BEFORE THE BELL-Activision shares rise after game launch

NEW YORK, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Shares of Activision Blizzard Inc (ATVI.O) rose 2.3 percent to $11.64 in premarket trading on Thursday, after the company said it sold 4.7 million copies of "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2", or $310 million of sales.

The sales set a new record for the video game industry.

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(Reporting by Ryan Vlastelica, editing by W Simon )