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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 3,049	$ 3,165
Short-term investments	427	360
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $234 million and $300 million at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively	103	649
Inventories, net	146	144
Software development	148	137
Intellectual property licenses	22	22
Deferred income taxes, net	445	507
Other current assets	226	396
Total current assets	4,566	5,380
Long-term investments	17	16
Software development	91	62
Intellectual property licenses	12	12
Property and equipment, net	154	163
Other assets	15	12
Intangible assets, net	85	88
Trademark and trade names	433	433
Goodwill	7,109	7,111
Total assets	12,482	13,277
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	181	390
Deferred revenues	917	1,472
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	676	694
Total current liabilities	1,774	2,556
Deferred income taxes, net	57	55
Other liabilities	165	174
Total liabilities	1,996	2,785
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)	0	0
Shareholders' equity:
Common stock, $0.000001 par value, 2,400,000,000 shares authorized, 1,114,117,148 and 1,133,391,371 shares issued at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively	0	0
Additional paid-in capital	9,391	9,616
Retained earnings	1,128	948
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	(33)	(72)
Total shareholders' equity	10,486	10,492
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$ 12,482	$ 13,277

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
Accounts receivable, allowances (in dollars)	$ 234	$ 300
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.000001	$ 0.000001
Common stock, shares authorized	2,400,000,000.00	2,400,000,000.00
Common stock, shares issued	1,114,117,148	1,133,391,371

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Net revenues
Product sales	$ 874	$ 1,061
Subscription, licensing, and other revenues	298	388
Total net revenues	1,172	1,449
Costs and expenses
Cost of sales - product costs	257	299
Cost of sales - online subscriptions	59	63
Cost of sales - software royalties and amortization	31	61
Cost of sales - intellectual property licenses	7	29
Product development	124	142
Sales and marketing	79	60
General and administrative	102	102
Restructuring	0	19
Total costs and expenses	659	775
Operating income	513	674
Investment and other income, net	1	2
Income before income tax expense	514	676
Income tax expense	130	173
Net income	$ 384	$ 503
Earnings per common share
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.34	$ 0.42
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.33	$ 0.42
Weighted-average shares outstanding
Basic (in shares)	1,120	1,173
Diluted (in shares)	1,127	1,182
Dividends per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.18	$ 0.165

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Net income	$ 384	$ 503
Other comprehensive income:
Foreign currency translation adjustment	38	37
Unrealized gains on investments, net of deferred income taxes of $1 million for March 31, 2012 and 2011	1	2
Other comprehensive income (loss)	39	39
Deferred income taxes on gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments	1	1
Comprehensive Income	$ 423	$ 542

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$ 384	$ 503
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Deferred income taxes	65	150
Depreciation and amortization	23	26
Amortization and write-off of capitalized software development costs and intellectual property licenses	30	69
Stock-based compensation expense	21	23
Excess tax benefits from stock option exercises	(2)	(1)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net	553	554
Inventories, net	0	11
Software development and intellectual property licenses	(67)	(45)
Other assets	174	129
Deferred revenues	(576)	(716)
Accounts payable	(215)	(199)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	(237)	(370)
Net cash provided by operating activities	153	134
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale investments	115	154
Payment of contingent consideration	0	(3)
Purchases of available-for-sale investments	(187)	(161)
Capital expenditures	(9)	(4)
Increase in restricted cash	4	0
Net cash used in investing activities	(77)	(14)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock to employees	13	5
Repurchase of common stock	(261)	(343)
Excess tax benefits from stock option exercises	2	1
Net cash used in financing activities	(246)	(337)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	54	63
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(116)	(154)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	3,165	2,812
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$ 3,049	$ 2,658

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY - 3 months ended Mar. 31, 2012 - USD ($) $ in Millions	Total	Common Stock	Additional Paid-In Capital	Treasury Stock	Retained Earnings	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2011	$ 10,492	$ 0	$ 9,616	$ 0	$ 948	$ (72)
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2011		1,133		0
Components of comprehensive income:
Net income	384				384
Other comprehensive income	39					39
Issuance of common stock pursuant to employee stock options and restricted stock rights	13		13
Issuance of common stock pursuant to employee stock options and restricted stock rights (in shares)		3
Stock-based compensation expense related to employee stock options and restricted stock rights	23		23
Dividends ($0.18 per common share) (See Note 10)	(204)				(204)
Shares repurchased (See Note 10)	(261)			$ (261)
Shares repurchased (in shares) (See Note 10)				(22)
Retirement of treasury shares	0		(261)	$ 261
Retirement of treasury shares (in shares)		(22)		22
Balance at Mar. 31, 2012	$ 10,486	$ 0	$ 9,391	$ 0	$ 1,128	$ (33)
Balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2012		1,114		0

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Calc 2 - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Calculation Abstract
Net Income (Loss)	$ 384	$ 503

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Dividends per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.18	$ 0.165

Description of business and basis of consolidation and presentation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Description of business and basis of consolidation and presentation

Description of business and basis of consolidation and presentation

1. Description of business and basis of consolidation and presentation

Description of Business

Activision Blizzard, Inc. is a worldwide online, personal computer (“PC”), console, handheld, and mobile game publisher. The terms “Activision Blizzard,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” are used to refer collectively to Activision Blizzard, Inc. and its subsidiaries. We maintain significant operations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands, Australia, South Korea and China.

The common stock of Activision Blizzard is traded on The NASDAQ Stock Market under the ticker symbol “ATVI.” Vivendi S.A. (“Vivendi”) owned approximately 61% of Activision Blizzard's outstanding common stock at March 31, 2012.

Currently, we operate under three operating segments:

Activision Publishing, Inc.

Activision Publishing, Inc. (“Activision”) is a leading international developer and publisher of interactive software products and content. Activision develops games based on both internally-developed and licensed intellectual property. Activision markets and sells games it develops and, through our affiliate label program, games developed by certain third-party publishers. We sell games both through retail channels and by digital download. Activision currently offers games that operate on the Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. (“Sony”) PlayStation 3 (“PS3”), Nintendo Co. Ltd. (“Nintendo”) Wii (“Wii”), and Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) Xbox 360 (“Xbox 360”) console systems; the Nintendo Dual Screen handheld game systems; the PC; Apple iOS devices and other handheld and mobile devices.

