Gamertell

There has been nauseating levels of acquisition talk in the videogame industry the past couple of months. Although EA hasn’t yet been successful in acquiring Take-Two, another major publisher is getting ready to go shopping for game companies. According to Reuters, game publisher THQ is contemplating a takeover. This leaves… Continue Reading »

Take-Two-owned developer Rockstar Games recently brought game development firm Mad Doc Software which will now be known as Rockstar New England. The acquisition was announced on Friday April 4, 2008. Mad Doc is based in Andover, Massachusetts and develops game technologies and integrating them into games for clients. Its areas… Continue Reading »

Wedbush Stanley’s lead videogame analyst, Michael Pachter, believes that Electronics Arts might have launched its bid for Take-Two in order to take control of the latter’s sports game division, 2K Sports, which is its only notable competitor in the sports game genre. He told Game Politics that the $26 a… Continue Reading »

EA has decided the best way to preserve its ascendancy by making a big acquisition - or, at least, try to. The publisher announced on Sunday (February 24, 2008) that it has placed a $2 billion acquisition-bid for Take-Two Interactive at $26 per share. Take-Two rejected the offer, posting a… Continue Reading »

SCi Entertainment Group, aka Eidos, released a statement to the London Stock Exchange that confirms speculation that it was approached by an unnamed company with an offer. The rumors began when SCi Entertainment acquired Eidos Interactive May 2005. Since then the company admits being approached multiple times in January 2006… Continue Reading »