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Activision Blizzard, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/19 – ‘EX-101.SCH’

On:  Thursday, 11/7/19, at 4:50pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/19   ·   Accession #:  718877-19-21   ·   File #:  1-15839

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11/07/19  Activision Blizzard, Inc.         10-Q        9/30/19   92:17M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
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40: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     79K 
88: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    113K 
57: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     37K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
28: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    100K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
39: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     49K 
                Income (Unaudited)                                               
87: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    123K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
56: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML    100K 
                Shareholders' Equity (Unaudited)                                 
29: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML     29K 
                Shareholders' Equity (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                 
38: R9          Description of Business and Basis of Consolidation  HTML     52K 
                and Presentation                                                 
45: R10         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     34K 
13: R11         Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements           HTML     49K 
61: R12         Inventories, Net                                    HTML     35K 
70: R13         Software Development and Intellectual Property      HTML     43K 
                Licenses                                                         
46: R14         Intangible Assets, Net                              HTML    114K 
14: R15         Goodwill                                            HTML     40K 
62: R16         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    149K 
71: R17         Deferred revenues                                   HTML     34K 
44: R18         Leases                                              HTML     68K 
15: R19         Debt                                                HTML     83K 
58: R20         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     64K 
90: R21         Operating Segments and Geographic Region            HTML   1.11M 
36: R22         Restructuring                                       HTML     93K 
26: R23         Interest and Other Expense (Income), Net            HTML     49K 
59: R24         Income Taxes                                        HTML     42K 
92: R25         Computation of Basic/Diluted Earnings Per Common    HTML     66K 
                Share                                                            
37: R26         Capital Transactions                                HTML     31K 
27: R27         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     29K 
60: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     70K 
                (Policies)                                                       
89: R29         Description of Business and Basis of Consolidation  HTML     35K 
                and Presentation (Tables)                                        
73: R30         Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements (Tables)  HTML     45K 
65: R31         Inventories, Net (Tables)                           HTML     36K 
12: R32         Software Development and Intellectual Property      HTML     44K 
                Licenses (Tables)                                                
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72: R34         Goodwill (Tables)                                   HTML     41K 
64: R35         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    147K 
11: R36         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     72K 
41: R37         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     69K 
74: R38         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     64K 
                (Tables)                                                         
63: R39         Operating Segments and Geographic Region (Tables)   HTML   1.11M 
81: R40         Restructuring (Tables)                              HTML     91K 
53: R41         Interest and Other Expense (Income), Net (Tables)   HTML     48K 
25: R42         Computation of Basic/Diluted Earnings Per Common    HTML     68K 
                Share (Tables)                                                   
35: R43         Description of Business and Basis of Consolidation  HTML     37K 
                and Presentation (Details)                                       
80: R44         Description of Business and Basis of Consolidation  HTML     29K 
                and Presentation - Restricted Cash (Details)                     
52: R45         Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements -         HTML     40K 
                Schedule of Impact of Adoption on Condensed                      
                Consolidated Financial Statements (Details)                      
24: R46         Inventories, Net (Details)                          HTML     38K 
34: R47         Software Development and Intellectual Property      HTML     36K 
                Licenses (Details)                                               
82: R48         Intangible Assets, Net - Schedule of Intangible     HTML     84K 
                Assets, Net (Details)                                            
51: R49         Intangible Assets, Net - Schedule of Future         HTML     42K 
                Amortization (Details)                                           
66: R50         Goodwill (Details)                                  HTML     38K 
76: R51         Fair Value Measurements - Recurring Basis           HTML     83K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R52         Fair Value Measurements - Foreign Currency Forward  HTML     66K 
                Contracts (Details)                                              
19: R53         Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements -   HTML     36K 
                Non-Recurring Basis (Details)                                    
67: R54         Deferred revenues (Details)                         HTML     32K 
77: R55         Deferred revenues Deferred revenues - Remaining     HTML     37K 
                Performance Obligation (Details)                                 
50: R56         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     37K 
20: R57         Leases - Schedule of Lease Expense and Other        HTML     44K 
                Details Related to Operating Leases (Details)                    
68: R58         Leases - Schedule of Future Lease Payments Under    HTML     45K 
                Non-cancellable Operating Leases (Details)                       
75: R59         Leases - Schedule of Operating ROU Assets and       HTML     39K 
                Lease Liabilities (Details)                                      
32: R60         Leases - Future Minimum Lease Payments Prior to     HTML     46K 
                Adoption of Lease Standard (Details)                             
21: R61         Debt - Credit Facilities (Details)                  HTML     34K 
54: R62         Debt - Unsecured Senior Notes, Interest Expense     HTML     64K 
                and Financing Costs, and Additional Information                  
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84: R63         Debt - Summary of Debt (Details)                    HTML     51K 
33: R64         Debt - Schedule of Maturities (Details)             HTML     47K 
22: R65         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     57K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R66         Operating Segments and Geographic Region (Details)  HTML    301K 
86: R67         Restructuring - Schedule of Accrued Restructuring   HTML     53K 
                Included in Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities               
                by Cost Type (Details)                                           
30: R68         Restructuring - Total Restructuring and Related     HTML     47K 
                Costs by Segment (Details)                                       
23: R69         Restructuring - Narrative (Details)                 HTML     37K 
17: R70         Restructuring - Schedule of Total Expected Pre-tax  HTML     37K 
                Restructuring Charges (Details)                                  
48: R71         Interest and Other Expense (Income), Net (Details)  HTML     37K 
79: R72         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     44K 
69: R73         Computation of Basic/Diluted Earnings Per Common    HTML     55K 
                Share - Computation EPS (Details)                                
16: R74         Computation of Basic/Diluted Earnings Per Common    HTML     35K 
                Share - Weighted-Average Shares Excluded from the                
                Computation of Diluted Earnings Per Share                        
                (Details)                                                        
47: R75         Capital Transactions - Repurchase Program           HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
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<link:usedOn> link:calculationLink </link:usedOn>
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<link:definition> 2410401 - Disclosure - Deferred revenues (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:usedOn> link:calculationLink </link:usedOn>
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<link:definition> 2401402 - Disclosure - Description of Business and Basis of Consolidation and Presentation (Details) </link:definition>
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<link:definition> 2406403 - Disclosure - Intangible Assets, Net - Schedule of Future Amortization (Details) </link:definition>
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</xsd:schema>

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