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (“Blizzard”) is a leader in the subscription-based massively multi-player online role-playing game (“MMORPG”) category in terms of both subscriber base and revenues generated through its World of Warcraft® franchise, which it develops, hosts and supports. Blizzard also develops, markets and sells role-playing action and strategy PC-based computer games, including games in the multiple-award winning Diablo® and StarCraft® franchises. In addition, Blizzard maintains a proprietary online-game related service, Battle.net®. Blizzard distributes its products and generates revenues worldwide through various means, including: subscriptions (which consist of fees from individuals playing World of Warcraft, prepaid cards and other value-added service revenues such as realm transfers, faction changes, and other character customizations within World of Warcraft gameplay); retail sales of physical “boxed” products; online download sales of PC products; and licensing of software to third-party or related party companies that distribute World of Warcraft and StarCraft II®.

Activision Blizzard Distribution

Activision Blizzard Distribution (“Distribution”) consists of operations in Europe that provide warehousing, logistical and sales distribution services to third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software, our own publishing operations, and manufacturers of interactive entertainment hardware.

Basis of Consolidation and Presentation

Activision Blizzard prepared the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission for interim reporting. As permitted under those rules and regulations, certain notes or other information that are normally required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted if they substantially duplicate the disclosures contained in the annual audited consolidated financial statements. The year-end condensed balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for fair statement of our financial position and results of operations in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been included in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts and operations of the Company. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from these estimates and assumptions.

Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts to conform to the current period presentation.

The Company considers events or transactions that occur after the balance sheet date, but before the financial statements are issued, to provide additional evidence relative to certain estimates or to identify matters that require additional disclosures.

Inventories

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Inventories

Inventories

2. Inventories, net

Our inventories, net consist of the following (amounts in millions):

	At March 31, 2012		At December 31, 2011
Finished goods	$	107	$	116
Purchased parts and components		39		28

Inventories, net	$	146	$	144

Intangible assets, net

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Intangible assets, net

Intangible assets, net

3. Intangible assets, net

Intangible assets, net consist of the following (amounts in millions):

		At March 31, 2012
		Estimated	Gross
		useful	carrying		Accumulated		Net carrying
		lives	amount		amortization		amount
Acquired definite-lived intangible assets:
	License agreements	3 - 10 years	$	88	$	(83)	$	5
	Internally-developed franchises	11 - 12 years		309		(229)		80
Acquired indefinite-lived intangible assets:
	Activision trademark	Indefinite		386		---		386
	Acquired trade names	Indefinite		47		---		47
Total			$	830	$	(312)	$	518



		At December 31, 2011
		Estimated	Gross
		useful	carrying		Accumulated		Net carrying
		lives	amount		amortization		amount
Acquired definite-lived intangible assets:
	License agreements	3 - 10 years	$	88	$	(82)	$	6
	Game engines	2 - 5 years		32		(32)		---
	Internally-developed franchises	11 - 12 years		309		(227)		82
	Distribution agreements	4 years		18		(18)		---
Acquired indefinite-lived intangible assets:
	Activision trademark	Indefinite		386		---		386
	Acquired trade names	Indefinite		47		---		47
Total			$	880	$	(359)	$	521

Amortization expense of intangible assets was $3 million and $8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

At March 31, 2012, future amortization of definite-lived intangible assets is estimated as follows (amounts in millions):

2012 (remaining nine months)	$	31
2013		28
2014		14
2015		7
2016		3
Thereafter		2

Total	$	85

Income taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Income taxes

Income taxes

4. Income taxes

The income tax expense of $130 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 reflected an effective tax rate of 25.3%, which was consistent with the effective tax rate of 25.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2011. The effective tax rate of 25.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2012 differed from the statutory rate of 35.0%, primarily due to foreign income taxes levied at relatively lower rates, geographic mix in profitability, recognition of California research and development credits and federal domestic production deductions. As the federal research credit expired on December 31, 2011 and, as of March 31, 2012, an extension of the credit had not been signed into law, we have excluded the benefit from this tax credit in our income tax calculation for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

The overall effective income tax rate for the year could be different from the effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and will be dependent, in part, on our profitability for the remainder of the year. In addition, our effective income tax rates for the remainder of 2012 and future periods will depend on a variety of factors, such as changes in the mix of income by tax jurisdiction, applicable accounting rules, applicable tax laws and regulations, rulings and interpretations thereof, developments in tax audits and other matters, and variations in the estimated and actual level of annual pre-tax income or loss. Further, the effective tax rate could fluctuate significantly on a quarterly basis and could be adversely affected by the extent that income (loss) before income tax expenses (benefit) is lower than anticipated in foreign regions where taxes are levied at lower statutory rates and/or higher than anticipated in the United States where taxes are levied at higher statutory rates.

The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) is currently examining the Company's federal tax returns for the 2009 tax year. The Company also has several state and non-U.S. audits pending. Although the final resolution of the Company's global tax disputes is uncertain, based on current information, in the opinion of the Company's management, the ultimate resolution of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's consolidated financial position, liquidity or results of operations. However, an unfavorable resolution of the Company's global tax disputes could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business and results of operations in an interim period in which the matters are ultimately resolved.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information.

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Software development and intellectual property licenses

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Software development and intellectual property licenses

Software development and intellectual property licenses

5. Software development and intellectual property licenses

The following table summarizes the components of our capitalized software development costs and intellectual property licenses (amounts in millions):

	At		At
	March 31,		December 31,
	2012		2011
Internally developed software costs	$	131	$	115
Payments made to third-party software developers		108		84
Total software development costs	$	239	$	199

Intellectual property licenses	$	34	$	34

Amortization, write-offs and impairments of capitalized software development costs and intellectual property licenses are comprised of the following (amounts in millions):

		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2012		2011
Amortization of capitalized software development costs
	and intellectual property licenses	$	31	$	73
Write-offs and impairments			2		---

Fair value measurements

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Fair value measurements

Fair value measurements

6. Fair value measurements

Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) literature regarding fair value measurements for financial and non-financial assets and liabilities establishes a three-level fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. This hierarchy requires entities to maximize the use of “observable inputs” and minimize the use of “unobservable inputs.” The three levels of inputs used to measure fair value are as follows:

Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2—Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3—Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. This includes certain pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques that use significant unobservable inputs.

We measure the fair value of certain assets on a non-recurring basis, generally annually or when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2012, there were no impairment charges related to assets that are measured on a non-recurring basis.

