Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
KOTICK ROBERT A
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Activision Blizzard, Inc. [ATVI]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
President and CEO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC., 3100 OCEAN PARK BOULEVARD
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/09/2008
(Street)

SANTA MONICA, CA 90405
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share (1) 07/09/2008   A   363,637 A $ 0 4,113,066 D  
Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share (2) 07/09/2008   A   1,250,000 A $ 0 5,363,066 (3) D  
Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share               743,233 I See footnote (4)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
KOTICK ROBERT A
C/O ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC.
3100 OCEAN PARK BOULEVARD
SANTA MONICA, CA 90405
  X     President and CEO  

Signatures

 /s/ George L. Rose (attorney in fact)***   07/11/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) This grant was for 363,637 restricted stock units, each representing the conditional right to receive one share of the Company's common stock, one-third of which vest on each of December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
(2) This grant was for 1,250,000 performance shares of the Company's common stock which vest in accordance with the terms of the employment agreement, dated as December 1, 2007, between Mr. Kotick and the Company.
(3) This amount includes (a) 3,749,429 shares of the Company's common stock, (b) 363,637 restricted stock units representing the right to receive the Company's common stock and (c) 1,250,000 performance shares of the Company's common stock.
(4) This amount includes (a) 1,798 shares held in the 10122N Trust, (b) 80,306 shares held in the 10122CP Trust, (c) 3,179 shares held in the 8986C Trust, (d) 538,299 shares held by the 1011 Foundation, Inc., (e) 112,441 shares held by Delmonte Investments, LLC, and (f) an aggregate of 7,200 shares held in UTMAs for the benefit of Mr. Kotick's minor relatives, all of which Mr. Kotick may be deemed to beneficially own.
 
Remarks:
***Mr. Rose was granted a power of attorney to file all Forms 3, 4 and 5 on behalf of Mr. Kotick.

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