The Walt Disney Co.’s video game arm has reportedly agreed to buy a Chinese game developer as the U.S. entertainment company seeks to expand its presence in China. Disney Interactive Studios plans to buy Chinese company Gamestar, the gaming affiliate said in a statement seen Tuesday. Terms of the deal were kept confidential.
Founded in 2002, […]
Stardock and Gas Powered Games have announced today that they have reached a publishing agreement for Gas Powered Games’ upcoming PC game, Demigod.
Demigod is a team-based action game with RTS and RPG elements. Players take control of a massive Demigod with the goal of annihilating their opponent’s position in a given arena while preventing the […]
Ubisoft has just released a number of games on Steam, Valve’s popular online game service. This includes titles such as Far Cry, Dark Messiah of Might & Magic, and Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell; these are now available for purchase and download to the approximate 15 million registered users of Steam. Meanwhile, Assassin’s Creed: Director’s Cut […]
The EA-Take-Two saga continues as Electronic Arts (EA) has extended its offer to buy Take-Two from midnight on April 11 to 11:59 p.m., April 18. EA says the extension is in response to action taken by Take-Two on March 26, including putting a “poison pill” in place and pushing its 2008 annual meeting of stockholders […]
It looks like the Paramount movie studio wants a slice of the lucrative videogame pie. An article on Variety reveals the movie studio will be publishing casual games based on its movie properties. Apparently, its first titles will be ready this year.
“”There’s going to be a slate where in some cases we’re publishing, in […]
SEOUL, KOREA (March 25, 2008) – NCsoft® Corporation, the world’s leading developer and publisher of online computer games, today announced that it has reinforced its relationship with Epic Games, Inc. by licensing Unreal Engine 3 to develop two unannounced, top-tier massively multiplayer online games. NCsoft has achieved spectacular results working with the Unreal Engine over […]
March 12, 2008- Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR), one of the world’s most recognized brands and a third-party video game publisher and distributor, and Valve today announced an agreement to bring a variety of PC games from the Atari catalog to Steam, a leading platform for the delivery and management of PC games and digital content […]
EA is now turning to Take-Two’s shareholders to divest them of their share at $26 USD, The same amount offered by EA to Take-Two’s board of governors. EA big boss John Riccitiello says:
This is a great opportunity for Take-Two shareholders. We believe Take-Two investors will see our tender offer as the best way to maximize […]
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 […]
Toshiba today has announced it will discontinue support for its HD-DVD technology. A series of blows has dented the high-definition DVD format in recent weeks: Warner Bros. being the most recent major film studio to pledge its allegiance to rivals Blu-ray and US supermarket giant Wal-Mart ceasing to stock HD-DVD.
Following such moves, Toshiba has […]
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