Posts Tagged ‘acquisition’

In-Fusio, The Questions

August 30th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 4 Comments »

The past days, In-Fusio stole the show with the termination of the original company and the start of one called In-Fusio Europe. You sent in some questions and Sebastien Martin is answering them in this post.

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Sprint Acquires Virgin Mobile USA

July 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

A big chance in the North American operator landscape as Sprint has acquired Virgin Mobile USA to increase the position of it's Boost Mobile brand in the prepaid market.

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ZeniMax Borrowed $105 Million for id

July 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Following the acquisition of id Software by Zenimax, the companies didn't disclose any information about the total sum Zenimax put on the table to finance the deal.

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Eidos is no More…

July 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Eidos, one of the bigger names in the industry, is no more. Their new owner Square Enix has announced that publisher Eidos transforms into developer Square Enix Europe.

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Minick UK Fully Integrated into Net-M

July 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Though Swisscom acquired 100% of Minick back in December 2006, it seems like Swisscom has sold Minick's UK office on to competitor Net-M.

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Bethesda Softworks / ZeniMax Acquires id Software

June 25th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Developer of the Fallout series, Bethesda Softworks, has announced that the company has acquired id Software. Id Software is known for their Wolfenstein, Doom and Quake series which they are also bringing to the iPhone.

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Warner Bros to Acquire Codemasters?

June 24th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Following a bid of 33 Million for Midway, Warner Bros is eyeballing yet another big games publisher for an acquisition. Is Warner building their own mega games company? Could Glu be next?

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KongZhong Acquires Simlife

June 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

KongZhong Corporation announced that it is to acquire the entire issued share capital of Simlife International, Inc. Upon the closing of the acquisition, Simlife would become a wholly-owned subsidiary of KongZhong.

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IGT Acquires Million-2-1, Restructures

June 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Following a strategic relationship of about two years between both companies, IGT has announced that it acquired Million-2-1. As a result, IGT announced restructuring plans as well.

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Glu’s Stock Climbing Fast, but Why?

June 17th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 2 Comments »

Over the past few days, Glu's (GLUU) value has started to climb up again. Since June 12th, the company's shares even passed the $1 line. What is triggering this sudden climb from $0.89 five days ago to $1.5999 at the time of writing?