Digital Program to Date Has Connected More Than 4,000 Veterans
with High-Quality Jobs
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ACTIVISION BLIZZARD ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF NEW CALL OF DUTY®:
BLACK OPS III DOUBLE DUTY CALLING CARD TO SUPPORT VETERAN HIRING
Digital Program to Date Has Connected More Than 4,000 Veterans
with High-Quality Jobs
Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq:ATVI) today announced it is continuing its
award winning in-game program that supports veteran hiring with The Call
of Duty™ Endowment (C.O.D.E.) Double Duty Calling Card. With the new
animated calling card, players can view a service member transform
before their eyes from a uniformed warrior to a civilian on their way to
work to show their donation's meaningful impact for the veteran
community. Designed by Treyarch, the C.O.D.E. Double Duty Calling Card,
along with a collection of three rare supply drops, is now available in
the United States through Call of Duty: Black Ops III for a
suggested retail price of $3.99. All gross proceeds received by
Activision will be donated to The Call of Duty Endowment ("The
Endowment"), which will use all funds to help veterans secure
high-quality careers after their military service.
The Endowment is a non-profit founded in 2009 by Activision Blizzard CEO
Bobby Kotick. With a mission to identify and fund the most effective and
efficient employment-focused veteran-serving organizations, the
Endowment has funded more than 37,000 job placements to date, at an
average 2017 cost-per-placement of $552, with an average starting salary
of $56,784, and with a six-month retention rate of 88 percent.
"We're incredibly excited to continue to bring new content to our
community in proud support of the Call of Duty Endowment's mission,"
said Dan Bunting, co-studio head, Treyarch. "This year's Double Duty
Calling Card is animated to highlight the good work the Call of Duty
Endowment does to help veterans transition to civilian life."
"The Call of Duty community has always come out in a big way to support
the Endowment and its work to help veterans. We're so grateful for their
backing," said Dan Goldenberg, Executive Director of The Call of Duty
Endowment. "To date, the in-game purchase program alone has helped our
grantees get more than 4,000 veterans back to work—that's about the size
of an aircraft carrier's crew."
Goldenberg added, "We are profoundly appreciative of the contribution by
our partners. This program would not be possible without the continued
support of Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, Infinity Ward, Raven Software,
Sony and Microsoft."
The Double Duty Calling Card and its associated collection of three rare
supply drops is available now through February 7, 2018 on PlayStation 4,
Xbox One and PC platforms in Call of Duty: Black Ops III.
About Activision Blizzard:
Activision Blizzard, Inc., a member of the Fortune 500 and S&P 500, is
the world's most successful standalone interactive entertainment
company. We delight hundreds of millions of monthly active users around
the world through franchises including Activision's Call of Duty®,
Destiny and Skylanders®, Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft®,
Overwatch®, Hearthstone®, Diablo®, StarCraft®, and Heroes of the Storm®,
and King's Candy Crush™, Pet Rescue™, Bubble Witch™ and Farm Heroes™.
The company is one of the Fortune "100 Best Companies To Work For®".
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Blizzard has
operations throughout the world, and its games are played in 196
countries. More information about Activision Blizzard and its products
can be found on the company's website, www.activisionblizzard.com.
About the Call of Duty Endowment:
The Call of Duty Endowment is a non-profit co-founded by Bobby Kotick,
CEO of Activision Blizzard. The Endowment helps veterans find high
quality careers by supporting groups that prepare them for the job
market and by raising awareness of the value vets bring to the
workplace. For more information about the Call of Duty Endowment, please
visit www.callofdutyendowment.org.
ACTIVISION and CALL OF DUTY® are trademarks of Activision Publishing,
Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their
respective owners.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements: Information in
this press release that involves Activision Blizzard's expectations,
plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future, including
statements about the availability and features of the The Call of Duty
Endowment Double Duty Calling Card, are forward-looking statements that
are not facts and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors
that could cause Activision Publishing's actual future results to differ
materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements set
forth in this release include unanticipated product delays and other
factors identified in the risk factors sections of Activision Blizzard's
most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this release are
based upon information available to Activision Publishing and Activision
Blizzard as of the date of this release, and neither Activision
Publishing nor Activision Blizzard assumes any obligation to update any
such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements believed to
be true when made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements
are not guarantees of the future performance of Activision Publishing or
Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other
factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause actual
results to differ materially from current expectations.
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