Activision Blizzard’s Q3 results beat expectations (update)

Activision Blizzard reported third-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations, and the company touted the performances of its Destiny 2 launch and its King mobile games division.

[Updated numbers] Activision Blizzard reported adjusted earnings per share of 60 cents a share, compared with 49 cents a share a year earlier. Revenues were $1.9 billion, up from $1.57 billion a year earlier. Analysts expected third-quarter adjusted earnings of 49 cents a share. Adjusted revenue was expected to be $1.74 billion.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.