Gamertell

And you thought Disney was done when it started the multi-billion dollar acquisition of Marvel. Less than a week after that announcement, Disney then announced that it has agreed to purchase Wideload Games, makers of Stubbs the Zombie, Hail to the Chimp and Texas Cheat’ Em. Continue Reading »

With Take Two’s board rejecting EA’s takeover offer, EA has softened its stand, though only a bit. It had previously set April 11, 2008, as the deadline but has deferred it by a week and reset it to April 18, 2008. Despite the extension, it still is keen to close… Continue Reading »

The board of directors of Take-Two has once again dismissed EA’s offer and termed it “inadequate in multiple respects.” But it remains open to other possibilities like a merger with a third party or EA. It has advised the company’s shareholders not to offer their shares to EA. The board… Continue Reading »

While EA’s takeover bid for Take-Two has hogged all the limelight for the past week, there is finally some other big news concerning another major deal. According to a report from Bloomberg, an investor has sued Activision as it is disgruntled with the terms of the publisher’s merger with Vivendi… Continue Reading »

On January 30, 2008, Microsoft offered Yahoo Inc. $44.6 billion to merge both internet companies according to a story published in Reuters. By merging, the businesses will be able to compete with the current popular web company Google Inc. According to Game Daily writer James Brightman, this would be the… Continue Reading »

The $18.8 billion deal to combine Activision and Vivendi Games will see the creation of a new company, Activision Blizzard, which is expected to be the world’s largest and most profitable pure-play video game publisher. Vivendi, which is going to be the majority stakeholder in the new company, has taken… Continue Reading »