Electronic Arts is giving up plans to acquire rival computer games software company Take-Two Interactive and has terminated merger discussions with the company, it said Sunday.
Fallout 3, LittleBigPlanet, EA, Xbox 360 win E3 awards
The Game Critics Awards on Tuesday announced their "Best of Show" winners of E3 2008.
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Nintendo larger than all major publishers combined
According to Edge, Nintendo profited US$2.6 billion over the last year through April 2008, more than all other publicly traded top 20 publishers combined (including hardware sales). Disney, Konami, Activision, and Vivendi rounded out the top five.
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E3 "will occur" next year, say organisers
Despite rumors suggesting otherwise, the Entertainment Software Association is committed to hosting gaming's largest annual trade show for the fourteenth time next summer.
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Wii-like motion controllers coming to PC
Asustek Computer plans to bring Wii-like wireless gaming to PCs with the Eee Stick, two controllers that use motion sensors so people can bowl, slash swords, and play other games on a PC.
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E3 attendance drops to 38 companies
The Entertainment Software Association revealed the E3 2008 exhibitor list on Tuesday, underscoring how insignificant and small the once-great video game conference has become in light of the internet and remote press events as announcement platforms.
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Gold! Grand Theft Auto IV 'en route to retailers'
Take-Two CEO Ben Feder on Thursday said Grand Theft Auto IV has been sent to manufacturing and will soon arrive in stores.
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Gibson sues MTV, Harmonix, EA for Guitar Hero rights
The guitar manufacturer says guitar controllers infringe on a 1999 technology patent that protects the right to "simulate a musical performance".
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Report: Sony was top rated game publisher in 2007
According to a new report released on Tuesday, Nintendo trailed Sony last year in terms of the highest rated games, followed by Capcom, Lucas Arts, Atlus, EA, and Microsoft.
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More buyers interested in Take-Two after EA bid
The publisher of the popular Grand Theft Auto series has received more takeover interest after its US$2 billion offer from Electronic Arts, the company said Thursday.
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EA offers US$2 billion for Grand Theft Auto publisher
Take-Two Interactive Software, publishers of the popular Grand Theft Auto series of games, has received and rejected a US$2 billion acquisition bid from Electronic Arts but left the door open to a possible acquisition later.
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