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By Kris Graft During a Wednesday earnings call, Activision Blizzard offered its hardware install base projections for the full calendar year in North America and Europe. Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith ran down what he expects to be the increases in hardware in North America and Europe comp...

By Kris Graft On Wednesday, Activision Blizzard said Call of Duty, Guitar Hero and World of Warcraft products drove sales past quarterly guidance. For fiscal Q3 ended September 30, the company reported net revenues of $711 million, higher than the previously-announced guidance of $636 million.

Activision and Vivendi Games have sent shockwaves through the industry by announcing they are set to merge into a new company called Activision Blizzard. The deal, valued at $18.9 billion, could see EA dethroned as the world’s largest ...