Activision Blizzard with a record second quarter of 2016. – Onet.pl

 
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Activision Blizzard Net income for the quarter ended 30 June 2016. amounted to 1.57 billion dollars. (Compared to the expected 1.42 billion. And a little more than $ 1 billion. In the corresponding period last year). The company again recorded a record number of active monthly users. According to a broader trend in the industry of entertainment software, last quarter also saw record revenues from the sale of digital of 1.14 billion. (Including approx. $ 900 million. Of micropayments in games), an increase of 23 percent. relative to the previous three months.

Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, assigns unexpectedly good results from the success of “Overwatch “and the good performance of” Call of Duty “and the continuous growth of the” Candy Crush “. The first game – the newest intellectual property portfolio Blizzard Entertainment – broke the speed record for the sale of “Diablo III” in China and has over 15 million players worldwide. The quarterly report Activision Blizzard also shows satisfactory results presale “Legion” – the latest extension to the “World of Warcraft” – and the highest so far the number of active players “Hearthstone”.

After a successful first half of the year, Blizzard Entertainment does not provide for larger prime minister beyond the extension of “World of Warcraft: Legion” and package “Hearthstone: One night in Karazhan.” Branch Activision Blizzard is celebrating its 25th anniversary, what celebrations they fall on this year’s BlizzCon (4 and 5 November 2016.) – Organized for the tenth time the festival traditionally being one of the main events in which the company announces its plans for the future . Even less is known about the activity purchased in February King, but Activision Blizzard announces inauguration before the end of the franchise unrelated to the “Candy Crush”.

The second half of this year. It will be dominated by Activision. 20 September 2016 r. Sales hit “Rise of Iron”, a new extension to the “Destiny”. Netflix autumn starts sounding “Skylanders Academy”, the first animated series production Activision Blizzard Studios. Parallel October 16 will premiere its new game aimed at children from the series “Skylanders” Fri. “Imaginators”. Activision also plans to Release 4 November 2016, a new game “Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.” Activision Blizzard Analysts predict that the third quarter of this year. will bring the company 1.49 billion. net. According to the updated forecasts of full-year revenues for 2016. Reach 6.4 billion. net.

Activision Blizzard is one of the largest companies in the global gaming industry, with branches in the forefront of the segments games for PC, consoles and mobile devices. The few rivals in excess of Activision Blizzard to be the Chinese giant Tencent – including owners QQ network and Riot Games (producers of “League of Legends”) and Supercell, as well as shareholders Epic Games (40 percent.), and the AB (5 per cent.).

Among the existing production Activision Blizzard are m.in .: “Overwatch”, “Call of Duty”, “World of Warcraft”, “Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft” “StarCraft,” “Diablo,” “Skylanders” and – purchased in February by King – “Candy Crush”. The company, based in California, employs more than 10 thousand. employees around the world.