Blizzard Activision Interview

More merger information

Today IGN posted an interview with Blizzard's president and CEO Mike Morhaime to talk about the merger with Activistion.

Until today, Sunday wasn't generally regarded as a big news day in this industry. But that changed this afternoon when Vivendi and Activision announced that they were joining forces to create the largest game publisher in the world. The new company, Activision Blizzard, will not only own some of the most prestigious brands in gaming (Warcraft, Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Crash Bandicoot, and others) but will also have a tremendous PC/console diversity in their catalog and stronger penetration into Asian and online markets.

To get a few more details on this deal and to find out just what it means for the Blizzard brand in particular, we recently spoke with Blizzard Entertainment's president and CEO Mike Morhaime.

You can read the whole article here.