation game genre to create Wii Music.
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The Motley Fool September 16, 2008 Anders Bylund	It's On! It's On! It's On! Activision Blizzard and Viacom are staring each other down across the music-game playground.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2010 Jim Mueller	Activision Blizzard: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats A quick look inside the business of the dominant game publisher.
The Motley Fool June 14, 2010 Anders Bylund	Can Guitar Gaming Rise Again? The guitar game genre is on life support, but Viacom is reaching for the defibrillator.
The Motley Fool February 10, 2011 Anders Bylund	It's the End of "Guitar Hero" As We Know It Guitar Hero is dead, but Activision goes right on making money.
The Motley Fool March 12, 2009 Anders Bylund	Real Guitar? Toy Guitar? Same Difference The gap between video game guitars and the real thing is closing fast, with more realistic gear finding its way into the hot selling Guitar Hero games, and actual guitars moving into cyberspace.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2009 Anders Bylund	Activision Hires a Rock Star for Guitar Hero To further expand its favorite franchise, the company taps a business virtuoso.
The Motley Fool February 8, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Activision Gets in the Game The video-game publisher has some upbeat news in its preliminary third-quarter results. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 15, 2008 Anders Bylund	Activision Goes "Crazy" Over Aerosmith Video game designer Activision announces another installment of its ultra-popular Guitar Hero franchise, built around the material and career of rock legends Aerosmith.
The Motley Fool December 30, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Bring On the Cacophony The band pushers are possibly starting their own band. Oh no!
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The Motley Fool September 13, 2010 Matthew Brown	Act Now on Activision Could a buyout await the video game maker on its final level?
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The Motley Fool August 1, 2008 Anders Bylund	Activision Blizzard's Rocking Profits The newly-merged video game giant Activision Blizzard reported year-over-year increases of around 109% in profits and 32% in sales.
The Motley Fool July 13, 2007 Steven Mallas	Nintendo Hits the Next Level A flurry of new games wing their way to the Wii. The next several months should herald great business for Nintendo. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 26, 2007 Steven Mallas	Advertising's Call of Duty Video games are becoming quite the medium. Franchises are going to take on a new aura of mega-importance once advertising revenues really kick in.
The Motley Fool March 21, 2007 Steven Mallas	Any Takers for Take-Two? Take-Two Interactive is considering a sale to end its misery. So what should individual investors make of it?
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The Motley Fool May 11, 2010 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Maybe I Don't Want to Move, Microsoft We're five months away from a revolution that may already be over. Microsoft's bold foray into motion-based controls for its Xbox 360 console has been public news for nearly a year.
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