Archive for the ‘Companies & M&A’ Category

Telcogames Management Starts Mobile Entertainment Distribution Limited

May 20th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 7 Comments »

Though in our previous stories, we mentioned that there was a chance of a management buyout for Telcogames, PocketGamer revealed that the management has already started up a brand new company a few days before Telcogames went into administration.

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Endemol Enters Casual Gaming

May 9th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Endemol Roughly two years after selling it’s Overloaded gaming unit, Endemol officially plans to get back into the world of games. This time, the focus is on casual gaming.

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Real to Split Gaming Business

May 9th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Realarcade RealNetworks has planned to split off it’s casual gaming business to create an independent gaming unit that can continue growth without influence of other services.

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THQ Cuts 200 Jobs

May 7th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Thqwireless THQ is cutting 200 jobs in order to get their financials back on track. This action is a direct result on the poor fourth quarter results from the company.

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Telcogames Sale Possible

April 29th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 6 Comments »

Jason Godefroy and Paul Clark, partners from Menzies Corporate Restructuring (MCR), have sent out a press release covering the latest status of Telcogames.

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Warner Impact on SCI Hardly Possitive

April 28th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Eidosinteractive Last week we reported on the news that Warner Bros has made a strategic investment in Eidos / SCI. A few days after, it seems like investors in SCI aren’t impressed.

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More TelcoGames Details

April 25th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 2 Comments »

The deadline for showing your interest in acquiring TelcoGames is nearing, and so we received a bit more information from several sides.

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In-Fusio in Problems as Well

April 25th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 4 Comments »

Infusio It seems not only TelcoGames is in heavy weather at the moment. Rumours say that In-Fusio is having huge cash flow problems as well and are ‘in administration’.

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Warner Bros. Buys Into SCI/Eidos

April 25th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 1 Comment »

Eidosinteractive The soap surrounding SCI / Eidos seems to continue, though finally good things seem to happen again as Warner Bros. bought itself into the company.

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Oberon Rebrands to I-Play

April 25th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Oberon When we where talking to Oberon’s Don Ryan at Casual Connect, he clearly wasn’t joking when he told us about the value of the I-Play brand for the group. Now, the whole publishing department goes I-Play.