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Six reasons why $250 million for Playfish is a steal
The Internet is awash with rumours that Playfish has been acquired by Electronic Arts for $250 million. That’s a steal for EA if it’s true. When a company that is less than two years old is rumoured...
- Posted 15 years ago
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Marvel is a mine, not an IP creator – and distribution is still king
The content versus distribution argument may be as old as the media industry. But does the Disney acquisition of Marvel for $4 billion return content to the ascendancy. Barely a decade ago, Marvel was bankrupt. But it...
- Posted 15 years ago
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The Live Gamer/Two Fish acquisition signals the end of the distinction between social games and hardcore MMOs
The recent acquisition of TwoFish by LiveGamer was justified by the need to offer a full-service ecommerce solution across all genres of games, not just MMOs. Does this mean the end of the distinction between hardcore and...
- Posted 15 years ago
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MySpace wants to be “a gaming platform” – who are the top acquisition targets?
Jonathan Miller, head of digital activities at NewsCorp, has said that “MySpace is and will be more in the future a gaming platform, a space for people to meet and play games” (Thanks to GI.biz for quoting...
- Posted 15 years ago
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Will Sony’s joint venture with Ericsson kill the PSP phone before it even launches?
Sony is working on the PSP2, and most commentators expect it to go head-to-head with the iPhone, which means that it needs to have a built-in phone. But internal politics may kill the deal before it even...
- Posted 15 years ago
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Midway saga coming to an end?
GI.biz reports that Warner is the only bidder for the assets of bankrupt Midway Games. The offer on the table is $33 million. This might bring the sorry tale of Midway Games to an end, although with...
- Posted 15 years ago
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Warner to pick up Midway from bankruptcy
GamaSutra is reporting that Warner has bid $33 million for Midway, $3 million above the bonus target revealed in court documents last month. The deal includes Mortal Kombat and the Chicago and Seattle studios but leaves out...
- Posted 15 years ago