mergers
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EA Combines Mythic And BioWare Into A Giant RPG Robot
2:20AM Mike Fahey | EA is merging their two top roleplaying game developers, BioWare and Mythic, into one massive RPG group, with BioWare’s co-founder Ray Muzyka taking the lead and Mythic’s Mark Jacobs taking a powder. More »
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Koei Tecmo Reveals Its New Company Logo (Looks Familiar)
3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Back in January, Tecmo and Koei officially merged. The merger created a joint holding company called Koei Tecmo Holdings as of April 1, when the new financial year starts. More »
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Tecmo Koei Merger Creates Koei Tecmo Holdings
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | It’s official. Tecmo and Koei announced today that the two companies have merged, giving birth through stock transfer to a joint holding company called Koei Tecmo Holdings as of April 1. More »
Major Tecmo Shareholder Unsure About Koei Merger
6:20AM Mike Fahey | The planned merger between Japanese game developers Tecmo and Koei stumbles a bit today, as Tecmo’s 2nd largest stockholder hits the more information button. More »
Rumours
WSJ: Is Disney Going After EA?
9:40AM Michael McWhertor | Last month, the Wall Street Journal offered Disney the following sage advice: “Buy Electronic Arts.” According to the WSJ’s “Heard on the Street” column, Disney might be doing just that. More »
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SouthPeak Devours Gamecock
4:40AM Mike Fahey | Whoa, I didn’t even know SouthPeak Interactive swung that way, but apparently they’ve been Gamecock-hungry for quite some time and aren’t too proud to pay for it. SouthPeak today announces that they have acquired wild-and-crazy Gamecock Media Group. ‘Cock head Mike Wilson swells with excitement. “We are thrilled to be joining forces with SouthPeak to continue to bring great original titles from independent developers to market with a stronger sales and distribution reach,” said Mike Wilson, CEO of Gamecock. “We have followed each other’s progress closely over the last two years, and combining our team with theirs results in a very strong and well-rounded force in the market.” More »
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Activision Bosses Make $US 40 Mil From Blizzard Merger
3:32PM Luke Plunkett | There are perks to being a corporate big-shot. Free parking spaces, for one. Executive bathrooms are another. As are sexy assistants, immunity from prosecution for possession of cocaine and (hopefully) an understanding wife. Oh, and MASSIVE CORPORATE PAYOUTS. As part of the merger deal between their company and Vivendi Games, Activision execs Bobby Kotick and Brian Kelly will receive between them around $US 40 million in cash, shares and benefits. That’s just between the two of them. Well, them and their understanding wives. [Gamesindustry.biz] More »
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What If EA Bought Take-Two?
12:48PM Michael McWhertor | GameDaily tests the raw mental computing power of four top industry analysts today, gathering their collective thoughts on the possible purchase of Take-Two Interactive by mega-publisher EA. It wasn’t that long ago that EA boss John Riccitiello implied that big industry mergers were on their way out, following the company’s own acquisition of Bioware/Pandemic. But with the Activision Blizzard deal still piping hot fresh on industry watcher brains, one has to wonder: will EA snap up another? More »
GAME/Gamestation Merger Given The Green Light
11:30PM Luke Plunkett | Earlier This Year, two of Britain’s largest specialist games retailers, GAME and Gamestation, merged. It was a big deal. So big, in fact, it attracted the attention of the British Office of Fair Trading, who referred the takeover to the Competitions Commission. They were expected to have made a decision on the legality (under rules governing industry monopolies) of the move by January, but have already weighed it all up and come to a “provisional clearance”, which all but ensures the move will go ahead. [Reuters] More »
