Activision Blizzard Announces Record Date for Two-For-One Stock Split

    SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 15 /EMWNews/ -- Activision

Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that the record date for its

previously announced two-for-one stock split will be August 25, 2008. The

stock split will be effected by the issuance of a stock dividend of one

additional share of our common stock for each share of our common stock

issued and outstanding as of the close of business on August 25, 2008.



    Upon completion of the split, the number of Activision Blizzard's

common shares outstanding will be approximately 1.3 billion. The additional

shares will be mailed or delivered on or about September 5, 2008, by the

company's transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

Trading will begin on a split-adjusted basis on September 8, 2008.



    Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Blizzard, Inc. is

a worldwide pure-play online, PC 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, South Korea and the region of Taiwan. More information

about Activision Blizzard and its products can be found on the company's

website, http://www.activisionblizzard.com.



    Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements: Information in

this press release that involves Activision Blizzard's expectations, plans,

intentions or strategies regarding the future are forward-looking

statements that are not facts and involve a number of risks and

uncertainties. Activision Blizzard generally uses words such as "outlook",

"will," "could," "would," "might," "remains," "to be," "plans," "believes",

"may", "expects," "intends," "anticipates," "estimate," future," "plan,"

"positioned," "potential," "project," "remain," "scheduled," "set to,"

"subject to," "upcoming" and similar expressions to help identify

forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause Activision Blizzard's

actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the

forward-looking statements set forth in this release include, but are not

limited to, sales of Activision Blizzard's titles, shifts in consumer

spending trends, the seasonal and cyclical nature of the interactive game

market, Activision Blizzard's ability to predict consumer preferences among

competing hardware platforms (including next-generation hardware), declines

in software pricing, product returns and price protection, product delays,

retail acceptance of Activision Blizzard's products, adoption rate and

availability of new hardware and related software, industry competition,

rapid changes in technology and industry standards, protection of

proprietary rights, litigation against Activision Blizzard, maintenance of

relationships with key personnel, customers, vendors and third-party

developers, domestic and international economic, financial and political

conditions and policies, foreign exchange rates, integration of recent

acquisitions and the identification of suitable future acquisition

opportunities, Activision Blizzard's success in integrating the operations

of Activision Publishing and Vivendi Games in a timely manner, or at all,

and the combined company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits and

synergies of the transaction to the extent, or in the timeframe,

anticipated. Other such factors include additional risk factors identified

in Activision Blizzard's most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any

subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements

in this release are based upon information available to Activision Blizzard

as of the date of this release, and Activision Blizzard assumes no

obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking

statements believed to be true when made may ultimately prove to be

incorrect. These statements are not guarantees of the future performance of

Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other

factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause actual results

to differ materially from current expectations.