The table below segregates all assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (which means they are so measured at least annually) and assets that are not subject to recurring fair value measurement into the most appropriate level within the fair value hierarchy based on the inputs used to determine the fair value at the measurement date (amounts in millions):

			Fair Value Measurements at
			March 31, 2012 Using
			Quoted
			Prices in
			Active		Significant
			Markets for		Other		Significant
			Identical		Observable		Unobservable
	March 31,		Assets		Inputs		Inputs		Balance Sheet
	2012		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		Classification
Recurring fair value measurements:
Money market funds	$	2,975	$	2,975	$	---	$	---	Cash and cash equivalents
U.S. treasuries and government agency securities		415		415		---		---	Short-term investments
Auction rate securities ("ARS")		17		---		---		17	Long-term investments
Total recurring fair value measurements	$	3,407	$	3,390	$	---	$	17

				Fair Value Measurements at
				December 31, 2011 Using
				Quoted
				Prices in
				Active		Significant
				Markets for		Other		Significant
				Identical		Observable		Unobservable
		December 31,		Assets		Inputs		Inputs		Total Gains		Balance Sheet
		2011		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		(Losses)		Classification
Recurring fair value measurements:
Money market funds		$	2,869	$	2,869	$	---	$	---			Cash and cash equivalents
U.S. treasuries with original maturities
	of three months or less		2		2		---		---			Cash and cash equivalents
U.S. treasuries and government agency
	securities		344		344		---		---			Short-term investments
ARS			16		---		---		16			Long-term investments
Total recurring fair value measurements		$	3,231	$	3,215	$	---	$	16

Non-recurring fair value measurements:
Goodwill (a)		$	7,111	$	---	$	---	$	7,111	$	(12)
Total non-recurring fair value
	measurements	$	7,111	$	---	$	---	$	7,111	$	(12)

(a) During our annual impairment review of goodwill performed as of December 31, 2011, we identified and recorded an impairment of $12 million in our Distribution segment. The decrease in fair value of the reporting unit was primarily due to the decrease of forecasted revenue from our Distribution segment in view of the industry trend towards digital distribution.

The following tables provide a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of our financial assets classified as Level 3 by major categories (amounts in millions) at March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively:

			Level 3
					Total
					financial
					assets at
			ARS		fair
			(a)		value
Balance at January 1, 2012			$	16	$	16
	Total unrealized gains included in
		other comprehensive income		1		1
Balance at March 31, 2012			$	17	$	17

			Level 3
					Total
					financial
					assets at
			ARS		fair
			(a)		value
Balance at January 1, 2011			$	23	$	23
	Total unrealized gains included
		in other comprehensive income		2		2
Balance at March 31, 2011			$	25	$	25

(a)Fair value measurements of the ARS have been estimated using an income-approach model (specifically, discounted cash-flow analysis). When estimating the fair value, we consider both observable market data and non-observable factors, including credit quality, duration, insurance wraps, collateral composition, maximum rate formulas, comparable trading instruments and the likelihood of redemption. Significant assumptions used in the analysis include estimates for interest rates, spreads, cash flow timing and amounts, and holding periods of the securities. Assets measured at fair value using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) represent less than 1% of our financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 2012.

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts Not Designated as Hedges

We transact business in various currencies other than the U.S. dollar and have significant international sales and expenses denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, subjecting us to currency exchange rate risks. To mitigate our risk from foreign currency fluctuations we periodically enter into currency derivative contracts, primarily swaps and forward contracts with maturities of twelve months or less, with Vivendi as our principal counterparty. We do not hold or purchase any foreign currency contracts for trading or speculative purposes and we do not designate these forward contracts or swaps as hedging instruments. Accordingly, we report the fair value of these contracts in our condensed consolidated balance sheet with changes in fair value recorded in our condensed consolidated statement of operations. The fair value of foreign currency contracts is estimated based on the prevailing exchange rates of the various hedged currencies as of the end of the period.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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Operating segments and geographic region

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Operating segments and geographic region

Operating segments and geographic region

7. Operating segments and geographic region

Our operating segments are consistent with our internal organizational structure, the manner in which our operations are reviewed and managed by our Chief Executive Officer, who is our Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), the manner in which operating performance is assessed and resources are allocated, and the availability of separate financial information. We do not aggregate operating segments.

The CODM reviews segment performance exclusive of the impact of the change in deferred net revenues and related cost of sales with respect to certain of our online-enabled games, stock-based compensation expense, restructuring expense, and amortization of intangible assets. The CODM does not review any information regarding total assets on an operating segment basis and, accordingly, no disclosure is made with respect thereto. Information on the operating segments and reconciliations of total segment net revenues and total segment income from operations to consolidated net revenues and income before income tax expense from external customers for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 are presented below (amounts in millions):

			Three months ended March 31,
			2012		2011		2012		2011

							Income from operations
			Net revenues				before income tax expense
	Activision		$	271	$	323	$	---	$	48
	Blizzard			251		357		89		170
	Distribution			65		75		1		---
		Operating segments total		587		755		90		218

Reconciliation to consolidated net revenues /
consolidated income before income tax
expense:
	Net effect from deferral of net revenues and
		related cost of sales		585		694		447		506
	Stock-based compensation expense			---		---		(21)		(23)
	Restructuring			---		---		---		(19)
	Amortization of intangible assets			---		---		(3)		(8)
Consolidated net revenues / operating income			$	1,172	$	1,449		513		674
	Investment and other income (expense), net							1		2
Consolidated income before income tax expense							$	514	$	676

Geographic information for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 is based on the location of the selling entity. Net revenues from external customers by geographic region were as follows (amounts in millions):

		Three months ended March 31,
		2012		2011
Net revenues by geographic region:
	North America	$	601	$	748
	Europe		485		594
	Asia Pacific		86		107
Total consolidated net revenues		$	1,172	$	1,449

Net revenues by platform were as follows (amounts in millions):

		Three months ended March 31,
		2012		2011
Net revenues by platform:
	Online subscriptions*	$	256	$	395
	Console		688		824
	Hand-held		26		31
	PC and Other		137		124
Total platform net revenues			1,107		1,374
Distribution			65		75
Total consolidated net revenues		$	1,172	$	1,449

*Revenue from online subscriptions consists of revenue from all World of Warcraft products, including subscriptions, boxed products, expansion packs, licensing royalties, and value-added services, and revenues from Call of Duty® Elite memberships.

