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| STORIES ABOUT: Take Two |
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| Carnival Games: Mini-Golf Has Havok Physics |  | 2K Games, the property of Take Two Entertainment, are announcing that they are licensing the Havok physics engine, which will be used in the freshly announced Diablo III from Blizzard, in a series of releases for the Nintendo Wii. 2K is best known for developing ... [read more >>] | | 30 June 2008, 02:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nobody Wants to Get Money out of Hot Coffee Lawsuit |  | When the "Hot Coffee" class action lawsuit was settled somewhere in January 2008, the judges declared that any consumer that had bought Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and had issues with the possible unlocking of non-advertised content was entitled to a 35 do ... [read more >>] | | 26 June 2008, 03:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Take Two Responds to Fourth Tender Offer Extension |  | This is getting pretty annoying and, what's even worse: it no longer surprises anybody. Yes, I'm talking here about Electronic Arts' desire to purchase Take Two. The short story is: EA keeps offering the same amount of money over and over again while Take Two ... [read more >>] | | 18 June 2008, 02:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Electronic Arts Sued over Madden Series |  | When it rains legal problems on Electronic Arts, it really pours. The company has recently come under Federal Trade Commission investigation because of its attempt to take over Take Two. And now, another investigation is threatening the very heart of Electronic Arts, its sports divisi ... [read more >>] | | 12 June 2008, 15:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Ubisoft Could Make a Move for Take Two |  | A Forbes report mentions the fact that France-based videogames publisher Ubisoft could be interested in talking about some sort of association with Take Two, as the company seems out of the reach of ... [read more >>] | | 11 June 2008, 03:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Strauss Zelnick Talks about BioShock 3 |  | Take Two might be praising GTA IV for its very good second quarter financial results, but let's not forget that last year the bulk of the profits that the company reported were not brought in by a Rockstar crime drama, but by the more sober hit that was 2K Boston's BioShock. So, it was no surprise that Take Two chairman Strauss Zelnick commented on the evolution of the BioShock franchise when he spoke to investors and a ... [read more >>] | | 06 June 2008, 10:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Take Two Says GTA IV Is Breaking Sales Records |  | As Electronic Arts makes another extension to its deadline regarding the Take Two takeover, this time because of an ongoing Federal Trade Commission inquiry into aspects of the deal, Take Two is busy providing its shareholders with more reasons ... [read more >>] | | 06 June 2008, 02:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Electronic Arts CEO Gets Company Shares |  | On Tuesday, Electronic Arts Chief Executive Officer, John Riccitiello has purchased some 1 million dollars worth of EA shares in trading, according to financial documents that are of public domain. The top executive has added exactly 20,000 shares to hi ... [read more >>] | | 26 May 2008, 16:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Bioshock Coming to the PlayStation 3 |  | Even if initially Bioshock was announced for the PC and next generation consoles, we now only have a PC and a Xbox 360 versions to play around with. But that situation is about to change, as there is now official confirmation regarding the PlayStation 3 version of the [ADMARK= ... [read more >>] | | 23 May 2008, 09:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Electronic Arts Extends Offer, Take Two Says No Yet Again |  | Even as the second term set by Electronic Arts for its hostile takeover offer of Take Two has passed, the videogame publisher remains defiant in the face of all analysts that are urging it to review its offer if it wants to have any chance of getting Take Two. EA has again extended th ... [read more >>] | | 20 May 2008, 03:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Will Electronic Arts Get Take Two? |  | A second deadline has passed as Electronic Arts continues to try and execute a hostile takeover of Take Two. The results of the offer have not yet been made available but there's every reason to believe that Electronic Arts has again failed to acquire the shares it needs to co ... [read more >>] | | 19 May 2008, 10:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Bioshock Movie Gets Director, Screenwriter |  | It was only a matter of time till someone snapped the rights for a Bioshock movie tie-in. That someone is Universal Studios, which paid an undisclosed sum to Take Two Interactive for the intellectual property rights needed to create such a movie (the sum appears to be above the $10 million mark). They have already named a director for the movie, in the person of ... [read more >>] | | 14 May 2008, 03:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Weekend Bashing: 5 Reasons Why GTA IV Will Be Better on the PC |  | There is a pandemic going around in the world and it’s called the