"Where can I find out how much publishers have been paying for developers recently? Blizzard, Full Moon, Etc."

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Asked by knormann 31 months ago

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Microsofts purchase of Bungie $?
Vivendi's purchase of Blizzard $?
Vivendi's purchase of Full Moon $?

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by CoffeePerson on Jul 16 2007 (31 months ago)

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It looks like between purchase of stock from Take-Two Interactive and what it paid to other shareholders, Microsoft paid $20 to $40 million for Bungie - just before the release of Halo.

Vivendi did not purchase Blizzard. Blizzard was purchased in 1994 by Davidson & Associates for under $10 million just before the release of Warcraft. Davidson was purchased by Sierra; Sierra was purchased by CUC; CUC merged with Cendant; Cendant sold Sierra to Havas; Havas was bought by Vivendi.

I've never heard of Full Moon. Do you mean High Moon? I couldn't find any information on how much Vivendi paid for High Moon. If I find something later I'll post it in the discussion board.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/081/081079p1.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_Entertainment#Battle.net

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"Bungie 20 - 40 million; Blizzard 800 million; High Moon undisclosed"

by Jay-C on Jul 21 2007 (31 months ago)

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Bungie 20 - 40 million
Blizzard 800 million
High Moon undisclosed

http://pc.ign.com/articles/081/081079p1.html
"The Wall Street Journal reports today that some analysts estimate Microsoft paid between $20 million and $40 million for Bungie in total."

http://www.answers.com/topic/blizzard-entertainment?cat=biz-fin
"In late 1998, Blizzard's parent Cendant announced that it was selling its software division, comprising Knowledge Adventure, Blizzard, Davidson & Associates, and Sierra Online, to a French company called Havas SA for $800 million. Havas was a division of the French conglomerate Vivendi S.A., and Blizzard soon became a subsidiary of Vivendi grouped into its Vivendi Universal Games division."

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=13908
"The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed."

Sources: http://pc.ign.com/articles/081/081079p1.html

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Well, Blizzard was actually sold with Knowledge Adventure, Davidson & Associates, and Sierra Online, for $800 million. Couldn't find anything else.