Long-lived assets by geographic region at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 were as follows (amounts in millions):

		At March 31, 2012		At December 31, 2011
Long-lived assets* by geographic region:
	North America	$	99	$	105
	Europe		44		46
	Asia Pacific		11		12
Total long-lived assets by geographic region		$	154	$	163

*We classify long-lived assets as long term tangible fixed assets by the location of the controlling statutory entity, which only includes property, plant and equipment assets, as all other long term assets are not allocated by location.

We did not have any single external customer that accounted for 10% or more of consolidated net revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments.

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Goodwill

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Goodwill

Goodwill

8. Goodwill

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by operating segment for the three months ended March 31, 2012 are as follows (amounts in millions):

		Activision		Blizzard		Total

Balance at December 31, 2011		$	6,933	$	178	$	7,111
	Tax benefit credited to goodwill		(2)		---		(2)

Balance at March 31, 2012		$	6,931	$	178	$	7,109

The tax benefit credited to goodwill represents the tax deduction resulting from the exercise of stock options that were outstanding and vested at the consummation of the Business Combination and included in the purchase price of the Company, to the extent that the tax deduction did not exceed the fair value of those options. Conversely, to the extent that the tax deduction did exceed the fair value of those options, the tax benefit is credited to additional paid-in capital.

Computation of basic/diluted earnings per common share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Computation of basic/diluted earnings per common share

Computation of basic/diluted earnings per common share

9. Computation of basic/diluted earnings per common share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share (amounts in millions, except per share data):

				Three Months Ended March 31,
				2012		2011

Numerator:
	Consolidated net income			$	384	$	503
		Less: Distributed earnings to unvested
			stock-based awards that participate
			in earnings		(4)		(3)
		Less: Undistributed earnings allocated to
			unvested stock-based awards that
			participate in earnings		(3)		(4)
	Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per
		common share - net income available to
		common shareholders			377		496

Denominator:
	Denominator for basic earnings per common
		share - weighted-average common
		shares outstanding			1,120		1,173

	Effect of potential dilutive common shares
		under the treasury stock method:
		Employee stock options			7		9
		Denominator for diluted earnings per
			common share - weighted-average
			common shares outstanding plus
			dilutive effect of employee stock
			options		1,127		1,182

Basic earnings per common share				$	0.34	$	0.42

Diluted earnings per common share				$	0.33	$	0.42

Our unvested restricted stock rights are considered participating securities since these securities have non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents during the contractual period of the award. Since the unvested restricted stock rights are considered participating securities, we are required to use the two-class method in our computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share. For the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, we had outstanding unvested restricted stock rights with respect to 19 million and 17 million shares of common stock on a weighted-average basis, respectively.

Potential common shares are not included in the denominator of the diluted earnings per common share calculation when inclusion of such shares would be anti-dilutive. Therefore, options to acquire 20 million and 32 million shares of common stock were not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per common share for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Capital transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Capital transactions

Capital transactions

10. Capital transactions

Repurchase Program

On February 3, 2011, our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program under which we were authorized to repurchase up to $1.5 billion of our common stock, on terms and conditions to be determined by the Company, until March 31, 2012. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, we repurchased 22 million shares of our common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $261 million pursuant to that stock repurchase program.

On February 2, 2012, our Board of Directors authorized a new stock repurchase program under which we may repurchase up to $1 billion of our common stock, on terms and conditions to be determined by the Company, during the period between April 1, 2012 and the earlier of March 31, 2013 and a determination by the Board of Directors to discontinue the repurchase program.

For the three months ended March 31, 2011, we repurchased 31 million shares of our common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $343 million pursuant to stock repurchase plans authorized in 2010 and 2011.

Dividend

On February 9, 2012, our Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.18 per common share to be paid on May 16, 2012 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 21, 2012. We have included $204 million of dividends payable in accrued expense and other liabilities in respect of this payment.

On February 9, 2011, our Board of Directors approved a cash dividend of $0.165 per common share to be paid on May 11, 2011 to shareholders of record as of March 16, 2011, and on May 11, 2011, we made a cash dividend payment of $192 million to such shareholders. On August 12, 2011, the Company made dividend equivalent payments of $2 million related to this cash dividend to the holders of restricted stock units.

Commitments and contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Commitments and contingencies

Commitments and contingencies

11. Commitments and contingencies

At March 31, 2012, we did not have any significant changes to our commitments since December 31, 2011. See Note 17 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 for more information regarding our commitments.

Legal Proceedings

The Company is subject to various legal proceedings and claims. FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 450 governs the disclosure of loss contingencies and accrual of loss contingencies in respect of litigation and other claims. The Company records an accrual for a potential loss when it is probable that a loss will occur and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. When the reasonable estimate of the potential loss is within a range of amounts, the minimum of the range of potential loss is accrued, unless a higher amount within the range is a better estimate than any other amount within the range. Moreover, even if an accrual is not appropriate, the Company provides additional disclosure related to litigation and other claims when it is reasonably possible (i.e., more than remote) that the outcomes of such litigation and other claims include potential material adverse impacts on the Company. The outcomes of legal proceedings and other claims are subject to significant uncertainties, many of which are outside the Company's control. There is significant judgment required in the analysis of these matters, including the probability determination and whether a potential exposure can be reasonably estimated. In making these determinations, the Company, in consultation with outside counsel, examines the relevant facts and circumstances on a quarterly basis assuming, as applicable, a combination of settlement and litigated outcomes and strategies. Moreover, legal matters are inherently unpredictable and the timing of development of factors on which reasonable judgments and estimates can be based can be slow. As such, there can be no assurance that the final outcome of these matters will not materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, or liquidity.

After concluding an internal human resources inquiry into breaches of contract and insubordination by two senior employees at Infinity Ward, the Company terminated its employment of Jason West and Vince Zampella on March 1, 2010. On March 3, 2010, West and Zampella filed a complaint against the Company in Los Angeles Superior Court for breach of contract and wrongful termination, among other claims. In their complaint, West and Zampella alleged damages, including punitive damages, in excess of $36 million, an amount they have since significantly increased during discovery to over $1 billion, as well as declaratory relief. On April 9, 2010, the Company filed a cross complaint against West and Zampella, asserting claims for breach of contract and fiduciary duty, among other claims. The Company is seeking damages and declaratory relief.