GTA IV bug. I don't want to be misunderstood, I really liked this latest title from Rockstar but I feel that all the editors in the world, with very few exceptions, are attending group therapy in a broth ... [read more >>] | | 09 May 2008, 20:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Take Two Boss Says There Are No Problems with GTA IV |  | We reported last week that GTA IV seemed to be suffering from some annoying issues, especially freezes in the opening cinematic, both on Xbox 360 machines and on PlayStation 3 consoles. Then, we broke the news that the technical support people at Rockstar had issued a rather long an ... [read more >>] | | 09 May 2008, 02:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| One Hour With: GTA IV and Liberty City |  | In today's super quick, hyper active world, there isn't much time for anything. And I find there's less and less time for gaming. Gone are the days when I played bad games almost to the finish just because I could. We, gamers, now live in an age when a game must make an impression or be condemned to the trash bin. The issue is made worse by the fact that the gamer demographic is aging. There are more and more gamers that hav ... [read more >>] | | 06 May 2008, 06:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Take Two Sues Chicago Transit Authority for GTA Ads |  | It was about two weeks ago when we reported that the CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) had decided to withdraw the ad campaign on Grand Theft Auto, following news reports from Fox News stating that recent criminal and violent acts in Chicago were caused by the y ... [read more >>] | | 06 May 2008, 03:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| GTA IV Freezes in Opening Cinematic |  | What's a big, hyped game launch without a few hiccups? After standing in long lines to get the game at midnight, some gamers returned home to discover that their copy of GTA IV, the most anticipated game of 2008, simply did not want to move past the opening cinematic. ... [read more >>] | | 30 April 2008, 05:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Take Two Rejects New Electronic Arts Offer |  | In a formal statement released yesterday, the board of directors of Take Two formally rejected the new offer for shares that Electronic Arts had put out on Friday. Because the offer is hostile, meaning that it targets individual shareholders rather than negotiate wi ... [read more >>] | | 22 April 2008, 02:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Take Two Silent, Deadline Close |  | The past week was pretty quiet regarding the Electronic Arts – Take Two tender offer, but things will definitely change today (or, at most, tomorrow) since this is the day when the GTA franchise owners meet to decide the company's future. Even more, ... [read more >>] | | 17 April 2008, 13:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Take Two Expands into Asia |  | Even as the deadline for the Electronic Arts hostile takeover draws near, Take Two seems to have more important issues to deal with. After plans were announced last year regarding a possible move into the South East Asia markets, Take Two has declared that a new Asia division will b ... [read more >>] | | 15 April 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| THQ Not Keen on Acquisitions |  | The game industry is clearly in a phase where consolidation is very important. Late last year, we heard that Activision was merging with Blizzard, well, technically with the games division of Vivendi, of which Blizzard is the most important component. Earlier this year we witnessed the launch of an offer by Electronic Arts to take over Take Two. Only today we reported that Rockstar has bought up Mad Doc.
In this climate of competition, ... [read more >>] | | 07 April 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| EA Could Delay GTA IV's Release |  | No, just don't grab the rotten tomatoes yet, this is still far away from happening - a big "if" is involved here. Still, it's a really, really scary "if": according to Michael Pachter, the worldwide known game analyst, Electronic Arts could delay GTA IV's April 29 release IF they manage to ... [read more >>] | | 07 April 2008, 04:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Electronic Arts Still Interested in Take Two |  | Last week, two things happened in the now-more-than-a-month-old story of war and betrayal between Take Two and Electronic Arts. The Take Two board has decided to respond negatively to EA's hostile bid proposal and encourage stock holders not to sell, by describ ... [read more >>] | | 31 March 2008, 03:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Electronic Arts Gets New CFO |  | Part of Electronic Arts' power is that it never fails to generate news. It's a very rare day indeed the one when there's nothing on the gaming news radar regarding the gigantic games publisher. Only recently EA has again taken the fight to Take Two in ... [read more >>] | | 28 March 2008, 04:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Take Two Formally Rejects Offer from Electronic Arts |  | After it urged shareholders not to give in to Electronic Arts' hostile bid Take Two's board has formally rejected the offer and stated that it will not enter any more negotiations until after the release of GTA IV in late April.
