Are you ready for yet another financial results news story? Well, we have one for you. This time its for Vivendi as the parent company of Vivendi Games announced its fiscal result for both the first half of 2008 as well as the last quarter that ended on June 30 This is the last time that Vivendi Games will likely be mentioned in a financial press release due to the just completed merger with Activision to form Activision Blizzard.

For the last quarter, Vivendi Games generated €223 million, of which €185 million came from the Blizzard Entertainment division. Revenues were up 17.9 percent overall compared to the same period a year ago. For the first half of 2008, Blizzard generated €378 million in revenue as subscriptions for their World of Warcraft MMO continue to climb, reaching 10.9 million by the end of June. Vivendi now owns 54 percent of the newly merged Activision Blizzard.