Blizzard zorgde voor fusie tussen Vivendi en Activision
But the fact of the matter is that we felt doing something like this was a positive and important thing to have happen, and we were part of all those meetings. We were sitting with Bobby and those folks when we talked about what the structure would be like.The Vivendi people were there, but the reality is that in Vivendi Games, Blizzard is the crown jewel, so we needed to be on board and believe in it. And honestly, when [Vivendi] said to us they were thinking about exploring the possibility of something like this, we said that if we were going to do something like that, it should be with Activision - those words came from our mouth.
Voor de fans van Blizzard had Sams ook een geruststellende mededeling. Er zal helemaal niks gaan veranderen binnen de managementstructuur van het bedrijf. Elke werknemer zal ook de taken blijven uitvoeren die hij of zij nu uitvoert. Het enige verschil zal zijn dat Mike Morhaime zal rapporteren aan Bobby Kotick, CEO van Activision, in plaats van Bruce Hack, CEO van Vivendi.

Paul Sams, COO van Blizzard