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Vivendi Games , formerly known as Vivendi Universal Games or VU Games , was a wholly owned subsidiary of Vivendi responsible for ___MASK89___ developers inherited after acquiring Havas and Universal Studios . Atari is a corporate and ___MASK45___ name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972 , currently by Atari Interactive , a subsidiary of the French publisher Atari , SA ( ASA ). The original Atari , Inc . founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney was a pioneer in arcade games , home video game consoles , and home computers . The company ' s products , such as " Pong " and the Atari 2600 , helped define the electronic entertainment industry from the 1970s to the mid - 1980s . ___MASK62___ ___MASK23___ , Inc . is an American ___MASK7___ and publisher based in Irvine , California , and is currently a subsidiary of American company Activision ___MASK62___ . The company was founded on February 8 , 1991 , under the name Silicon & Synapse by three graduates of the University of California , Los Angeles : Michael Morhaime , Frank Pearce , and Allen Adham . The company originally concentrated primarily on the creation of game ports for other studios before beginning development of their own software in 1993 with the development of games like " Rock n ' Roll Racing " and " The Lost Vikings ". In 1994 the company became Chaos Studios , then ___MASK62___ ___MASK23___ , Inc . after being acquired by distributor Davidson & Associates . Demonware is an Irish ___MASK52___ development company and a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard . Demonware ' s products enable games publishers to outsource their networking requirements , allowing them to concentrate on playability . The organisation has offices in Dublin , Ireland ; and Vancouver , Canada . California is the most populous ___MASK80___ in the United States and the third most extensive by area . Located on the western ( Pacific ___MASK29___ ) coast of the U . S ., California is bordered by the other U . S . states of Oregon , Nevada , and Arizona and shares an international ___MASK5___ with the Mexican ___MASK80___ of Baja California . The ___MASK80___ ___MASK14___ is Sacramento . Los Angeles is California ' s most populous city , and the country ' s second largest after New York City . The ___MASK80___ also has the nation ' s most populous county , Los Angeles County , and its largest county by area , San Bernardino County . Activision ___MASK76___ , Inc ., also known as Activision , is an American ___MASK89___ publisher . It was founded on October 1 , 1979 and was the world ' s first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles . Its first products were cartridges for the Atari 2600 video console system published from July 1980 for the US market and from August 1981 for the international market ( UK ). A ___MASK89___ publisher is a company that publishes video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a ___MASK7___ . As with book publishers or publishers of DVD movies , ___MASK89___ publishers are responsible for their product ' s manufacturing and marketing , including market research and all aspects of advertising . Activision ___MASK62___ , Inc . is an American interactive gaming and ___MASK23___ ___MASK91___ . Headquartered in Santa Monica , California and founded in 2008 through the merger of Vivendi Games and Activision , the ___MASK91___ is traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol , and since 2015 has been one of the stocks that make up the S & P 500 . Activision ___MASK62___ currently includes ___MASK54___ business units : Activision , ___MASK62___ Entertainment , Major League Gaming , Activision ___MASK62___ Studios , and King Digital Entertainment . The Atari 2600 ( or Atari VCS before 1982 ) is a ___MASK41___ ___MASK89___ console by Atari , Inc . Released on September 11 , 1977 , it is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor - based hardware and ROM cartridges containing game code , a format first used with the Fairchild Channel F ___MASK89___ console in 1976 . This format contrasts with the older model of having non - microprocessor dedicated hardware , which could only ___MASK16___ the games that were physically built into the unit . Major ___MASK9___ Gaming Inc . ( MLG ) is a ___MASK59___ eSports ___MASK26___ . MLG is headquartered in New York ___MASK32___ , New York and was founded in 2002 by Sundance DiGiovanni and Mike Sepso . MLG has held official ___MASK89___ tournaments throughout the United States and Canada . The " Boost Mobile MLG Pro Circuit " was a television broadcast of " Halo 2 " MLG tournaments in 2006 and 2007 , ESPN . com , and other broadband sites . The company has also been involved in television production , and game development . MLG ' s aim is to elevate computer and console game tournaments to viable competitive and spectator events . The Nasdaq Stock ___MASK13___ is an American ___MASK21___ . It is the second - largest exchange in the world by market capitalization , behind only the New York ___MASK21___ . The exchange platform is owned by Nasdaq , Inc ., which also owns the Nasdaq Nordic ( formerly known as OMX ) and Nasdaq Baltic stock market network and several other US stock and options exchanges .