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Firm confirms it will now review all 540 GAME stores in UK and Spain
Read More »Sports Direct CEO Mike Ashley launches £52m bid for control of UK retailer GAME
Vivendi now unsure about Ubisoft Takeover bid – Bloomberg
Speaking to the news website, Vivendi COO Stephane Roussel said the company may sell its stock following the Ubisoft AGM
Read More »Reuters Sources: Vivendi will buy Ubisoft this year
Sources at Vivendi claim takeover is part of the "second phase" despite poor share performance
Read More »Ubisoft VP: “It’s not going to be the same if Vivendi take over”
Anne Blondel-Jouin has said that Ubisoft's success has largely been derived from being "very autonomous" and "super independent"
Read More »CD Projekt deny rumours of hostile takeover attempt
Claim recent measures proposed to stockholders are "meant as insurance against future hypothetical scenarios which may never materialise."
Read More »CD Projekt denies takeover fear
A hostile takeover is not on the cards for Polish games giant CD Projekt Red, the company has insisted. Talk of such a possibility has emerged in recent days after a Polish documented was translated online that appeared to suggest the company was taking steps to protect itself. Said document …
Read More »Tencent form consortium to complete Supercell takeover
Consortium brings together $850 million to complete $8.6 million deal
Read More »Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot warns Vivendi to back off ahead of AGM
Ahead of today’s Ubisoft AGM CEO Yves Guillemot has said he won’t relax until Vivendi is out of the company entirely. Tensions between the two groups have risen over recent months as former Activision owner Vivendi has increased its ownership share in Ubisoft, and seems to want to take control …
Read More »Guillemots up ownership of Ubisoft to fend off Vivendi
Family including publisher’s CEO Yves and former Gameloft head Michel pay $161m for an extra 3.5 per cent
Read More »Ubisoft boss: ‘We are the best future for the company’
A defiant Ubisoft united at E3 last week as the threat of a Vivendi takeover increases. At the end of the firm’s pre-E3 press conference, Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot took to the stage – flanked by several of his biggest developers – and told the assembled media that the freedom …
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