Editing Activision (section)

== Studios ==
{{Main|List of Microsoft Gaming studios}}
* Activision Shanghai Studio in [[Shanghai]], China; founded in 2009.
* [[Beenox]] in [[Québec City]], Canada; founded in May 2000, acquired on May 25, 2005.
* [[Demonware]] in [[Dublin]], Ireland; founded in 2003, acquired in May 2007.
* Digital Legends Entertainment in [[Barcelona]], Spain; founded in May 2001, acquired on October 28, 2021.<ref name="Digital Legends">{{cite press release |url=https://investor.activision.com/news-releases/news-release-details/activision-acquires-mobile-game-developer-digital-legends |title=Activision Acquires Mobile Game Developer Digital Legends |date=October 28, 2021 |access-date=October 28, 2021 |archive-date=October 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028210649/https://investor.activision.com/news-releases/news-release-details/activision-acquires-mobile-game-developer-digital-legends |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Elsewhere Entertainment in [[Warsaw]], Poland; founded on May 16, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Jez Corden |date=2024-05-16 |title=Microsoft's Activision team is opening a new game studio in Poland 'Elsewhere Entertainment' to build new AAA IP |url=https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/activision-and-microsoft-are-opening-a-new-game-studio-in-poland-elsewhere-entertainment-with-a-totally-new-ip |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Windows Central |language=en |archive-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516150910/https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/activision-and-microsoft-are-opening-a-new-game-studio-in-poland-elsewhere-entertainment-with-a-totally-new-ip |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[High Moon Studios]] in [[Carlsbad, California]], US; founded as Sammy Entertainment in April 2001, acquired by [[Vivendi Games]] in January 2006.
* [[Infinity Ward]] in [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles]], [[California]], US; founded in 2002, acquired in October 2003.
* [[Raven Software]] in [[Madison, Wisconsin]], US; founded in 1990, acquired in 1997.
* [[Sledgehammer Games]] in [[Foster City, California]], US; founded on July 21, 2009.
* Solid State Studios in [[Santa Monica, California]], US; founded in 2021.<ref name="vgc act mobile" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://venturebeat.com/2021/08/03/activision-blizzard-creates-new-mobile-studio-for-call-of-duty/ |title=Activision Blizzard creates new mobile studio for Call of Duty |first=Dean |last=Takahashi |work=Venturebeat |date=August 3, 2021 |access-date=October 28, 2021 |archive-date=April 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422140150/https://venturebeat.com/2021/08/03/activision-blizzard-creates-new-mobile-studio-for-call-of-duty/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Treyarch]] in [[Playa Vista, Los Angeles]], [[California]], US; founded in 1996, acquired in 2001.

=== Former studios ===
* 7 Studios in [[Los Angeles]], US; founded in 1999, acquired in April 2009, closed in February 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/activision-lays-off-30-from-newly-purchased-7-studios |title=Activision lays off 30 from recently purchased 7 Studios |first=Kath |last=Brice |date=7 October 2009 |website=[[GamesIndustry.biz]] |access-date=March 16, 2022 |archive-date=May 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503021700/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/activision-lays-off-30-from-newly-purchased-7-studios |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-10-activision-closes-7-studios |title=Activision closes 7 Studios |first=Fred |last=Dutton |date=February 10, 2011 |website=[[Eurogamer]] |access-date=March 16, 2022 |archive-date=March 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316191841/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-10-activision-closes-7-studios |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Activision Value Publishing in [[Minneapolis]], US; founded in 2000 as a merger of Activision subsidiaries Head Games Publishing, Expert Software and Elsinore Studio.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mobygames.com/company/2495/activision-value-publishing-inc/ |title=Activision Value Publishing, Inc. |website=[[Mobygames]] |access-date=June 11, 2024 |archive-date=June 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611214400/https://www.mobygames.com/company/2495/activision-value-publishing-inc/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Closed in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.destructoid.com/activision-has-a-round-of-layoffs-entire-minneapolis-location-may-have-closed/ |title=Activision has a round of layoffs, entire Minneapolis location may have closed |date=February 15, 2016 |website=[[Destructoid]] |access-date=June 11, 2024 |archive-date=June 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611214400/https://www.destructoid.com/activision-has-a-round-of-layoffs-entire-minneapolis-location-may-have-closed/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Beachhead Studio]] in [[Santa Monica, California]], US; founded in February 2011.
* [[Bizarre Creations]], [[Liverpool]], England; founded as Raising Hell Productions in 1987 and changed name in 1994, acquired on September 26, 2007,<ref>[https://investor.activision.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=265950 Activision Acquires U.K. Game Developer Bizarre Creations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206045007/http://investor.activision.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=265950 |date=December 6, 2008}} from Activision's website</ref> closed on February 18, 2011.<ref name="bizzare close" />
* [[Budcat Creations]] in [[Iowa City, Iowa]], US; founded in September 2000, acquired on November 10, 2008, closed in November 2010.
* [[FreeStyleGames]] in [[Leamington Spa]], England; founded in 2002, acquired on September 12, 2008, sold to [[Ubisoft]] on January 18, 2017, subsequently renamed Ubisoft Leamington.
* [[Gray Matter Studios]] in [[Los Angeles]], US; founded in the 1990s as Xatrix Entertainment, acquired in January 2002, merged into Treyarch in 2005.
