Tag Archive: Acquisition

March 4, 2009 – 1:00 pm, Square Enix and Eidos agree to buyout terms; deal to be finalized early May

Source: MCVUK

March 4, 2009 – 11:55 am, Activision CEO Mike Griffith says the company is actively looking at acquisition and licensing opportunities, given the economic conditions

Source: Bloomberg

February 24, 2009 – 2:10 pm, PopCap acquires Peggle and Small Arms developer Gastronaut Studios out of love and admiration

Source: Shacknews

February 24, 2009 – 2:00 pm, Square Enix purchases another 11% of Eidos’ shares; now owns over 32% of the company

Source: GI.biz

February 19, 2009 – 4:05 pm, Crytek now officially owns all Free Radical IP

Source: VG247

February 12, 2009 – 2:40 pm, Square Enix vying for Eidos: submits $117 million bid

Source: Gamasutra

February 12, 2009 – 1:50 pm, Namco moves to acquire D3Publisher

Source: VG247

February 12, 2009 – 10:20 am, Crytek: Free Radical acquisition brings us closer to reaching console market

Source: GI.biz

February 3, 2009 – 11:10 pm, Free Radical staffer confirms acquisition by Crytek

Source: 1Up

February 3, 2009 – 10:00 pm, GameFly has acquired Shacknews

Source: GameShackFly

November 14, 2008 – 1:23 pm, UK-based publisher Kalypso Media has acquired the rights to Tropico from Take-Two; ostensibly intending to develop Tropico 3
November 13, 2008 – 4:59 pm, Ubisoft: Massive will play a pivotal role in breaking us into the MMO space

Source: Kotaku

November 10, 2008 – 2:07 pm, Ubisoft snatches up World in Conflict developer Massive Entertainment

Source: Gamespot

October 15, 2008 – 10:15 am, EA CEO John Riccitiello on Take-Two acquisition: “We were just trying to help”

Source: Wall Street Journal

October 14, 2008 – 12:13 pm, Southpeak gobbles up indie publisher Gamecock

Source: Shack

October 13, 2008 – 6:48 pm, French publisher Infogrames drops $11m on what’s left of ATARI

Source: GameDaily

August 19, 2008 – 6:11 pm, Take-Two and EA are up to something, although a buy-out is still unlikely

Source: CVG