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Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick on the “Call of Duty” video series and efforts to help find jobs for veterans.
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Most powerful -- -- media back added for the second day their annual Sun Valley, Idaho conference.
Bill Gates Warren Buffett Fox Business is Dennis Neil is there sitting down exclusively with all of these names but one of the biggest names.
-- red hot video game industry did tenants.
Hey guys today we bring a special guest Bobby -- -- is -- CEO of the largest videogame company in the world Activision Blizzard.
Thanks for being with his body so first of all -- get a lot of -- comment on the conference what's the mood of the conference hasn't -- for you here.
Great for me it's a privilege to be here and so I always enjoy it it's great way to spend some time and meet people.
Think that new ideas that I'm glad generated kind of have a economic outlook or something.
But we're not here -- commitment -- economic that I -- the most important thing I think I'm walking away from means.
There are a lot of people who served our military -- most incredible officers who -- from the intelligence services extraordinary people and it really really makes you realize that you look at.
The unemployment statistics in this country in the number of people are coming back from Middle East we're going to be without jobs.
You know the veterans returning home -- -- three times less likely than the national average to find employment.
And it is a tragedy it's an absolute national tragedy something I think more people need to do something about.
So what are you doing about it what's Activision doing about a body -- we -- the call of duty endowment a couple of years ago now which was its sole focus is to find jobs for veterans.
And we've we've been working with paralyzed veterans of America -- wounded warriors all sorts of organizations that have done a fantastic job.
Helping to train people reintroduce -- -- -- 21 century careers.
Give them real opportunities when the returning home to find -- full employment and not just.
The menial -- -- real opportunities for create development these are so most distinguished capable people who returned home and the idea that they can't find employment.
Is unconscionable.
Alright now let's talk call of duty he got the big next release coming out in the fall in September.
You're bringing together hundreds are a couple thousand fans and a million dollar prize for a a playoff in the next game tells about that.
So we're real excited about our new release -- war for three.
Which is the next in the cult TV series and will be out in the fall.
And we have an event that's the first time we've ever done anything like this where were offering -- twelve million dollars to the winner in this event.
It'll be a group of people coming from around the world compete against each other in Los Angeles and something that -- ever been done -- in the videogame industry.
The pay a 150 bucks a piece to enter and accept some real -- warfare going on out actually in the real world rather just on the screen.
We do -- you know where we really you know we embrace military.
Is a product release you know -- it is something under his military and so we'll have a big military presence there folks -- again there.
You know people can benefit from the call of -- in them are going to be there and you know in fact this -- and we have a job there that being hosted at Sony for veterans and the event they were doing in the fall will honor veterans.
Okay you know what we've actually got a -- but one last thing I got to tell you -- Osama bin Laden.
The -- omission I'm dying to play a call of duty version that will do that when you gonna do that -- who will do that for us.
-- -- It's a great idea -- in my business we take that as a confirmation back to you in the studio thanks very much better thank you Bobby -- go back.
