Activision Publishing

E54098

company subsidiary video game publisher

Activision Publishing is a major American video game publisher best known for franchises like Call of Duty, Crash Bandicoot, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Activision	116
Activision (Europe)	1
Activision (North America)	1
Activision (later games)	1
Activision (via High Moon Studios)	1
Activision Publishing canonical	1
Activision Publishing, Inc.	1
Activision, Inc.	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T413431 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Activision Publishing
Context triple: [Activision Blizzard, subsidiary, Activision Publishing]

A. Activision Blizzard
Activision Blizzard is a major American video game holding company known for franchises such as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Overwatch.
B. Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment is a renowned American video game developer and publisher best known for creating major franchises such as Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo.
C. Vivendi Games
Vivendi Games was a French video game publisher and holding company that owned studios like Blizzard Entertainment before merging with Activision to form Activision Blizzard.
D. Apex Entertainment
Apex Entertainment is a film and television production company known for backing narrative feature projects such as the historical drama "Chappaquiddick."
E. King Digital Entertainment
King Digital Entertainment is a mobile game developer best known for creating the hit puzzle game Candy Crush Saga and operating as a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Activision Publishing
Target entity description: Activision Publishing is a major American video game publisher best known for franchises like Call of Duty, Crash Bandicoot, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater.

A. Activision Blizzard
Activision Blizzard is a major American video game holding company known for franchises such as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Overwatch.
B. Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment is a renowned American video game developer and publisher best known for creating major franchises such as Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo.
C. Vivendi Games
Vivendi Games was a French video game publisher and holding company that owned studios like Blizzard Entertainment before merging with Activision to form Activision Blizzard.
D. Apex Entertainment
Apex Entertainment is a film and television production company known for backing narrative feature projects such as the historical drama "Chappaquiddick."
E. King Digital Entertainment
King Digital Entertainment is a mobile game developer best known for creating the hit puzzle game Candy Crush Saga and operating as a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	company ⓘ subsidiary ⓘ video game publisher ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
formerName	Activision Publishing self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Activision, Inc.
foundedBy	Alan Miller ⓘ Bob Whitehead ⓘ David Crane ⓘ Larry Kaplan ⓘ
hasBrand	Call of Duty ⓘ Crash Bandicoot ⓘ Guitar Hero ⓘ Skylanders series ⓘ surface form: Skylanders Spyro the Dragon ⓘ surface form: Spyro Tony Hawk's Pro Skater ⓘ surface form: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
hasSubsidiary	Beenox ⓘ High Moon Studios ⓘ Infinity Ward ⓘ Raven Software ⓘ Sledgehammer Games ⓘ Toys for Bob ⓘ Treyarch ⓘ Vicarious Visions ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Santa Monica, California, United States ⓘ surface form: Santa Monica, California
inception	1979 ⓘ
industry	video games ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locationCity	Santa Monica ⓘ
locationCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locationState	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
notableWork	Call of Duty ⓘ Crash Bandicoot ⓘ Destiny ⓘ Guitar Hero ⓘ Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice ⓘ Skylanders series ⓘ surface form: Skylanders Spyro the Dragon ⓘ Tony Hawk's Pro Skater ⓘ surface form: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
parentCompany	Activision Blizzard ⓘ
partOf	Activision Blizzard ⓘ
publisherOf	Call of Duty ⓘ surface form: Call of Duty series Crash Bandicoot ⓘ surface form: Crash Bandicoot series Destiny ⓘ surface form: Destiny (2014 video game) Guitar Hero ⓘ surface form: Guitar Hero series Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice ⓘ Skylanders series ⓘ Spyro Reignited Trilogy ⓘ Tony Hawk's Pro Skater ⓘ surface form: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series

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