Activision Blizzard to Resume Trading Under Former NASDAQ Trading Symbol "ATVI" Effective August 7

  
    
  
  
    
      Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced the company’s 
      common stock, which currently trades on the NASDAQ under ticker symbol 
      ATVID, will resume trading under the company’s 
      standard ticker symbol, ATVI, effective August 7, 2008. The letter "D" 
      had been temporarily added to Activision Blizzard’s 
      NASDAQ trading symbol following the close of the merger of Activision 
      and Vivendi Games on July 9, 2008.
    
    
      About Activision Blizzard
    
    
      Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Blizzard, Inc. is 
      a worldwide pure-play online and console game publisher with leading 
      market positions across all categories of the rapidly growing 
      interactive entertainment software industry.
    
    
      Activision Blizzard maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United 
      Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, 
      Denmark, the Netherlands, Romania, Australia, Chile, India, Japan, 
      China, the region of Taiwan and South Korea. More information about 
      Activision Blizzard and its products can be found on the company’s 
      website, www.activisionblizzard.com.