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On the Record · Activision Blizzard

Activision Blizzard competitors, on the record

The companies Activision Blizzard names as competitors in its annual reports, 2020 to 2022, and the companies that name Activision Blizzard, each with the sentence and the filing.

Who Activision Blizzard names

CompanyNamed in
Apple2022
Facebook2022
Google2022
Microsoft2022
Nintendo2022
Sony2022

In its own words

  1. Apple, Google

    Word for word“Apple and Google are similarly positioned on mobile devices.” 10-K for 2022
  2. Facebook

    Word for word“We also derive significant revenues from distribution on third‑party mobile and web platforms, such as the Apple App Store, the Google Play Store, and Facebook, which are also our direct competitors, and in some cases the exclusive means through which our content reaches gamers on those platforms, and most of the virtual currency we sell is purchased using these platform providers’ payment processing systems.” 10-K for 2022
  3. Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony

    Word for word“In addition to third-party software competitors, integrated video game console hardware and software companies, such as Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo, compete directly with us in the development of software titles for their respective platforms, while at the same time acting as key distribution channels and payment gateways for our products and services through their digital storefronts.” 10-K for 2022

Who names Activision Blizzard

Companies whose own annual reports name Activision Blizzard as a competitor.

  1. Light & Wonder · 2025

    Word for word“SciPlay's competitors in the broader social game market include Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Kabam, Take-Two Interactive, Tencent Holdings and Rovio.” 10-K for 2025
  2. Playtika Holding names it as “Activision Blizzard (Microsoft)” · 2025

    Word for word“Our primary competitors include Tencent Holdings, Activision Blizzard (Microsoft), Electronic Arts, Zynga (Take-Two Interactive), SciPlay (Light & Wonder), Product Madness (Aristocrat), Moon Active, Scopely (Savvy Games) and Dream Games.” 10-K for 2025
  3. Zynga · 2021

    Word for word“Some of these competitors include Activision Blizzard, AppLovin, Aristocrat, DoubleU, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, ironSource, Moon Active, NetEase, Netmarble, Niantic, Nintendo, Playrix, Playtika, SciPlay, Scopely, Take-Two Interactive Software, Tencent, Ubisoft, Voodoo SAS and others.” 10-K for 2021

Read from Activision Blizzard’s annual reports (10-K for 2022, 10-K for 2021, 10-K for 2020) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2023-02-23. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.