It’s been revealed that the European offices of Vivendi Games Mobile will be closed within days, after it was announced that the Vivendi Games Mobile division would either be realigned or divested, following the Activision/Vivendi merger.

It seems the latter course of action is being taken, after it was announced that the US Vivendi mobile games division was in the process of being shut down, and now the news of the Europeans offices meeting the same fate. This also means it’s likely their big brands on the mobile, such as Crash Bandicoot and Spyro The Dragon, will either be farmed out to external mobile developers, or be discontinued.

This bad news comes on the back of some good news, as it was announced that former triple-A Vivendi/Activision studio, Massive Entertainment, has found a home with Ubisoft.

It appears Vivendi’s game division is relying a bit too much on the sales of World of Warcraft, with a not-insignificant revenue drop of 11 percent from last year.

A company statement read; “A comparison of the first half of 2007 and the first half of 2008 performances is not representative because first half 2007 included the hugely successful release of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade.”

That’s no excuse. Now they’ll be relying on Blizzard’s next release to plump up their revenue, with Wrath of the Lich King, an expansion pack for the World of Warcraft franchise, due later this year. Luckily the merger with Activision is now complete and the new company, Activision Blizzard, will ably take up any perceived slack.

Sales from other Vivendi divisions however, including Sierra Entertainment, Sierra Online and Vivendi Games Mobile, were up from last year, while 2008 second-quarter sales were up 6.7 percent, to $349.2 million.

Guilty Gear X2 #Reload and The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning will be added to Xbox Originals this month.

Developed by Arc System Works, Sega’s Guilty Gear X2 #Reload was released on the Xbox 360 in 2004 and brought the series online for the first time. The game features various game modes including Medal of Millionaire, Versus, Story, Mission and Training. Players can choose from 20 regular characters as you battle your enemies to an intense metal and rock soundtrack.

Vivendi’s The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning was released on the Xbox in 2006. The first game in the Legend of Spyro trilogy, it marked the reboot to the Spyro video game series by Krome Studios and explored the origins of the purple dragon.

Guilty Gear X2 #Reload and The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning will be available for download from Xbox Live on the 16th of June for 1 200 Microsoft Points each.