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Internal tension mounts as Activision-Vivendi merger heads for approval

In case you'd forgotten, Activision shareholders are voting today on whether to approve the Vivendi merger and create the world's largest games publisher.

The City is excited by the prospect, and Wall Street has been heavily tipping the new firm for profitable performance in recent weeks.

There's a high level of tension in the companies at the moment, however, with UK insiders in both camps uncertain of how any axes will fall.

"Activision is calling the shots," we were told by a senior source this week, "and two doesn't go into one."

UK operations were caused to sweat further at the end of June, when Activision boss Bobby Kotick said he had no plans to expand operations in Britain due to the high cost of living here.

Watch for news on the shareholder vote later today.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.

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