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Jul 2 2008, Taylor Flatt

Speaking under conditions of anonymity, a highly-placed source close to Vivendi has told VG247 that, despite comments from Blizzard to the contrary over the weekend, a newly-formed Activision-Blizzard may see a console version of Diablo III as a...

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French media and telecommunications giant Vivendi SA chairman and chief executive officer Jean-Bernard Levy presents the company results for the first half of the year, in Paris, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. Levy said that Vivendi’s second-quarter profit was...