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EA’s Tender Offer to Take-Two Actually Expires

Holy sweet mother of Strauss Zelnick! Is it the Ragnarök? Does this spell the end for all mankind? Probably not, but this may actually spell the end for one of the industry’s longest-running potential takeovers. EA announced this morning that they would be allowing their longstanding tender offer for shares of Take-Two Interactive to expire [...]

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EA Extends Take-Two Blah Blah Blah

You know the drill. The new deadline is August 18th.

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The Replay Value of History

“It reminds me of the circumstances attendant upon the death of Van Jansen, in Utrecht, in the year ’34. Do you remember the case, Gregson?” “No, sir.” “Read it up – you really should. There is nothing new under the sun.” – A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle Those who try to apply analysis to make predictions about an [...]

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Pachter Says EA’s Persistence May Pay Off

February 22nd. April 11th. May 16th. June 16th. July 18th. What do these disparate days have in common? They’re all seemingly arbitrary ‘expiration dates’ by which Take-Two or its shareholders had to either fork over the company to Electronic Arts in exchange for $25.74 per share, or risk the unthinkable — a one-month extension. CNET [...]

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Just the Links, Ma’am: 6.19.08

Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Enthusiast: Lightsaber Duels come to Wii, just as disgruntled former LucasArts staffer revealed; producer interviewed at (IGN) Disgruntled staffer kicks himself for forgetting to leak info on the stylus-driven DS clone (IGN) Crysis Warhead runs well on $620 PC, Crytek claims (PC Games via Shacknews) Walking is [...]

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Just the Links, Ma’am: 6.17.08

Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Consumer Report: Nintendo Wii Menu version 3.3 update destroys homebrew, Freeloader support (Nintendo Wii Fanboy; Nintendo Everything via videogaming247) Enthusiast: PlayStation 3 “trophies,” in-game XMB finally inbound for firmware v2.40; release date unspecified (PlayStation.Blog) Nintendo’s Laurent “geeks and otaku” Fischer promises some sort of Wii storage [...]

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Just the Links, Ma’am: 6.6.08

Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Today, updated on the fly: Gaming: MGS4 80GB PS3 bundle sells out in seven minutes, KOs Amazon.com (PS3 Fanboy via Gaming Today) GTA IV exclusive Xbox 360 DLC delayed until Q1 2009, says Take-Two… (ShackNews) …but Microsoft reminds us that Q1 begins November 2008, and says GTA DLC [...]

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EA Says Pretty Please, Take-Two Says No

It never ends! Electronic Arts’ “deadline” for their tender offer to Take-Two Interactive’s shareholders has come and gone — again — prompting EA to extend the deadline — again. Take-Two, in response, has advised its shareholders to remain firm and refuse the offer — again. Honestly, I could more or less copy and paste the [...]

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April NPD Numbers: Grand Theft Chart, Mario Kart, PS2 Departs

The April NPD numbers are here, and once again the gaming industry performs as if recession meant every American had $600 burning a hole in their pocket and only games to spend it on. With multiple Guinness World Records in its honor, even with only five days worth of sales there was no question whatsoever [...]

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EA Takes Out Billion-Dollar Loan

Reuters is reporting that Electronic Arts has secured a billion dollars in loans from Morgan Stanley, among others, in order to finance its ongoing efforts to acquire Take-Two Interactive. EA’s bid, still standing firm at roughly $2 billion, has been on the table for three months now, and has seen increasingly bold tactics on both [...]

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