... [read more >>] | | 26 March 2008, 21:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Electronic Arts, Not the White Knight |  | EA Chief Executive John Riccitiello, the man who wants to start a revolution at Electronic Arts, has recently made a very interesting comment regarding the offer of his company to take over ... [read more >>] | | 19 March 2008, 07:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Take Two Says BioShock 2 on the Way |  | Recently, Take Two has revealed its financial results for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2008. In business terms, they were less than spectacular. Sales went down to around 240 million dollars while losses crept up towards the 38 million mark. Game wise it was a marvelous day, w ... [read more >>] | | 12 March 2008, 03:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Take Two Shareholders Bailing Out |  | No, we're not talking about shareholder Jack Thompson, we're talking about the big ones here: Oppenheimer Funds, Take Two's biggest shareholder and FMR LLC, the second-largest shareholder sold most of their shares, without telling why they actually d ... [read more >>] | | 11 March 2008, 04:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Take Two's Zelnick Proud of His Work |  | Take-Two Interactive executive chairman, Strauss Zelnick, has claimed that his current business model for the company would be to remain independent. An offer like that from Electronic A ... [read more >>] | | 06 March 2008, 03:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| EA Doesn't Need Jack Thompson's Help |  | Last week, Take Two shareholder (as he calls himself nowadays) Jack Thompson offered to help Electronic Arts in their fight to take over the GTA IV game owner and everybody was really curious to see EA's response. There was a little reason for doubt regarding ... [read more >>] | | 06 March 2008, 03:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Jack Thompson Wants to Help EA Buy Take Two |  | If somebody decided to write a book about everything Jack Thompson did during his career as an attorney, he or she would definitely win some prizes. However, it would be sad to see a book now, with so many things happening and showing no signs of stopping. ... [read more >>] | | 04 March 2008, 03:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| No BioShock Without GTA |  | BioShock was one of the best games to come out in 2007. It had a compelling storyline and some great gameplay mechanics. And it was beautiful. Not in the metaphorical way, but in the direct sense. All the ingame art and all the details of the setting were polished to perfection. And it would have ... [read more >>] | | 29 February 2008, 03:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Pachter Analyzes GTA's Future |  | I really doubt that anybody who knows about the recent hype surrounding the EA – Take Two proposed deal doesn't have already a script for what could happen with the Grand Theft Auto franchise. And, basically, there are two different points of view: the acquisition would have a good ... [read more >>] | | 27 February 2008, 04:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Is Take Two Really Willing to Talk? |  | Although only a few days have gone by since Electronic Arts revealed an offer to buy Take Two the saga goes on. Take Two have recently declared that after the release of ... [read more >>] | | 26 February 2008, 06:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| EA Wants to Take Two |  | Take Two, the developer of the Grand Theft Auto series, has declined the initial offer, citing the sum as being too low, but Electronic Arts has decided to keep the offer open so that Take Two could still take advantage of it.
Financially, the 2 billion initial offer ... [read more >>] | | 25 February 2008, 03:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Take Two's Future Unsure, GTA 4 - Life-saver |  | Christmas has always been a time when video game developers and publishers from across the world enjoy boosted sales. That's why many games are released during this period – and the same should've happened with Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 4. Initially sched ... [read more >>] | | 11 December 2007, 04:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Rockstar Might Leave Take Two in 2009 |  | After the recent Activision-Vivendi deal that probably scared a little the Electronic Arts empire, everybody wonders what moves is EA going to make in order to re-establish its top position. While everything is just a speculation, the fact that it comes from people who, supposedl ... [read more >>] | | 07 December 2007, 02:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| GTA IV Delayed until 2008 |  | GTA IV has always sparked controversy before the launch but players don’t have to worry about this with the new title because Rockstar has decided not to release it until the second fiscal quarter of 2008 (in gaming terms it means sometimes after January 31).
I don’t want to be ... [read more >>] | | 03 August 2007, 04:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| No More GTA IV for PS3? REALLY!? |  | This morning started quite nice: I drank my coffee in peace, made a few jokes with my colleagues, got a couple of DVDs to be set for the evening and turned on my computer. Just when I was thinking: “I'm having one of those good days, when nothing seems to bother me and everything goes according to plan,” I clicked on this article posted on Joystiq that said that there was a page missing from Rockstar's support web site ... [read more >>] | | 29 March 2007, 03:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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