NBC Merger Leaves VU Games, Blizzard, Sierra In Cold

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday October 8, 2003 @11:08AM from the no-change-is-bad-change dept.

Thanks to Reuters for their report that Vivendi Universal Games has still not found a buyer, with indication that, despite much confusion, "The video game unit is not a part of the newly-created NBC Universal, and Vivendi has signaled its intention to hold on to the division." VU Games is also the parent company of both Sierra and Blizzard, but although "...industry insiders have questioned why Vivendi would want to retain ownership considering its divestiture of other entertainment assets", VU Games will stay as it is for now, since "...sources in the banking and games-publishing industries have said the sale bogged down over price, with Vivendi asking on the order of $800 million."

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Nuclear, Biological, Chemical? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-08 11:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

A merger of these 3 sounds very nasty: a single bomb that can nuke you, give you a rash, and make you cough all at one time.
Sigh... by BTWR · 2003-10-08 11:48 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Such 100% no-question-about-it BORING stories like this make it, and my MegaMan Collection and other stories get rejected.

I was wondering, is there (seriously) like some sort of filter that they don't even look at stories from users whose id is >10,000 or something, or who doesn't have like 2,000 karma points?