EA Trying to Buy Ubisoft Shares

Posted by Zonk on Monday December 20, 2004 @04:29AM from the step-one:-challenge-everything-step-two:-profit dept.

jujubees writes "What is going on with Electronic Arts these days? This morning it was revealed that EA is trying to acquire 19.9% of the Ubisoft shares owned by Dutch investment company Talpa Beheer B.V. If approved by the US Antitrust department, the buyout would instantly make EA the biggest shareholder, ahead of the Guillemot brothers. Whether this is a hostile takeover attempt is not clear at this point, no financial terms were disclosed." An anonymous reader also wrote in to mention a GamePro Editorial about the company, regarding its past as an honorable games-maker and its current reputation.

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Ugh.. by Jozone · 2004-12-20 04:34 · Score: 0, Flamebait

It was one thing when MS was messing with the way we worked, but if EA has a monopoly on the way we game....dam.

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Re:Slashdot Financial Network by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-20 04:48 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Reading financial news from Slashdot is like watching retards drive bumper cars
Not funny. You would think with your own limited intellectual capacity you would be more understanding.