Vivendi and Activision Merge

It was only a few years ago where Vivendi was trying to pull itself out of the videogame biz, yesterday, they closed the deal with Activision, creating a publisher valued at $20 billion. Prior to its merger with Activision, Vivendi’s most profitable video game subsidiary was Blizzard, whose “World of Warcraft,” brings it money by …

Ratner Eyes Video Game Adaptations

This doesn’t help my video game adaptations need talent argument, but apparently, Brett Ratner has been expressing his interest to adapt video games to features. Ratner told Variety:  “The games business is much more exciting than the movie business right now…I will be doing movies that come from videogames.” His new “Brett Ratner Brands,” business …

‘Ultimate Band’ from Disney

The House that Mouse built is entering the market that was perfected by Guitar Hero, and made even better by Rock Band. Disney’s video game unit announced the Nintendo exclusive on Wednesday. Ultimate Band rather then using an new controller, would rather use the existing Wiimote and DS. “We thought we could do a very …