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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
Lazard Capital's Colin Sebastian just issued a note on last night's EA financials saying that news on the company's proposed buyout of Take-Two can be expected next Monday. "Expect update on ... Read more..Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
EA's secured a $1 billion credit line to aid it with its proposed $2 billion takeover. The cash is being fronted by Morgan Stanley, BNP Paribas and The Bank of Nova ... Read more..Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in EA, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
GI's landed a whopper this morning, with EA comms head Jeff Brown telling the site that a completion of Take-Two buyout is now "50/50 at best". "We're not desperate and there's ... Read more..Thursday, May 1st, 2008 Posted in 2K, Action, EA, PS3, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Bit late on this, but Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick's told the New York Times that he feels "vindicated" in fighting off EA's advances by the initial success of GTA IV. "The ... Read more..Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in Eidos, SCi, Trade, Warner Bros. | No Comments »
Warner Bros has confirmed a plan to buy £15 million in SCi stock, and to take control of the publisher's distribution in the US, Canada and Mexico. In addition, SCi said ... Read more..Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Eidos, Rumour, SCi, Trade, UK | No Comments »
According to GI, SCi rejected the latest offer for the company. From the site: UK publisher SCi has confirmed that it has rejected the latest offer made for the company, saying ... Read more..Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Eidos, SCi, Trade | No Comments »
SCi has issued a statement confirming it is in talks to effectively sell the company, following weeks of speculation that Time Warner, NBC and various other companies are courting the ... Read more..Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | 5 Comments »
Strauss "Packet" Zelnick isn't impressed with EA's new tender offer for Take-Two of $25.74 per share. He's not impressed at all. The reduction in price from $26 per share is based ... Read more..Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | 1 Comment »
From here: SAN FRANCISCO, April 18 (Reuters) - Electronic Arts Inc (ERTS.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday said it extended its tender offer for Take-Two Interactive Software Inc (TTWO.O: Quote, ... Read more..Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in Legalities, Take-Two, Trade | 1 Comment »
Kotaku reports that a Take-Two shareholder is suing the company after it rejected a bid from EA last month. The claimant, Patrick Solomon feels that Take-Two's execs are just holding out ... Read more..Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
Janco's Mike Hickey reckon's EA has only managed to get hold of 25 percent of Take-Two with its tender offer, which expires tomorrow. "We continue to believe EA wants to buy ... Read more..Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | 7 Comments »
From here: Electronic Arts Inc. said Thursday that it received a second request from the Federal Trade Commission in relation to its proposed $2 billion purchase of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. EA, ... Read more..Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
Take-Two's just announced that it has received no stake-holder proposals ahead of its AGM tomorrow. Bet EA's thrilled. From here: Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., which publishes and distributes "Grand Theft Auto" ... Read more..Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in Development, Gameloft, India, Trade, Ubisoft | No Comments »
According to numerous reports, Ubisoft is to buy Gameloft's Indian development studio for an undisclosed sum. The sub-continental outfit employs 120 game developers and testers, and Ubi plans to build this ... Read more..Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in 2K, America, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | 3 Comments »
One for the bookmark. You can find the SEC filing detailing EA's tender offer for Take-Two here. Did you know, for example, that the $26 per share offered amounts to ... Read more..Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in America, Take-Two, Trade | 12 Comments »
Take-Two's AGM, to be held on April 17, will be broadcast live, the company has announced. A listen-only webcast will be available from http://ir.take2games.com for the meeting, which is obviously going ... Read more..Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Rockstar, Trade | 1 Comment »
Rockstar's bought Bully: Scholarship Edition developer Mad Doc. The acquisition has allowed the Take-Two division to set up Rockstar New England. “The team at Mad Doc Software is extremely talented,” said ... Read more..Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Eidos, SCi, Trade | No Comments »
The Guardian's speculating that a bid of 80p per share has been put in for SCi. The company's shares rose 20.4 percent today on the news. SCi's stock's trading at 60.5p ... Read more..Sunday, March 30th, 2008 Posted in Capcom, Trade | 7 Comments »
Capcom has announced that its wholly acquired K2 Studios via a simple exchange of stock which is expected to be completed on May 1. "K2 has a proven record as ... Read more..Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | 1 Comment »
EA has extended the time limit on its $2 billion offer for Take-Two to April 18, as you can see here. From the press release: EA has extended its tender offer ... Read more..Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | 7 Comments »
Take-Two's board has rejected EA's $26 per share offer for the company, saying that it has "thoroughly reviewed Electronic Arts's unsolicited conditional tender offer with the assistance of its financial ... Read more..Friday, March 14th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | 2 Comments »
EA CEO John Riccitiello has issued a stark warning to Take-Two investors a day after making a $2 billion tender bid for the publisher, saying that the affect on Take-Two's ... Read more..Thursday, March 13th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | 4 Comments »
Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter is in no doubt that EA will now acquire Take-Two, telling videogaming247, "A sale is inevitable." EA made a $26 per share tender bid for Take-Two this ... Read more..Thursday, March 13th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
Stern Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia has said he now thinks it's likely that EA will complete a takeover of Take-Two, following the firm's tender offer of $26 per share this ... Read more..Thursday, March 13th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
Take-Two has told shareholders not to act on EA's $2 billion tender offer for the firm, and that it will review the bid over the next ten working days. The offer ... Read more..Thursday, March 13th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | 4 Comments »
EA has made a tender offer of $26 per share for Take-Two, an offer valued at approximately $2 billion and a 64 percent premium over Take-Two’s closing stock price on ... Read more..Thursday, March 13th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two | 2 Comments »
According to this, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that EA's not gong to wait for Take-Two to decide whether or not its ready for talks and is readying to ... Read more..Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 Posted in EA, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
Take-Two will announce results for its first quarter - ended January 31 - next Tuesday, March 11 after the close of the NYSE. There's going to be a investor conference ... Read more..Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
According to this, an SEC filing has shown that since EA put in a bid for Take-Two, the GTA publisher has received other "informal indications of interest in a business ... Read more..Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
Here. The script's just the speech part of the beginning of the call, so the questions at the end aren't detailed. You'll be able to hear the rest, should you ... Read more..Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
Because we love you. See the links below for absolutely everything related to the EA buyout of Take-Two so far. We read 4,000 websites and listen to conference calls all ... Read more..Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two | No Comments »
EA CEO John Riccitiello, speaking in a conference call, has just said that the timing of acquisition activity towards Take-Two was specifically designed not to "screw with GTA". He said earlier ... Read more..Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
EA has dismissed a question in an ongoing conference call as to whether or not their are "runners up" to Take-Two in the quest for acquisition. "Our focus is on Take-Two, ... Read more..Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
In an ongoing conference call, EA CEO John Riccitiello has just said that, "We expect the development of GTA is essentially complete," explaining that the company's move on Take-Two's business ... Read more..Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
EA CEO John Riccitiello has just said that the main reason EA is interested in buying Take-Two is to take control of GTA developer Rockstar. "We see them as the asset, ... Read more..Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
Here. It's got an open letter from EA CEO John Riccitiello, the original press release that went live last night, details of the 1pm GMT conference call and a FAQ ... Read more..Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Legalities, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
Speaking here, Wedburn Morgan analyst Michael Pachter is under no illusion that EA's now hostile bid for Take-Two has a strong chance of completing. "By going public, EA is telling you, ... Read more..