* [[Infocom]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], US; founded on June 22, 1979, acquired in 1986, closed in 1989.
* [[Luxoflux]] in [[Santa Monica, California]], US; founded in January 1997, acquired in October 2002, closed on February 11, 2010.<ref name=latimes2010_02 />
* [[Massive Entertainment]] in [[Malmö]], Sweden; founded in 1997, acquired by [[Vivendi Games|Vivendi Universal Games]] in 2002, sold to [[Ubisoft]] on November 10, 2008.
* [[Neversoft]] in [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles]], [[California]], US; founded in July 1994, acquired in October 1999, merged into Infinity Ward on May 3, 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/report-neversoft-merging-with-call-of-duty-developer-i-1571334321 |title=Report: Neversoft Merging With Call Of Duty Developer Infinity Ward |first=Mike |last=Fahey |work=kotaku.com |date=May 3, 2014 |access-date=June 16, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614085544/http://kotaku.com/report-neversoft-merging-with-call-of-duty-developer-i-1571334321 |archive-date=June 14, 2014}}</ref> and was officially made defunct on July 10, 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-07-11-tony-hawk-studio-neversoft-bids-farewell-burns-eyeball-effigy |title=Tony Hawk studio Neversoft bids farewell, burns eyeball effigy |first=Tom |last=Phillips |date=July 10, 2014 |access-date=July 11, 2014 |website=[[Eurogamer]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713203848/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-07-11-tony-hawk-studio-neversoft-bids-farewell-burns-eyeball-effigy |archive-date=July 13, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Radical Entertainment]] in [[Vancouver]], Canada; founded in 1991, acquired by [[Vivendi Games]] in 2005, laid off most staff in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/prototype-creators-shutting-down-update-5922129 |title=Prototype Creators Shutting Down |first=Jason |last=Schreier |date=June 28, 2012 |access-date=March 6, 2019 |work=[[Kotaku]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091513/https://kotaku.com/prototype-creators-shutting-down-update-5922129 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[RedOctane]] in [[Mountain View, California]], US; founded in November 2005, acquired in 2006, closed on February 11, 2010.<ref name="kotaku.com" />
* [[Shaba Games]] in [[San Francisco]], US; founded in September 1997, acquired in 2002, and closed on October 8, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/activision-lays-off-shabas-ranks-closes-studio-update-5376826 |title=Activision Lays Off Shaba's Ranks, Closes Studio (Update) |first=Michael |last=McWhertor |date=October 8, 2009 |publisher=Kotaku |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010224322/http://kotaku.com/5376826/activision-lays-off-shabas-ranks-closes-studio |archive-date=October 10, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/activision-confirms-shaba-studios-closure |title=Activision confirms Shaba Studios closure |work=GamesIndustry.biz |last=Martin |first=Matt |date=October 9, 2009 |access-date=February 12, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213601/http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/activision-confirms-shaba-studios-closure |archive-date=March 3, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Swordfish Studios]] in [[Birmingham]], England; founded in September 2002, acquired by [[Vivendi Games|Vivendi Universal Games]] in June 2005, sold to [[Codemasters]] on November 14, 2008.
* The Blast Furnace in [[Leeds]], England; founded in November 2011 as Activision Leeds, renamed in August 2012, closed in March 2014.
* [[Toys for Bob]] in [[Novato, California]], US; founded in 1989, acquired on May 3, 2005, spun off from Activision in May 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=We're Going Indie! |url=https://www.toysforbob.com/blog/2024/WereGoingIndie |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=www.toysforbob.com |language=en |archive-date=February 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229181407/https://www.toysforbob.com/blog/2024/WereGoingIndie |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/crash-4-developer-toys-for-bob-is-officially-going-indie|title=Crash 4 Developer Toys for Bob Is Officially Going Indie|first=Rebekah|last=Valentine|work=[[IGN]]|date=February 29, 2024|accessdate=March 10, 2024|archive-date=May 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516045055/https://www.ign.com/articles/crash-4-developer-toys-for-bob-is-officially-going-indie|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-01 |title=Crash Bandicoot And Spyro Studio 'Toys For Bob' Is Now Officially Independent |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/06/crash-bandicoot-and-spyro-studio-toys-for-bob-is-now-officially-independent |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=Nintendo Life |language=en-GB |archive-date=September 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916165928/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/06/crash-bandicoot-and-spyro-studio-toys-for-bob-is-now-officially-independent |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Underground Development]] in [[Foster City, California]], US; founded as Z-Axis in 1994, acquired in May 2002, closed on February 11, 2010.<ref name="kotaku.com" />
* [[Vicarious Visions]] in [[Albany, New York]], US; founded in 1991, acquired in January 2005, moved to [[Blizzard Entertainment]] in January 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-01-22-vicarious-visions-merged-into-blizzard | title = Vicarious Visions merged into Blizzard | first = Brendan | last = Sinclair | date = January 22, 2021 | access-date = January 22, 2021 | work = [[GamesIndustry.biz]] | archive-date = January 22, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210122204139/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-01-22-vicarious-visions-merged-into-blizzard | url-status = live }}</ref> It was renamed to Blizzard Albany on April 12, 2022.
* [[Wanako Games]] in [[Santiago]], Chile; founded in 2002, acquired by [[Vivendi Games]] on February 20, 2007, sold to [[Behaviour Interactive|Artificial Mind and Movement]] on November 20, 2008.