With the announcement that Index Corporation would be looking to sell off its assets as it struggles through bankruptcy, the games industry has naturally looked towards the fate of Index’s champion developer and publisher Atlus. There have been a lot of theories thrown around, and one of the most popular…
Read MoreGree is not a well-known name in the west, but when it does something, people should take notice. The Japanese giant acquired OpenFeint not too long ago, and now it has extended its reach further, snapping up App Ant Studios. Gree has the goal of reaching one billion users worldwide.…
Read MoreOne of the parties rumoured to be in discussions with Vivendi to acquire Activision Blizzard, following the news that it may well be up for sale, is Microsoft. This would be bad news for both Sony and Nintendo, and even Apple. Love it or hate it, Activision Blizzard is the…
Read MoreI was so freaking close. Having predicted not a few months ago that one of the hardware titans – Sony or Microsoft – would go and acquire Onlive, Sony goes and announces that it’s going to acquire rival Cloud provider, Gaikai, for $380 million. You know what? It’s close enough.…
Read MoreI know I’ve written on similar topics in the past, but I think this is a topic worth revisiting, as the signs are there that now is the time for it to happen. What am I talking about? Who Apple will acquire in the gaming space. I would argue it’s…
Read MoreThere’s a fascinating piece over at Gamesindustry that points out that while the media attention is focused firmly on the plight of THQ, almost every major games publisher is genuinely struggling right now. It’s not the “bad economy,” that’s causing it, either. Companies like EA and Take Two are underperforming…
Read MoreThough Cloud gaming service OnLive isn’t up for sale just yet, the founder of the company, Steve Perlman, is a entrepreneur who sets up companies to be acquired. The question is: who will acquire OnLive? Previous Perlman projects include WebTV and Moxi Digital, as well as Rearden, an incubator for…
Read MoreAn interesting report over at GamesIndustry.biz suggests that EA, which has been trigger happy with the actions, might itself be up for acqusition shortly. The report quotes Panoptic Management Consultants CEO, Asif Khan, as claiming that EA might become a very attractive target for acqisition by the even bigger fish,…
Read MoreAn interesting report over at GamesIndustry.biz suggests that EA, which has been trigger happy with the actions, might itself be up for acqusition shortly. The report quotes Panoptic Management Consultants CEO, Asif Khan, as claiming that EA might become a very attractive target for acqisition by the even bigger fish,…
Read MoreFollowing our report on the rumours that Draw Something developer, OMGPOP, was up for acquisition, we can now confirm that Zynga has acquired the developer. I don’t think this should come as any surprise. Draw Something is the new Angry Birds, and Draw Something will actually fit in nicely with…
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