The 2 giants of gaming, Activision and Blizzard have announced a merger. 18 billion is the number floating around that this thing is worth. Activision are the guys who give us Call of Duty, the Tony Hawk series, and Guitar Hero. While Blizzard is behind World of Warcraft. The merger should help Activision compete with EA. This morning they had a conference call with their stockholders. The highlights were that Blizzard would be acting as its own entity and that WOW would not be coming to consoles.

Blizzard and Activision have both had huge years revenue wise. The announcement boosted both their stock prices with Vivendi the owners of Blizzard reporting a 3% increase. Activision reports a 16% bump in their stock price.

Thanks Joystiq