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GameStop Swoops In To Buy ThinkGeek For $140 Million

Posted by Soulskill on from the will-pay-you-8-cents-for-used-annoy-a-trons dept.

Lirodon writes: Remember a few days ago, when Slashdot's former parent company was the subject of a $122 million takeover bid by Hot Topic? Well, another geeky retailer entered the fray in the battle for ThinkGeek, and won. GameStop will be acquiring Geeknet for $140 million. The video game retailer has promised synergies, such as in-store pickup and integration with its rewards program.

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  1. Re:RIP Think Geek by OhPlz · · Score: 4, Informative

    That's what happens when you buy all your competitors.

  2. Re:Might make Gamestop a bit more relevant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Remember a few years ago when Source Forge projects were safe from being arbitrarily hijacked by DICE, and didn't have adware and crapware bundled in with their deployment packages by DICE, and stories of misdeeds by DICE would actually get posted on slashdot?

    Those were good years.