So far this whole Blizzard/Activision bit has been fairly painless as far as mergers go. Activision is still doing its stuff, Blizzard is still doing its own thing, and there has been little to no collateral damage. Well, that all changes today.

No, Blizzard is not being raped by Activision - thank god. Blizzard should keep up its awesome trend of being awesome. Rather, Swordfish and Massive studios may get the boot.

The company intends to adapt the Vivendi Games’ studio operations to better align the studio structure against the new product slate. We will realign staffing at Radical Entertainment and High Moon Studios to support our resulting slate. We are also exploring options regarding Massive Entertainment and Swordfish Studios, including the possibility of divestiture.

Additionally, we are evaluating options regarding two non-strategic business units Vivendi Games Mobile and Sierra Online, which provides casual games for the PC and Xbox® Live® Marketplace, including the possibility of divesting these business units.

To be honest, I feel sad that an independent producer was picked up by a big company and then ditched over the merger, but let’s take a look at the games they’ve made.

Swordfish

• World Championship Rugby
• 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
• World in Conflict Port

Massive

• Ground Control Series
• World in Conflict Series

Nooooooo!!! Not the amazing 50 Cent series. God forbid.

Yeah…

[From: Kotaku]