Vivendi Games

Vivendi Games

Vivendi Universal Games' headquarters at 6080 Center Drive in Los Angeles in 2001
Formerly	CUC Software (1996–1997) Cendant Software (1997–1998) Havas Interactive (1998–2001) Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing (2001) Vivendi Universal Games (2001–2006)
Company type	Division
Industry	Video games
Founded	July 24, 1996; 28 years ago (1996-07-24) in Torrance, California
Defunct	July 10, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-07-10)
Fate	Merged with Activision
Successor	Activision Blizzard
Headquarters	Los Angeles , US
Area served	North America, Europe
Key people	Bruce Hack (CEO)
Parent	CUC International (1996–1997) Cendant (1997–1998) Vivendi Universal Publishing (1998–2003) Vivendi (2003–2008)

Vivendi Games (formerly known as CUC Software, Cendant Software, Havas Interactive, Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing and Vivendi Universal Games) was an American video game publisher and holding company based in Los Angeles. It was founded in 1996 as CUC Software, the publishing subsidiary of CUC International, after the latter acquired video game companies Davidson & Associates and Sierra On-Line. Between 1997 and 2001, the company switched parents and names multiple times before ending up organized under Vivendi Universal (later renamed Vivendi). On July 10, 2008, Vivendi Games merged with Activision to create Activision Blizzard.