WoW buys Guitar Hero

Vivendi today announced an $18.9 billion deal to buy Activision, and combine it with their own game division to a new company called Activision Blizzard. The obvious idea of the merger is to use all the cash that WoW is making to build a bigger company to rival Electronic Arts. While World of Warcraft got mentioned in all the news reports on the deal as being the biggest game on the Blizzard side, the announcement didn't contain anything about the future of WoW or new Activision Blizzard MMORPGs. Rumors are flying, but they are just that: rumors. There might be some interesting news in the future, but for now both companies will be rather busy with the merger.