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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 * Durkin Dennis M   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Activision Blizzard, Inc. [ATVI] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Financial Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC., 3100 OCEAN PARK BLVD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/14/2017 (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 03/14/2017   M   50,000 A $ 11.73 398,988 D   Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share 03/14/2017   S   50,000 D $ 49.0057 (1) 348,988 D   Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share 03/14/2017   F   45,484 (2) D $ 49.08 303,504 D   Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share 03/14/2017   F   46,962 (3) D $ 49.08 256,542 D   Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share 03/14/2017   S   50,000 D $ 49.0149 (4) 206,542 (5) D

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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

$ 11.73

03/14/2017

M

50,000

(6)

03/06/2022

Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share

50,000

$ 0

175,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Durkin Dennis M C/O ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC. 3100 OCEAN PARK BLVD SANTA MONICA, CA 90405			Chief Financial Officer

Signatures

/s/ Dennis Durkin		03/16/2017
**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 price in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The prices actually received for the stock ranged from $49.00 to $49.031 per share. Mr. Durkin has provided to the Company and, upon request, will provide any security holder of the Company or the SEC staff with information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within that range.
(2)	On March 14, 2017, 87,500 restricted share units held by Mr. Durkin vested and, as allowed under the terms of his restricted share unit agreement, the Company withheld 45,484 shares otherwise deliverable to him to satisfy the resulting tax withholding obligations.
(3)	On March 14, 2017, 90,000 performance-vested restricted share units held by Mr. Durkin vested and, as allowed under the terms of his restricted share unit agreement, the Company withheld 46,962 shares otherwise deliverable to him to satisfy the resulting tax withholding obligations.
(4)	The price in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The prices actually received for the stock ranged from $49.00 to $49.055 per share. Mr. Durkin has provided to the Company and, upon request, will provide any security holder of the Company or the SEC staff with information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within that range.
(5)	Following the transactions reported on this Form 4, Mr. Durkin held 206,542 shares of the Company's common stock.
(6)	The exercised options were vested as of March 14, 2015 and the remaining 175,000 options were fully vested as of March 14, 2017.

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