In addition, 38 current and former employees of Infinity Ward filed a complaint against the Company in Los Angeles Superior Court on April 27, 2010 (Alderman et al. v. Activision Publishing, Inc. et al). An amended complaint was filed on July 8, 2010, which added seven additional plaintiffs. On October 5, 2010, five plaintiffs, all current employees of Infinity Ward, filed dismissals without prejudice. There are currently 40 plaintiffs in the case. The plaintiffs have asserted claims for breach of contract, violation of the Labor Code of the State of California, conversion and other claims. In their complaint, the plaintiffs claimed that the Company failed to pay bonuses and other compensation allegedly owed to them in an amount at least between $75 million to $125 million, plus punitive damages, an amount they have since increased in discovery to approximately $350 million, plus punitive damages. On October 12, 2010, the court consolidated this matter with the West and Zampella matter.

On January 18, 2011, the court granted the Company's motion to amend its cross complaint against West and Zampella to add allegations with respect to them and to add Electronic Arts, Inc. as a party. On January 31, 2011, the case was transferred to the complex division.

On March 5, 2012, the court ruled on a number of dispositive motions presented by the parties. Among them, the court granted the Company's motion to dismiss the Alderman plaintiffs' cause of action for conversion. The court denied, however, the Company's motion to dismiss West's and Zampella's claim for promissory fraud and the Company's motion to dismiss the Alderman plaintiffs' claims for damages resulting from bonuses allegedly owed after the dates of their resignations from the Company.

Some of the parties have filed, and are likely to file, additional pre-trial motions and discovery is almost complete. The court has set a trial date of May 29, 2012.

The Company has accrued and will continue to accrue appropriate amounts related to bonuses and other monies allegedly owed in connection with this matter. Due to the inherent uncertainties of litigation, particularly with respect to matters tried before juries, other potential outcomes are reasonably possible, including outcomes which are above the amount of the accrual. In light of the plaintiff's claims, which exceed $1 billion, although the Company does not believe such a result would be justified, there is a range of reasonably possible outcomes that could have a material impact on the Company's business, financial condition, results of operation or liquidity in an interim period as well as in the full reporting year in which the lawsuit is ultimately resolved or in which an increase in the accrual occurs.

In addition, we are party to other routine claims and suits brought by us and against us in the ordinary course of business, including disputes arising over intellectual property rights, contractual claims, employment laws, regulations and relationships, and collection matters. In the opinion of management, after consultation with legal counsel, the outcome of such routine claims and lawsuits will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, or liquidity.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for commitments and contingencies.

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Related party transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Related party transactions

Related party transactions

12. Related party transactions

Treasury

Our foreign currency risk management program seeks to reduce risks arising from foreign currency fluctuations. We use derivative financial instruments, primarily currency forward contracts and swaps, with Vivendi as our principal counterparty. The gross notional amount of outstanding foreign exchange swaps were $74 million and $85 million at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. A pre-tax net unrealized loss of less than a million for each of the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, resulted from the foreign exchange contracts and swaps with Vivendi and were recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Other

Activision Blizzard has entered into various transactions and agreements, including cash management services, investor agreement, and music royalty agreements with Vivendi and its subsidiaries and other affiliates. None of these services, transactions and agreements with Vivendi and its affiliates is material, either individually or in the aggregate, to the condensed consolidated financial statements as a whole.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for related party transactions, including the nature of the relationship(s), a description of the transactions, the amount of the transactions, the effects of any change in the method of establishing the terms of the transaction from the previous period, stated interest rate, expiration date, terms and manner of settlement per the agreement with the related party, and amounts due to or from related parties. If the entity and one or more other entities are under common ownership or management control and this control affects the operating results or financial position, disclosure includes the nature of the control relationship even if there are no transactions between the entities. Disclosure may also include the aggregate amount of current and deferred tax expense for each statement of earnings presented where the entity is a member of a group that files a consolidated tax return, the amount of any tax related balances due to or from affiliates as of the date of each statement of financial position presented, the principal provisions of the method by which the consolidated amount of current and deferred tax expense is allocated to the members of the group and the nature and effect of any changes in that method. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.

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Recently issued accounting pronouncements

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Recently issued accounting pronouncements

Recently issued accounting pronouncements

13. Recently issued accounting pronouncements

Fair value measurements and disclosures

Effective January 1, 2012, we adopted an update to the accounting rules for fair value measurement. The new accounting principal establishes a consistent definition of fair value in an effort to ensure that the fair value measurement and disclosure requirements between U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") are comparable. This update changes certain fair value measurement principles and enhances the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements. This update does not extend the use of fair value accounting, but provides guidance on how it should be applied where its use was already required or permitted by other standards within U.S. GAAP or IFRS. This update is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and is applied prospectively. The adoption of this pronouncement did not have a material impact on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying disclosures.

Statement of comprehensive income

Effective January 1, 2012, we adopted the FASB issued authoritative guidance on the presentation of comprehensive income. This update requires that all non-owner changes in stockholders' equity be presented either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. This update does not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income or when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income. The adoption of this pronouncement did not have a material impact on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying disclosures.

Goodwill impairment

Effective January 1, 2012, the Company adopted an update to the authoritative guidance related to goodwill impairment testing. This update gives companies the option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount before performing the two-step test mandated prior to the update. If, after assessing the totality of events and circumstances, a company determines it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then it must perform the two-step test. Otherwise, a company may skip the two-step test. Companies are not required to perform the qualitative assessment and may, instead proceed directly to the first step of the two-part test. The adoption of this updated guidance does not have a material impact on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Inventories (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Inventories

Schedule of inventories

	At March 31, 2012		At December 31, 2011
Finished goods	$	107	$	116
Purchased parts and components		39		28

Inventories, net	$	146	$	144

Intangible assets, net (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Intangible assets, net

Schedule of finite lived and indefinite lived intangible assets by major class

		At March 31, 2012
		Estimated	Gross
		useful	carrying		Accumulated		Net carrying
		lives	amount		amortization		amount
Acquired definite-lived intangible assets:
	License agreements	3 - 10 years	$	88	$	(83)	$	5
	Internally-developed franchises	11 - 12 years		309		(229)		80
Acquired indefinite-lived intangible assets:
	Activision trademark	Indefinite		386		---		386
	Acquired trade names	Indefinite		47		---		47
Total			$	830	$	(312)	$	518



