Developer of Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX moves into a larger office.
ACTIVISION'S Z-AXIS MOVES HEADQUARTERS TO FOSTER CITY TO ACCOMMODATE EXPANSION PLANS
Santa Monica, CA - February 10, 2005 -- Z-Axis, Ltd., a subsidiary of
Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), announced today that the company has
moved its headquarters from Hayward, CA to Foster City, CA in order to
facilitate the studio's expansion needs.
Z-Axis has leased a 23,000 square foot space, which will house a state
of the art game design studio. In the next 12 months, Z-Axis expects to
increase its staff from 90 to 140, and is currently looking to hire
artists, programmers, producers, animators and game designers to work on
current and next-generation console games.
"We are very excited to move our studio to Bayside Towers and expect
that the new facility will enable us to accommodate all of our growth
needs," said Craig Alexander, vice president and general manager,
Z-Axis. "We currently have two high-profile games in development based
on popular comic book characters and the additional space will allow us
expand both of our teams, as well as to ramp up for pre-production on
some exciting new projects."
Z-Axis is the award-winning creative studio behind the million-unit
selling franchise Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX and the Aggressive Inline
series. More information about the career opportunities at Z-Axis can
be found in the "Careers" section of the Activision web site, which is
located at www.activision.com.