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Parents Let Kid Drop Out of School for Guitar Hero

Sunday, September 7, 2008

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Parents Let Kid Drop Out of School for Guitar Hero

You know how gamers always point fingers at the parents when the media blames video games for violent acts? Well, gamers have some fuel to show just how terrible parents can be these days. Two North Carolina parents have let their kid drop out of school to play Guitar Hero. Yes, really. No, I really [...]

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Blizzard to Help Bring Guitar Hero to China, Korea

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

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The GGL Wire is reporting that Activision plans to tap Blizzard Entertainment to bring Guitar Hero to “roughly 300,000 game rooms between China and Korea.” Clearly, Activision hopes to cash in on Blizzard’s extreme success in Asia, especially in South Korea, where StarCraft is essentially the national pastime. Readers with especially good memories will recall [...]

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Vivendi and Activision merge to form Activision Blizzard

Sunday, December 9, 2007

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It’s no secret that Vivendi has been trying to sell its gaming division for years. Now, in a surprising Sunday statement, Business Wire is reporting that Activision and Vivendi have announced they are merging to form Activision Blizzard, unquestionably the largest third-party video game publisher in the world. Gaming series falling under Activision [...]

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