		At December 31, 2011
		Estimated	Gross
		useful	carrying		Accumulated		Net carrying
		lives	amount		amortization		amount
Acquired definite-lived intangible assets:
	License agreements	3 - 10 years	$	88	$	(82)	$	6
	Game engines	2 - 5 years		32		(32)		---
	Internally-developed franchises	11 - 12 years		309		(227)		82
	Distribution agreements	4 years		18		(18)		---
Acquired indefinite-lived intangible assets:
	Activision trademark	Indefinite		386		---		386
	Acquired trade names	Indefinite		47		---		47
Total			$	880	$	(359)	$	521

Schedule of finite lived intangible assets, future amortization expense

2012 (remaining nine months)	$	31
2013		28
2014		14
2015		7
2016		3
Thereafter		2

Total	$	85

Software development and intellectual property licenses (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Software development and intellectual property licenses

Summarizes the components of software development and intellectual property licenses

	At		At
	March 31,		December 31,
	2012		2011
Internally developed software costs	$	131	$	115
Payments made to third-party software developers		108		84
Total software development costs	$	239	$	199

Intellectual property licenses	$	34	$	34

Amortization, write-offs and impairments

		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2012		2011
Amortization of capitalized software development costs
	and intellectual property licenses	$	31	$	73
Write-offs and impairments			2		---

Fair value measurements (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Fair value measurements

Fair value, assets measured on a recurring and/or non-recurring basis

			Fair Value Measurements at
			March 31, 2012 Using
			Quoted
			Prices in
			Active		Significant
			Markets for		Other		Significant
			Identical		Observable		Unobservable
	March 31,		Assets		Inputs		Inputs		Balance Sheet
	2012		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		Classification
Recurring fair value measurements:
Money market funds	$	2,975	$	2,975	$	---	$	---	Cash and cash equivalents
U.S. treasuries and government agency securities		415		415		---		---	Short-term investments
Auction rate securities ("ARS")		17		---		---		17	Long-term investments
Total recurring fair value measurements	$	3,407	$	3,390	$	---	$	17

				Fair Value Measurements at
				December 31, 2011 Using
				Quoted
				Prices in
				Active		Significant
				Markets for		Other		Significant
				Identical		Observable		Unobservable
		December 31,		Assets		Inputs		Inputs		Total Gains		Balance Sheet
		2011		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		(Losses)		Classification
Recurring fair value measurements:
Money market funds		$	2,869	$	2,869	$	---	$	---			Cash and cash equivalents
U.S. treasuries with original maturities
	of three months or less		2		2		---		---			Cash and cash equivalents
U.S. treasuries and government agency
	securities		344		344		---		---			Short-term investments
ARS			16		---		---		16			Long-term investments
Total recurring fair value measurements		$	3,231	$	3,215	$	---	$	16

Non-recurring fair value measurements:
Goodwill (a)		$	7,111	$	---	$	---	$	7,111	$	(12)
Total non-recurring fair value
	measurements	$	7,111	$	---	$	---	$	7,111	$	(12)

Fair value, assets measured on a recurring Unobservable Input Reconciliation

			Level 3
					Total
					financial
					assets at
			ARS		fair
			(a)		value
Balance at January 1, 2012			$	16	$	16
	Total unrealized gains included in
		other comprehensive income		1		1
Balance at March 31, 2012			$	17	$	17

			Level 3
					Total
					financial
					assets at
			ARS		fair
			(a)		value
Balance at January 1, 2011			$	23	$	23
	Total unrealized gains included
		in other comprehensive income		2		2
Balance at March 31, 2011			$	25	$	25

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Tabular disclosure of assets, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, by class that are measured at fair value on a recurring and/or nonrecurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

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Tabular disclosure of the fair value measurement of assets using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances, separately presenting changes during the period attributable to the following: (1) total gains or losses for the period (realized and unrealized), segregating those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets) and gains or losses recognized in other comprehensive income, and a description of where those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets) are reported in the statement of income (or activities); (2) purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements (each type disclosed separately); and (3) transfers in and transfers out of Level 3 (for example, transfers due to changes in the observability of significant inputs), by class of asset.

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Operating segments and geographic region (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Operating segments and geographic region

Segment reporting information

			Three months ended March 31,
			2012		2011		2012		2011

							Income from operations
			Net revenues				before income tax expense
	Activision		$	271	$	323	$	---	$	48
	Blizzard			251		357		89		170
	Distribution			65		75		1		---
		Operating segments total		587		755		90		218

Reconciliation to consolidated net revenues /
consolidated income before income tax
expense:
	Net effect from deferral of net revenues and
		related cost of sales		585		694		447		506
	Stock-based compensation expense			---		---		(21)		(23)
	Restructuring			---		---		---		(19)
	Amortization of intangible assets			---		---		(3)		(8)
Consolidated net revenues / operating income			$	1,172	$	1,449		513		674
	Investment and other income (expense), net							1		2
Consolidated income before income tax expense							$	514	$	676

Revenues by geographic region

		Three months ended March 31,
		2012		2011
Net revenues by geographic region:
	North America	$	601	$	748
	Europe		485		594
	Asia Pacific		86		107
Total consolidated net revenues		$	1,172	$	1,449

Revenues by platform

		Three months ended March 31,
		2012		2011
Net revenues by platform:
	Online subscriptions*	$	256	$	395
	Console		688		824
	Hand-held		26		31
	PC and Other		137		124
Total platform net revenues			1,107		1,374
Distribution			65		75
Total consolidated net revenues		$	1,172	$	1,449

Long-lived assets by geographic region

		At March 31, 2012		At December 31, 2011
Long-lived assets* by geographic region:
	North America	$	99	$	105
	Europe		44		46
	Asia Pacific		11		12
Total long-lived assets by geographic region		$	154	$	163

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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Goodwill (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Goodwill

Schedule of goodwill activity

		Activision		Blizzard		Total

Balance at December 31, 2011		$	6,933	$	178	$	7,111
	Tax benefit credited to goodwill		(2)		---		(2)

Balance at March 31, 2012		$	6,931	$	178	$	7,109

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of goodwill by reportable segment and in total. Disclosure details may include, but are not limited to, the carrying amount of goodwill, goodwill acquired during the year, goodwill impairment losses recognized, goodwill written-off due to the sale of a business unit, goodwill not yet allocated, and any other changes to goodwill.

