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Headed by Bruce Hack, it was headquartered in Los Angeles, California and employed over 3,400 people at four separate development divisions. Vivendi Games owned the rights to franchises such as Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo and World of Warcraft (all games developed by Blizzard Entertainment), as well as others like Empire Earth, Ground Control, Tribes, Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon owned by Sierra Entertainment. It later merged with Activision and is now known as Activision Blizzard.

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  • Vivendi Games
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  • Headed by Bruce Hack, it was headquartered in Los Angeles, California and employed over 3,400 people at four separate development divisions. Vivendi Games owned the rights to franchises such as Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo and World of Warcraft (all games developed by Blizzard Entertainment), as well as others like Empire Earth, Ground Control, Tribes, Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon owned by Sierra Entertainment. It later merged with Activision and is now known as Activision Blizzard.
  • Vivendi Games, formerly known as Vivendi Universal Games, was the holding company for Sierra Entertainment and Blizzard Entertainment, based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 2001 as Vivendi Universal Games after Vivendi bought Universal Studios. Vivendi published the 2005 video game Predator: Concrete Jungle in North America. The company was absorbed by Activision in 2008.
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  • Vivendi Games
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  • 2001(xsd:integer)
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  • Los Angeles, California
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  • Video game developer
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  • Headed by Bruce Hack, it was headquartered in Los Angeles, California and employed over 3,400 people at four separate development divisions. Vivendi Games owned the rights to franchises such as Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo and World of Warcraft (all games developed by Blizzard Entertainment), as well as others like Empire Earth, Ground Control, Tribes, Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon owned by Sierra Entertainment. It later merged with Activision and is now known as Activision Blizzard.
  • Vivendi Games, formerly known as Vivendi Universal Games, was the holding company for Sierra Entertainment and Blizzard Entertainment, based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 2001 as Vivendi Universal Games after Vivendi bought Universal Studios. Vivendi published the 2005 video game Predator: Concrete Jungle in North America. The company was absorbed by Activision in 2008.
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