Archive for the ‘Companies & M&A’ Category

More on TelcoGames, Possible Management Buyout?

April 23rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 4 Comments »

Telcogames_2 We just received the official emails from Menzies ‘corporate restructuring’ which are sent out to several developers and publishers, confirming the problems that TelcoGames is in.

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TelcoGames Goes Out of Business

April 23rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 2 Comments »

TelcoGames, the worlds best known aggregator of mobile games, seems to be as good as out of business as various sources reported to us today.

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Microsoft Acquires Danger

April 17th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Microsoft has finalized the acquisition of device manufacturer Danger. This means Microsoft now has the technology to produce Windows Mobile based devices, but can also use Danger technologies to optimize it’s mobile OS.

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Ubisoft Acquires Indian Gameloft Studio

April 17th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Ubisoft About a year ago, Gameloft and Ubisoft officially parted, though still working tightly together. Today, we received the news that Ubisoft actually acquired one of Gameloft’s studios.

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Approval for Vivendi-Activision

April 17th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

The European Union has approved the acquisition of Activision by Vivendi. The new company is expected to beat EA as the biggest publisher the world knows.

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Financials: THQ Wireless FY 2007

April 10th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Thqwireless We gathered the financial results of THQ Wireless for the full year of 2007 (year ended march 31st of 2008). Mobile results are down year-on-year.

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SCI Back in Merger Talks?

April 8th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Eidosinteractive Recently, shares of SCI/Eidos have increased in value again. After a lot of reorganisations, rumours now say there might be takeover news soon.

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Capcom Acquires K2

March 31st, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Capcom Capcom is going to acquire developer K2. This deal will not only strengthen Capcom’s development power, but also put brands like the popular Tenchu in their hands.

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Paramount Enters Mobile Gaming

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

Paramountpictures It seems the days for licensing Paramount brands are just about over as the company announced to be stepping into the world of (mobile) game publishing.