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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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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 & CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC., 3100 OCEAN PARK BOULEVARD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/15/2011 (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 11/15/2011   S(1)   321,500 D $ 12.2694 (2) 2,906,823 D   Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share 11/15/2011   M(1)   216,453 A $ 3.8672 3,123,276 D   Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share 11/15/2011   S(1)   216,453 D $ 12.1837 (3) 2,906,823 D   Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share 11/15/2011   M(1)   83,364 A $ 6.805 2,990,187 D   Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share 11/15/2011   S(1)   83,364 D $ 12.3005 (4) 2,906,823 (5) D   Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share               9,600 I by UTMAs for the benefit of minor children

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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

Employee Stock Options

$ 3.8672

11/15/2011

M(1)

216,453

(6)

04/29/2014

Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share

216,453

$ 0

0 (8)

D

Employee Stock Options

$ 6.805

11/15/2011

M(1)

83,364

(7)

04/21/2016

Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share

83,364

$ 0

0

D

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 & CEO

Signatures

/s/ Robert A. Kotick		11/17/2011
**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)	The transactions reported on this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by Mr. Kotick on September 15, 2011.
(2)	The price in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The prices actually received for the stock ranged from $12.19 to $12.38 per share. Mr. Kotick has provided to the Company and, upon request, will provide any security holder of the Company or the SEC staff information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within that range.
(3)	The price in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The prices actually received for the stock ranged from $12.15 to $12.3218 per share. Mr. Kotick has provided to the Company and, upon request, will provide any security holder of the Company or the SEC staff information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within that range.
(4)	The price in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The prices actually received for the stock ranged from $12.30 to $12.305 per share. Mr. Kotick has provided to the Company and, upon request, will provide any security holder of the Company or the SEC staff information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within that range.
(5)	Following the transaction reported on this Form 4, Mr. Kotick directly held (a) 2,500,000 performance-based restricted shares of the Company's common stock and (b) 406,823 shares of the Company's common stock.
(6)	These options to purchase shares of the Company's common stock were exercisable in full as of April 29, 2004.
(7)	These options to purchase shares of the Company's common stock were exercisable in full as of April 1, 2008.
(8)	720,000 of these options were previously transferred to the 01037H Trust on November 9, 2010, leaving 216,453 such options.

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