![]() ![]() After being purchased by Activision in 2006, they were spared the ignominy of having to toil away on the Call of Duty rockpile by being closed down in 2010. RedOctane made their name by pairing with Harmonix to make the Guitar Hero games.Spoiler Alert! They ended up merged with Treyarch to make Call of Duty games! Surprise! With id’s close relationship with Activision, Grey Matter ended up gobbled up by them in 2002. Grey Matter Interactive (ne: Xatrix Entertainment) had a deal with id to make Return to Castle Wolfenstein in 1999.Activision switches between Infinity Ward and Treyarch as lead designers of each new version of CoD. They would, of course, be the impetus Call of Duty developers. ![]() Infinity Ward had made Medal of Honor: Allied Assault in 2002, and was subsequently picked up by Activision in 2003.Speaking of Call of Duty (which you do a lot of when it comes to Activision), developer Treyarch was drafted into Activision in 2001.It was shuttered by Activision in 2014, its remaining team members redirected to… you guessed it… cranking out Call of Duty games. Neversoft, makers of the Tony Hawk skateboarding games, got picked up in 2000.Raven was eventually eviscerated with targeted lay-offs, and as with many dev teams within Activision, is now part of the Call of Duty factory. With Raven closely associated with Doom and Quake makers id Software, this eventually gave Activision an in with id itself. In 1997, they acquired Raven Software, makers of the Heretic FPS games.Through the years, the company has done a fair bit of acquiring of their own. That’s a lot of CoD Points! Looking back at the history of Activision, there’s a certain amount of schadenfreude in them being finally snapped up themselves. Microsoft has a deal to buy long-time video game company Activision, to the tune of $68.7 billion. For an extensive look at the glorious early years of Activision, have a read of my article, here: ![]()
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