Penny-Arcade can see the future...or has more industry spies than I actually thought

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I'm still wondering how the hell I forgot about this one. It's just kind of eerie, in retrospect.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/11/09

And for those few who missed the original news:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/03/vivendi_activision_merge_into_activision_blizzard/

The actual press release:

http://blizzard.com/press/071202.shtml