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Japanese publisher Bandai Namco has acquired a 95 per cent stake in rival D3P in a deal estimated to be worth 9m. Furthermore, a complete buyout is expected to be closed in the near future. Bandai Namco Games has announced plans to acquire 100 per cent of D3, and its …
Read More »The Hut swoops for Zavvi.co.uk
Online retail specialist The Hut has bought up the rights to Zavvi’s online identity and portal, MCV can reveal. A new holding page on the Zavvi website yesterday promised that ‘exciting’ news was to be revealed at 10am this morning. However, come the hour no announcement was made, but the …
Read More »Square Enixs buyout of Eidos draws closer
The seemingly inevitable buyout of Eidos by Japanese RPG developer and publisher Square Enix has come a step closer with the news that it has now acquired 11 per cent of Eidos’ shares. In addition, Square Enix has also made public its intentions to buy a further three per cent …
Read More »Tenchu 4 aims for Wii
French publisher Ubisoft has confirmed that it is to publish Acquire’s upcoming ninja stealth romp Tenchu 4 on Wii in both North America and Europe some time next year, IGN reports. Tenchu 4 will be the first title in the series to be developed by Acquire since PlayStation title Tenchu …
Read More »Square Enix officially withdraws Tecmo bid
Following the news yesterday that Tecmo had not only rejected Square Enix’s takeover offer , but subsequently gone on to announce its intention to merge with former rival Koei , the Final Fantasy developer has officially withdrawn its offer from the table. Square Enix had stated from the off that …
Read More »Tecmo rejects Square Enix takeover
Tecmo has released a statement claiming that it has rejected Square Enix’s bid to take over the firm. The statement, translated by Kotaku, reads: For Tecmo, this proposal was received in a short span of time, but within the company we collected opinions from management and game creators as well …
Read More »Valve happy to discuss acquisition
The VP of Half-Life 2, Team Fortress and Portal developer Valve, Doug Lombardi, has stated that his company would be happy to have conversations with companies thinking of acquiring the successful firm. In an interview with Gamasutra Lombardi stated that if anyone was interested in acquiring the firm he would …
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