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Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello has said that Rockstar is the publisher’s primary interest” in its bid to acquire Take Two. EA’s buyout of Take Two became a much stronger possibility yesterday – as the US mega-publisher went ‘hostile’ by approaching individual shareholders with a tender offer of $26 per …
Read More »US: Feb sales reach $1.3bn
US sales body NPD has released its figures for games industry sales in February in North America, and they show a massive 47 per cent increase in software sales and 19 per cent hike in hardware sales – with total national sales hitting a massive $1.33 billion. Breaking that number …
Read More »Rockstar’s dev talent key to Take Two move, admits Riccitiello
Chance to add more "great developers" to EA stable has spurred Take 2 takeover attempt says CEO
Read More »Sony restructures to target MMO market
President of Sony Computer Entertainment Kaz Hirai has taken charge of the company’s online business – separate to its PlayStation division – as part of a company restructuring that will sees the platform holder aggressively pursue the online gaming market. Current president of Sony Online entertainment John Smedley will report …
Read More »Take Two tells shareholders to ignore EA bid
Take Two’s Board of directors has recommended that its stockholders ‘take no action at this time’ in response to EA’s new $2 billion tender offer. EA announced this morning that it has made an unsolicited conditional tender offer to acquire all of Take-Two’s outstanding shares of common stock for $26 …
Read More »Sony buys Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? parent
Sony is set to buy 2Waytraffic, the independent production company that owns the rights to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. According to BrandRepublic, the deal is valued at 137.5 million. 2Waytraffic was set up in 2004 by former Endemol executives. The firm snapped up the rights to Who Wants …
Read More »Brash signs up Lair studio for multi-game deal
Ambitious new publisher Brash Entertainment has signed a multi-game deal with developer Factor 5 to produce titles based on movie IP. Factor 5 has worked on a mix of licence-based games in the past, such as Star Wars Rogue Squadron, and original IP including as Lair and Turrican. The studio …
Read More »Tiga agrees that Government has disappointed the games industry
Adds that yesterday's Budget will worry studios further thanks to 'increase in overall tax burden'
Read More »Mad Max game on the way
Another major film franchise is set to get the video games treatment: George Miller’s seminal action thriller Mad Max. The movie, which was first released back in 1979 and starred Mel Gibson, is being converted by former SCEA developer Cory Barlog – best known for his work as producer on …
Read More »Sega recruits new marketing VP
Sega of America has named Sean Ratcliffe vice president of marketing. Ratcliffe previously worked for Disney Interactive Studios as marketing director of EMEA, where he helped launch The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Spectrobes, and most recently, Turok. …
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