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Take-Two rejects $2 Billion Dollar EA Takeover Bid

by Kiven on February 25th, 2008

Only hours after Electronic Arts had proposed a $26/ share (approximately $2 billion in total) offer to buy out Take-Two Interactive, the Take-Two board have responded with an absolute “No.”

According to Reuters, Take Two has said that the offer was at a “devaluation” of what the company has done and is trying to do and that it came at “absolutely the wrong time.” Additionally, Take-Two called the bid “highly opportunistic” on the heels of the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto IV on April 29.

Take-Two has offered to enter discussions with EA the day after GTA IV’s release, on April 30. Wise move , Take-two.

POSTED IN: 'Wire' Reports, Business Deals, Game Publishers, Mergers-Acquisitions

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