When Activision and Vivendi Games merged to form Activision Blizzard, it knocked EA off the top stop as the biggest game publisher in the world. EA has responded to this, welcoming the new competition, as EA’s Keith Ramsdale said:

“We wish them good luck and look forward to the competition. We believe that EA still has the industry’s strongest portfolio of game franchises and we’re always at our best when we have a clearly defined competitor.”

The Activision Blizzard merger will be completed in 2008, and will be worth some $19 billion USD.