Report: Vivendi Games Mobile Sale in the Works

MocoNews is reporting that Vivendi Games Mobile, Vivendi’s cell phone gaming unit that became part of Activision after the merger, is now up for sale according to several anonymous sources.

The report said that Vivendi has previously described the mobile gaming division as part of its “non-strategic business units,” which is corporate speak for “we’re trying to get rid of it.” Interestingly, the company is also reportedly looking to unload Sierra Online, which the article described as providing casual games for the PC and Xbox Live Marketplace. (That’s 100% accurate, today, but anyone with a feel for the history of the personal computer will remember that Sierra Online was responsible for much more than that over the past 29 years.)

The article named two potential Indian gaming buyers, but then said that it turned out both rumors were false, and there’s no official confirmation coming from Vivendi at this point.

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