EA Lands $1 bln Loan for Take-Two Bid
Electronic Arts has executed a commitment letter for up to $1 billion in debt financing to support its bid for Take-Two, the company said Friday.
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10tacle's TGC Takeover Falls Through10tacle Studios' bid to buy fellow German game publisher TGC - The Games Company has been mutually nixed.
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Style Trumps Realism in New Prince of Persia"In terms of style, we know we’re on the right track when you consider something like the new Street Fighter," Prince of Persia creative director Jean-Christophe Guyot tells Edge magazine.
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Activision Shares Jump on Strong ResultsShares in Activision leapt over 12 percent in mid-afternoon trading Friday, after the company posted record fiscal year results and optimistic guidance.
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Burnout Paradise Smashes Into PCElectronic Arts is bringing the Burnout franchise to the PC, a first for the hyper-fast racing series.
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GTA IV Bossing European ChartsRockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV has topped the latest Spanish, German and Swedish software charts, with the PS3 version leading the way in two of the three countries.
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BioShock Movie Officially ConfirmedUniversal Pictures and Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski have signed a deal with publisher Take-Two to bring acclaimed FPS BioShock to the silver screen.
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RealNetworks to Spin Off Game StudioRealNetworks will spin off its casual games business into an independent company.
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MS: Sony Has Failed to Deliver on PromisesMicrosoft's Aaron Greenberg says “the days of Sony snowing the consumers and the press are over,” that the company has failed to deliver on numerous promises, and challenges Sony’s latest European PS3 sales figures.
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Codies Swoops to Acquire Formula 1 LicenseCodemasters has secured the exclusive videogame rights to Formula 1, which CEO Rod Cousens has labeled the “jewel” in its “racing crown”.
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Gran Turismo Races Past 50 Million SalesSony Computer Entertainment has announced that worldwide shipments of its Gran Turismo racing franchise have exceeded 50 million units.
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PSP Continues Hardware Reign in JapanSony’s PSP held onto the top spot in Japan during the week ended May 4, easily outselling its nearest competitors.
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Mario Kart Wii Tops 1 Million in JapanMario Kart Wii remained at the top of the latest Japanese software chart after domestic sales topped the million mark.
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Today's Very Best LinksGently woven for you; the fluffiest tufts from the games-web; shorn completely of all the crappy stuff that you would really rather not touch.
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Activision Posts Heroic Q4 ResultsUPDATE - Activision has posted record fiscal year results and a strong fourth quarter on the back of hit titles such as Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Call of Duty 4; hardware projections within.
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Atari Booted from NasdaqAfter numerous close-calls, the Nasdaq stock market has removed Atari from its listings, the game maker announced Thursday.
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Next Tony Hawk DS-ExclusiveActivision has again expressed how it plans to bring industry-leading innovation back to the Tony Hawk skating franchise, and reveals the next entry will be DS-only.
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New Call of Duty Heads to Six PlatformsThe next entry in the Call of Duty franchise will be spread across six platforms and will take place in a "new theater" of war, Activision said during an earnings call Thursday.
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Guitar Hero's Next "Innovation" ComingActivision has been dropping heavy hints about more multiplatform Guitar Hero titles coming for the holidays.
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Pandemic Unveils LOTR: ConquestPandemic Studios will be exercising its action game experience with the newly-announced The Lord of the Rings: Conquest.
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NPD: Online Subs Exceed $1 bln AnnuallyThe NPD Group has released new data showing that online subscriptions in the US gaming market exceed $1 billion annually.
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"Major Improvements" in M-Rated EnforcementThe Federal Trade Commission has found that game retailers are significantly better at keeping mature-themed products out of the hands of minors, especially when compared to music and movie retail.
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MS: GTA IV Drove 360 Sales Up 54%Following the release of Grand Theft Auto IV on April 29, Xbox 360 sales have jumped 54 percent week-over-week in the US, according to Microsoft.
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Blackstar MMO Back in OrbitUPDATE - NCsoft recently cancelled its plans to publish Spacetime Studios' space-faring MMO Blackstar, but the studio announced Thursday that it has acquired the Blackstar IP from the publisher.
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