Coming off  a record breaking year that saw new revenues of $4.76 billion, up from $4.45 billion in 2010, Activision’s announced that a new Call of Duty and Diablo III will headline its release slate in 2012.

“As we continue to strengthen our leadership position in interactive entertainment, our proven management team and talented employees delivered another extraordinary year of outperformance. With better than expected net revenues, record earnings, record operating margins, and having generated nearly $1 billion in operating cash flow, Activision Blizzard continues to set the industry success bar,” commented CEO Bobby Kotick in a statement.

In other fun-facts, Activision says Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 players logged more than 639 million hours of online gameplay through December 31, 2011, topping the previous outing Black Ops in total unique gamers by 12 percent.

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