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GTA V announcement predicted
Take-Two can deny the claims until it’s blue in the face, but analysts are seemingly unwilling to believe that Grand Theft Auto V is not in the works – and ...
GTAIV sales reach 15m worldwide
Worldwide sales of epic action title Grand Theft Auto IV have now hit 15m, publisher Take-Two confirmed as part of its financial report last night.
Take-Two restructures corporate departments
Take-Two has denied our earlier report that it will layoff a segment of its workforce.
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Riccitiello: Take-Two bid was ‘a waste of ink’
EA CEO John Riccitiello has told the Wall Street Journal that his company’s bid for Take-Two was “a waste of ink” and that it was intended to help the firm ...
Take Two rules out potential sale
Take-Two’s Board of directors have decided that the publisher will continue to operate as an independent company following a strategic review of the business.
Slowing GTA IV sales could boost EA bid
Despite lifetime sales of nearly 8.5 million copies worldwide, the recently announced August NPD figures have raised fears that sales of Take 2’s Grand Theft Auto IV have slowed unexpectedly ...
Bioshock PS3 officially dated
2K Games has just officially finalised the release date for Bioshock on PS3 – it’ll arrive in North America on October 21st, closely followed by its international release on October ...Advertisement
EA allows Take Two bid to expire
EA will allow its latest offer for Take Two to expire tonight after Electronic Arts accepted Take Two’s offer of a management presentation to its suitor containing non-public information.
Sega: EA has been a petulant child
In a frank interview with American news agency Forbes, Sega of America president Simon Jeffery has labelled EA a “petulant child” in reference to the way it has conducted ...
No EA-Take Two deal until August 21st
Next-gen has reported that EA cannot acquire Take Two until August 21st due to a Federal Trade Commission request for more information related to the proposed $2 billion deal.
Riccitiello: Take Two saga “was our plan all along”
John Riccitiello has told an audience of investors that it was EA’s plan all along to seal its acquisiton of Take Two before the end of the year, rather than ...Advertisement
Ubisoft in for Take Two?
Ubisoft is perfectly placed to snatch Take Two from under EA’s nose in a shock merger – and may well have a very keen eye on the publisher’s sports portfolio.
PS3 BioShock confirmed for October
Only days after the news that one of Xbox 360’s hottest IPs is to make the move to PS3, publisher 2K Games has confirmed that the PS3 incarnation of BioShock ...
EA/Take Two deadline passes
Shareholders in Take Two have let EA’s deadline for its $2 billion acquisition offer pass by without response.
Jack Thompson hits out at Take Two boss
In a letter addressed to the mother of Strauss Zelnick, lawyer Jack Thompson has likened the Take Two boss to a member of the Hitler Youth – and blamed GTA ...Advertisement
Take Two Board rejects EA approach… again
Take Two executive chairman Strauss Zelnick has labelled EA’s ‘hostile’ $26-per-share tender bid for his company as still being “wrong place, wrong time”– and once again urged the firm’s shareholders to ...
Take Two bans ‘new’ shareholders from annual meeting
Take Two has barred newer investors from attending its imminent annual shareholders meeting – in which the publisher is set to give an indication of the outcome of its ongoing ...
EA’s bid for Take Two – the story so far
As the countdown to Take Two’s annual investors' meeting begins, it’s a timely opportunity to look back on just why EA’s $2 billion bid for the company has come to ...
Take Two stockholders silent as annual meeting looms
EA’s bid for the publisher remains in the balance ahead of Take Two’s annual meeting of stockholders, as no proposals of any kind - to either accept or reject the ...
Take Two snares top exec for Asian expansion
Despite its ongoing game of cat and mouse with potential acquiror EA, Take Two has revealed that it is hoping to broaden its distribtion reach and launch online games to ...
Pachter: Take Two has made a mistake
Following Take Two’s stern rejection of EA’s $26 per share offer for the firm earlier today, Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter has stated that he believes the publisher’s board has ...
EA expected to up Take Two bid
Shortly before Take Two clarified its stance concerning EA’s proposed takeover, Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Wienkes stated that he believes EA will up its $26 per share offer for its ...
Take Two to consider ‘strategic business combination’
In a new official response to the recent approach for the firm by rival EA, Take Two has said that it is prepared to consider entering into discussions with third ...
EA's Take Two bid ‘the most hostile in history’
Leading financial observers are agreed: the video games industry has never seen an M&A move anywhere near as aggressive as Electronic Arts’ hostile bid for Take Two.
