Activision-Blizzard merger may be complete on July 9th
by Daniel Whitcomb 
Jul 3rd 2008 at 7:00PM
WoW Insider sister site Big Download is reporting that the Activision-Blizzard merger is getting closer and closer to reality. They recently won another victory in court today, as a Delaware court struck down an attempt by the Wayne County Employees' Retirement System to gain a preliminary injunction against the deal.
We're now coming up fast the July 8th Activision shareholders' meeting, where they will vote to approve the merger. Activision has already said that they expect the merger to be official on or about July 9th, according to Big Download.
This, of course, squeaks in just under the wire for the E3 expo. Activision-Blizzard has already said they don't plan to participate, but that they will hold a press conference on or near the dates of the expo. It seems likely now that they will be officially announcing the completion of their merger.
Of course, we here at WoW Insider are hoping the merger isn't the only thing they reveal. A WoTLK cinematic and official release date or another L70ETC song on Guitar Hero would be nice, I'd say.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Blizzard, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Akussa Jul 3rd 2008 8:42PM
Why the hell are a bunch of old geezers that probably don't even play any video games of any sort trying to stop this merger? O_o
Must be the age old argument of " teaches our kids about devil worship, magic, and homosexuality! It's bad! Make it stop!"
maolrubha Jul 3rd 2008 9:19PM
I own shares of Activision and I'm 31.
So. Uhm.
Hi.
Daniel Whitcomb Jul 3rd 2008 9:31PM
I believe that they own stock in Activision and believe that the merger isn't in the best interest of them as shareholders, Akussa.
Bluk0 Jul 3rd 2008 8:49PM
lmfao I love the screenshot:P
wade Jul 4th 2008 2:33AM
way too many tags for this.