Headquartered in Santa Monica, Calif., Activision Publishing is a worldwide online and console game publisher. Its portfolio includes several video games, such as the Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, and Tony Hawk series, as well as Spider-Man, X-Men, Shrek, James Bond and Transformers. The company s leading franchises include Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Blizzard Entertainments, StarCraft, Diablo and Warcraft games. Activision Blizzard also offers the subscription-based multiplayer online role playing game, World of Warcraft. The company maintains operations in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Romania, Australia, Chile, India, Japan, China, Taiwan and South Korea.