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Computation of basic/diluted earnings per common share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Computation of basic/diluted earnings per common share

Schedule of computation of earnings per share

				Three Months Ended March 31,
				2012		2011

Numerator:
	Consolidated net income			$	384	$	503
		Less: Distributed earnings to unvested
			stock-based awards that participate
			in earnings		(4)		(3)
		Less: Undistributed earnings allocated to
			unvested stock-based awards that
			participate in earnings		(3)		(4)
	Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per
		common share - net income available to
		common shareholders			377		496

Denominator:
	Denominator for basic earnings per common
		share - weighted-average common
		shares outstanding			1,120		1,173

	Effect of potential dilutive common shares
		under the treasury stock method:
		Employee stock options			7		9
		Denominator for diluted earnings per
			common share - weighted-average
			common shares outstanding plus
			dilutive effect of employee stock
			options		1,127		1,182

Basic earnings per common share				$	0.34	$	0.42

Diluted earnings per common share				$	0.33	$	0.42

Description of business and basis of consolidation and presentation (Details)	Mar. 31, 2012
Description of Business and Basis of Consolidation and Presentation [Line Items]
Percent of Activision Blizzard common stock owned by Vivendi	61.00%
Number of Operating Segments	3

Inventories (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Inventories
Finished goods	$ 107	$ 116
Purchased parts and components	39	28
Inventories, net	$ 146	$ 144

Intangible assets, net (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Intangible assets, net (Details) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)
Definite-lived intangible assets
Accumulated amortization, definite-lived intangible assets	$ (312)		$ (359)
Net carrying amount, definite-lived intangible assets	85		88
Gross carrying amount, intangible assets excluding goodwill	830		880
Net carrying amount, intangible assets	518		$ 521
Amortization expense disclosure
Amortization expense	3	$ 8
Definite-lived intangible assets, future amortization expense disclosure
2012 (remaining nine months)	31
2013	28
2014	14
2015	7
2016	3
Thereafter	2
Total	$ 85
License agreements
Definite-lived intangible assets
Estimated useful life, minimum (in years)	3		3
Estimated useful life, maximum (in years)	10		10
Gross carrying amount, definite-lived intangible assets	$ 88		$ 88
Accumulated amortization, definite-lived intangible assets	(83)		(82)
Net carrying amount, definite-lived intangible assets	$ 5		$ 6
Game engines
Definite-lived intangible assets
Estimated useful life, minimum (in years)			2
Estimated useful life, maximum (in years)			5
Gross carrying amount, definite-lived intangible assets			$ 32
Accumulated amortization, definite-lived intangible assets			(32)
Net carrying amount, definite-lived intangible assets			$ 0
Internally developed franchises
Definite-lived intangible assets
Estimated useful life, minimum (in years)	11		11
Estimated useful life, maximum (in years)	12		12
Gross carrying amount, definite-lived intangible assets	$ 309		$ 309
Accumulated amortization, definite-lived intangible assets	(229)		(227)
Net carrying amount, definite-lived intangible assets	80		$ 82
Distribution agreements
Definite-lived intangible assets
Estimated useful life, minimum (in years)			4
Estimated useful life, maximum (in years)			4
Gross carrying amount, definite-lived intangible assets			$ 18
Accumulated amortization, definite-lived intangible assets			(18)
Net carrying amount, definite-lived intangible assets			0
Activision trademark
Indefinite-lived intangible assets
Carrying amount, indefinite-lived intangible assets	386		386
Acquired trade names
Indefinite-lived intangible assets
Carrying amount, indefinite-lived intangible assets	$ 47		$ 47

Income taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Income taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Income taxes
Income tax expense	$ 130	$ 173
Effective income tax rate (as a percent)	25.30%	25.60%
Statutory income tax rate (as a percent)	35.00%

Software development and intellectual property licenses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011
Software development and intellectual property licenses:
Internally developed software costs	$ 131		$ 115
Payments made to third-party software developers	108		84
Total software development costs	239		199
Intellectual property licenses	34		$ 34
Amortization, write-offs and impairments:
Amortization of capitalized software development costs and intellectual property licenses	31	$ 73
Write-offs and impairments	$ 2	$ 0

Fair value measurements (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Fair value measurements (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Fair Value Assets Measured on Recurring Basis Unobservable Input Reconciliation Asset and Liability
Level 3 measurement reconciliation, recurring basis, fair value assets beginning balance	$ 16	$ 23
Total unrealized gains included in other comprehensive income	1	2
Level 3 measurement reconciliation, recurring basis, fair value assets ending balance	$ 17	25
Fair Value Assets and Fair Value Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis Unobservable Input Reconciliation Asset and Liability
Percentage of assets measured on recurring basis at fair value using significant unobservable inputs	1.00%
ARS
Fair Value Assets Measured on Recurring Basis Unobservable Input Reconciliation Asset and Liability
Level 3 measurement reconciliation, recurring basis, fair value assets beginning balance	$ 16	23
Total unrealized gains included in other comprehensive income	1	2
Level 3 measurement reconciliation, recurring basis, fair value assets ending balance	$ 17	$ 25

Operating segments and geographic region (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)
Operating segments and geographic region
Number of operating segments	3
No single customer accounted for more than, percentage of consolidated net revenue	10.00%	10.00%
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues	$ 1,172	$ 1,449
Net effect from deferral of net revenues	585	694
Total platform
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues	1,107	1,374
Online subscriptions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues	256	395
Console
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues	688	824
Hand-held
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues	26	31
PC and Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues	137	124
Total geographic region
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues	1,172	1,449
Total geographic area long-lived assets	154		$ 163
North America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues	601	748
Total geographic area long-lived assets	99		105
Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues	485	594
Total geographic area long-lived assets	44		46
Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues	86	107
Total geographic area long-lived assets	11		$ 12
Operating segments total
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues	587	755
Activision
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues	271	323
Blizzard
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues	251	357
Distribution
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues	$ 65	$ 75

Operating segments and geographic region (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Operating income (loss)	$ 513	$ 674
Net effect from deferral of net revenues and related cost of sales	447	506
Stock-based compensation expense	(21)	(23)
Restructuring	0	(19)
Amortization of intangible assets	(3)	(8)
Investment and other income, net	1	2
Income before income tax expense	514	676
Operating segments total
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Operating income (loss)	90	218
Activision
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Operating income (loss)	0	48
Blizzard
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Operating income (loss)	89	170
Distribution
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Operating income (loss)	$ 1	$ 0

