Post Tagged with: "Merger"

Gears of Acquirement: Legendary Pictures in Talks to Buy Epic Games?

The word on the Locust infested streets of Sera is that Legendary Pictures is looking to purchase Epic Games. No clue as to whether or not the companies would change their name, but they might as well go for “Uber,” I can’t really think of any thing else that tops Epic or Legendary (Artifact perhaps?) [...]

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EA Responds to Take-Two’s “Show Me The Money” Request for Take Over

As reported earlier, Take-Two has allowed EA to join the company for some “alternative strategic planning” sessions. In short, Take-Two believes that EA’s initial offer was not lucrative enough, and has shifted focus in an effort to convince EA that they should sweeten the deal. Could a SackBoy PowerPoint type presentation change the minds of [...]

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Merger Accomplished: Activision Blizzard Born

Like it or not, with a reported shareholders vote of 92%, the merger first announced back in December 2007, is finally complete. All last minute hopes of a creative name for the new company are officially squashed, as the new name, “Activsion Blizzard”, proves that compromise is often boring as hell. In exchange for 295.3 [...]

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Activision & Vivendi Hope To Exchange Vowes Without Losing Brand Recognition

Modern day marriages often end with the bride keeping her last name, so why the look of awe on so many faces when two large corporations exchange vows, swap a little ink, and walk away bowlegged and smiling with the same brand recognition they had going into the deal?

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EA/Take-Two Merger – Sports Gaming Monopoly

Justin Blankenship, a former FTC lawyer, expresses concern regarding the potential EA and Take-Two merger. Specifically, he believes that the merger may violate antitrust laws due to the hold the company would have on the videogame sports sector.

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