why this partnership with activision, and why now?gie: when activision first came up with these skylanders idea, they had conversations with nintendo first. the conversation was on how amiibo figures could integrate with what's happening in the skylanders' world. we partnered to make sure the bowser and donkey kong characters move the way they needed to in this universe, but the gameplay is all about these figures. it was a great collaboration. just the kind of thing nintendo likes to do. emily: the star fox game is a fan favorite. why bring this back now? are you hoping it will spark sales of the console? reggie: it leverages the game pad so you're looking at the tv during parts of the game and at the game pad during parts of the game. our fans have been waiting for it. the game looks beautiful, plays beautifully, and we do believe it's going to be a hardware driver for us. emily: you showed a trailer on the wii last year. any updates on when this will be coming? reggie: the new zelda game is something we are hard at work at. we did

when will it impact activision's bottom line?xcited about the innovations you are seeing at companies like oculis. all will enhance audience experiences? >> next several months several years? >> we are waiting patiently. they are interesting innovations. >> interested to see how you guys put your content into these virtual reality platforms. bobby kotick thank you for joining us here. >> thank you both. viewership numbers are astounding. donald trump officially joining the race for the presidential nomination. >> i will be the greatest jobs president that god ever created. i tell you that. i'll bring back our jobs from china, from mexico from japan from so many places. i'll bring back our jobs and i'll bring back our money. >> we'll have more on the donald's announcement, plus driverless cars getting closer to hitting america's highways. is congress ready? up next a senator introducing legislation to build technology and infrastructure to help regulate self-driving vehicles. your business, it can quickly become the only thing you

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>> the activision booth they had guitar hero live look who showed up to this rash.ash. >> look at that crowd. >> the greatest fake guitar player in the world. listen to this. ♪ and as expected he absolutely nailed it. finishes up with a slide. yes! we don't know what's going to happen next but live "right this minute" we have freddie wopg. >> what's up everybody? i see you caught up on my later guitar hero escapade. >> what is going on in your world? >> make plans for another rhythm game world tour which is difficult because the games don't come out until the end of the year anyways. there's a weird part of my life i was a professional rhythm gamer for two years in college which was impressive to know one, happy to have the opportunity to continue. >> first let me say we're not worthy. >> let me just say no you are not. >> probably true. what was the key to you having success again? zbht key i think to success is not caring what people think about you because if you're going to get up there in front of let rally tens of people who play guitar video game as if you ar

e3 convention, a small french corner among some of the top players including microsoft sony, and activision14 innovative companies and one school or under the label that hopes to take advantage of the e3 visibility to meet other videogame professionals and of course find investors. >> france has developed some big games, which are known worldwide. titles have been developed, and there are even some independent developers, such as the one made the white night game who is represented this year. >> -- each time to try to make the figures jump at the right moments, to go along. rasha: the most famous french studio is you but soft and they are very directly with a game console. this concept is called virtual reality and is set to improve the gamer's experience. it is super cool because it is a prototype, it will not be in the market until a few years. molly: that was rasha goel reporting from los angeles. swiss authorities say banks have reported suspicious activity in the bank of the world's governing football body. the 2018 and 2022 world cup bidding contest. the probe is huge and complex, but

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it all of my activision -- activisism -- if the answer is yes, you get a good nights sleep incumbento fight. america's going to win. god bless you. god bless america. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please have a welcome the next guest. [applause] >> thank you. isn't it a thrill to be here. how exciting to see so many young people. we need to encourage them and support them and lift them up in prayer. america needs them. it is my pleasure and pledged to introduce the next speaker who is a man that really doesn't need introduction. you didn't know about him for the national prayer breakfast. ben carson is a true american success story. he was raised in a single-parent home by mother never made it past the third grade. she challenged her children to become exceptional. i guess it worked. it is intelligent. after he graduated, he worked several he worked as an x-ray technician, bank teller, school bus driver, supervisor for highway cleanup crews, and a crane operator in a factory. very well-rounded. and then he was accepted into the university of michigan school of medicine and upon