Goodwill (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Goodwill (Details) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2012 USD ($)
Changes in carrying amount of goodwill
Goodwill, balance at beginning of period	$ 7,111
Tax benefit credited to goodwill	(2)
Goodwill, balance at end of period	7,109
Activision
Changes in carrying amount of goodwill
Goodwill, balance at beginning of period	6,933
Tax benefit credited to goodwill	(2)
Goodwill, balance at end of period	6,931
Blizzard
Changes in carrying amount of goodwill
Goodwill, balance at beginning of period	178
Tax benefit credited to goodwill	0
Goodwill, balance at end of period	$ 178

- Definition

Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date, which is the cumulative amount paid and (if applicable) the fair value of any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree, adjusted for any amortization recognized prior to the adoption of any changes in generally accepted accounting principles (as applicable) and for any impairment charges, in excess of the fair value of net assets acquired in one or more business combination transactions.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 142
-Paragraph 45
-Subparagraph e
-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 142
-Paragraph 43
-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 141R
-Paragraph 68
-Subparagraph l
-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6388280&loc=d3e13770-109266

Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6905597&loc=d3e13816-109267

Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 141R
-Paragraph 72
-Subparagraph d
-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 142
-Paragraph 45
-Subparagraph e
-Clause 1
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 141R
-Paragraph 34
-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

+ Details

Computation of basic/diluted earnings per common share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Numerator:
Consolidated net income	$ 384	$ 503
Less: Distributed earnings to unvested share-based awards that participate in earnings	(4)	(3)
Less: Undistributed earnings allocated to unvested share-based awards that participate in earnings	(3)	(4)
Numerator for basic earnings per common share - income available to common shareholders	$ 377	$ 496
Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per common share - weighted-average common shares outstanding	1,120	1,173
Effect of potential dilutive common shares under the treasury stock method:
Employee stock options (in shares)	7	9
Denominator for diluted earnings per common share - weighted-average common shares outstanding plus dilutive effect of employee stock options	1,127	1,182
Basic earnings per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.34	$ 0.42
Diluted earnings per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.33	$ 0.42
Common stock weighted-average shares, unvested restricted stock rights	19	17
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of diluted earnings per share (in shares)	20	32

Capital transactions (Details) - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011	Feb. 02, 2012	Feb. 03, 2011
Share Repurchase Program [Line Items]
Shares of common stock agreed to repurchase	$ 261	$ 343
Shares of common stock repurchased		31
2011 Stock Repurchase Program
Share Repurchase Program [Line Items]
Share repurchase, cumulative amount authorized				$ 1,500
Shares of common stock agreed to repurchase	$ 261
Shares of common stock repurchased	22
New Share Repurchase Program
Share Repurchase Program [Line Items]
Share repurchase, cumulative amount authorized			$ 1,000

- Definition

Equity impact of the cost of common and preferred stock that were repurchased during the period. Recorded using the cost method.

+ References + Details

Capital transactions (Details 2) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011
Share Repurchase Program
Dividends per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.18		$ 0.165
Cash dividend payment		$ 192		$ 2

Commitments and contingencies (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2010
Commitments and contingencies: [Line Items]
Minimum amount of damages sought by plaintiff, including punitive damages, and declaratory relief	$ 1,000
Infinity Ward
Commitments and contingencies: [Line Items]
Bonuses and other compensation allegedly owed, minimum		$ 75
Bonuses and other compensation allegedly owed, maximum	350	125
West and Zampella
Commitments and contingencies: [Line Items]
Minimum amount of damages sought by plaintiff, including punitive damages, and declaratory relief	$ 1,000	$ 36

Related party transactions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011
Notional Amount of Derivatives [Line Items]
Notional amount of foreign currency derivatives	$ 74		$ 85
Pre-tax net unrealized gain (loss) on foreign exchange contracts and swaps with Vivendi	$ (1)	$ (1)

Document and Entity Information - shares	3 Months Ended
Document and Entity Information - shares	Mar. 31, 2012	May 01, 2012
Document and Entity Information
Entity Registrant Name	Activision Blizzard, Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0000718877
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2012
Amendment Flag	false
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		1,111,710,032
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2012
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1

Fair value measurements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Fair value measurements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2012
Total Losses
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ (12)
Total non-recurring fair value measurements	(12)
Fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1)
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Goodwill	0
Total non-recurring fair value measurements	0
Fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1) \| Recurring
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total recurring fair value measurements	3,215	$ 3,390
Fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1) \| Money market funds \| Recurring
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total recurring fair value measurements	2,869	2,975
Fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1) \| U.S. treasuries with original maturities of three months or less \| Recurring
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total recurring fair value measurements	2
Fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1) \| U.S. treasuries and government agency securities \| Recurring
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total recurring fair value measurements	344	415
Fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1) \| ARS \| Recurring
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total recurring fair value measurements	0	0
Fair value measurements using significant other observable inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Goodwill	0
Total non-recurring fair value measurements	0
Fair value measurements using significant other observable inputs (Level 2) \| Recurring
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total recurring fair value measurements	0	0
Fair value measurements using significant other observable inputs (Level 2) \| Money market funds \| Recurring
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total recurring fair value measurements	0	0
Fair value measurements using significant other observable inputs (Level 2) \| U.S. treasuries with original maturities of three months or less \| Recurring
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total recurring fair value measurements	0
Fair value measurements using significant other observable inputs (Level 2) \| U.S. treasuries and government agency securities \| Recurring
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total recurring fair value measurements	0	0
Fair value measurements using significant other observable inputs (Level 2) \| ARS \| Recurring
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total recurring fair value measurements	0	0
Fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Goodwill	7,111
Total non-recurring fair value measurements	7,111
Fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) \| Recurring
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total recurring fair value measurements	16	17
Fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) \| Money market funds \| Recurring
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total recurring fair value measurements	0	0
Fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) \| U.S. treasuries with original maturities of three months or less \| Recurring
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total recurring fair value measurements	0
Fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) \| U.S. treasuries and government agency securities \| Recurring
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total recurring fair value measurements	0	0
Fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) \| ARS \| Recurring
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total recurring fair value measurements	16	17
Fair value
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Goodwill	7,111
Total non-recurring fair value measurements	7,111
Fair value \| Recurring
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total recurring fair value measurements	3,231	3,407
Fair value \| Money market funds \| Recurring
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total recurring fair value measurements	2,869	2,975
Fair value \| U.S. treasuries with original maturities of three months or less \| Recurring
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total recurring fair value measurements	2
Fair value \| U.S. treasuries and government agency securities \| Recurring
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total recurring fair value measurements	344	415
Fair value \| ARS \| Recurring
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total recurring fair value measurements	$ 16	$ 17