we first heard about this through espn magazine but confirmed it through activision. and if you're not family you need to spend more time with your xbox. "call of duty" is where you play a soldier alongside mar shawn lynch. since 2010 that's roughly equivalent to one third of the american population who have prosecuted the gasp though it's played worldwide as well. >>> so realistic. for a moment set aside the driverless cars computerized eyewear and mapping every corner of the earth, because google has a new mission -- cities. it's launching a new initiative called sidewalk lab. that are goal is to improve city life. it would be head quartered appropriately enough in new york city, the city that never sleeps. it is billed as an effort to improve -- >> if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. >> can the warriors turn things around. that's the question. they head into game 4 with the cavaliers who are on fire last time. >> bob redell is in the arena. you were just watching them practice. what do you think? they're going to win, right? >> reporter: you know wa

more specifically, to the video game space, we like electronic arts and activision and perhaps the easy been made in those stocks, we think there's fuel left in the tank. we're entering the sweet spot of the cycle and shares have traded higher on multiple basis. so we like that stuff, too. we like it for virtual reality. they will be selling those devices. >> what do you make of all of the sequels that are coming out? games that maybe haven't been in circulation since 2007? we're seeing those titles, fan favorites appearing here. what does that tell you about intellectual property in the gaming space of what we should expect to see maybe in terms of marketing costs over the next several quarters? >> well, it's a very high barrier to entry in the console gaming space. we're seeing developed budgets well north of 50 or $100 million for some of these games. it makes a lot more sense for the developers and publishers to focus on halo, call of duty, star wars is probably for the publisher and platform holder. we think that strategy makes a lot of sense. there will be a lot of dollars spent t

>> activision blizzard strong call.ions that expire this friday, though, judge, so put a a big warning label on it as far as fast time to k. you've only got a few days for these guys to be right. the stock is doing almost everything right. great earnings report. they came in this week. buying the 25 and 25.50 calls. days of life left in these options. however they've got a bunch of great video games, guitar hero, call of duty, skylander and microsoft came out with their new platform,a bite xbox a long with a price cut on their other platform. people are buying up these options in big numbers. >> i bought them, too. and i'll probably be in them two to three days. days, i'll be out of this thing by the end of the week. i don't know if i'll be riding it even into friday, judge, that's how short term it is. >> did you perfect that in the commercial you and pete do, the hand signal? >> he was on the floor forever. he has all of those hand signals. >> call me. >> what about you? >> i've got signals for you when i get back the

just take a look at what we trauked about activision, blizzard and some of the other video game areaslearly the market doesn't hate this stock. it's only down 20 cents. >> quick note, halftime team is competing in the wall street decathlon. this saturday, june 13th. they are most importantly raising money for sloan-kettering's pediatric cancer research. if you would like to donate. go to the decathlon.org and search cnbc. >> coming up, stocks rallying big-time today. but is the m&a boom a canary in the coal mine for the markets? we talk to one expert who says beware of all that deal-making. you'll hear from him coming up. g you think about. that's where at&t can help. we monitor network traffic worldwide, so we can see things others can't. mitigating risks across your business. leaving you free to focus on what matters most. >>> big green on the street today, so should investors beware? our next guest says current m&a boom will end very badly for stocks. let's welcome in matthew rhodes croft, a professor at harvard business school. professor, welcome to the show. why the warning on m&

it was only an activision name but the u.s. still be the world's top soccer team.missing several key players. brendan: i hear they are resting several key players, but i just looked at the roster, they have -- tom: yeah, yeah, yeah. brendan: this was a real win. this is about economics and here is why. the former german midfielder now coach of the u.s. team, he is applying the german -- tom: ok, is this a fifa game? brendan: yes. tom: this is what fifa wants. this is the best thing for fifa. brendan: i will tell you why fifa can get away with as much as it has for his long as it did, because people love this. i love this. i am deeply sad i missed this game yesterday because this is amazing. tom: the only reason i'm watching is because the red sox or less. michael porter, would you get off your but and fix the boston red sox? disgrace to harvard on both sides of the charles river. michael p.: i'm actually very close to the team and it didn't turn out the way we planned. tom: very good. [laughter] same thing with fifa, didn't turn out the way we plan. brendan: but wh

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