EA SPORTS TO BUY OUT TAKE-TWO (GTA IV)!!

[Lyrical.Troop]

Wasn't this going around months ago but nothing came of it?

EA put in a bid at the beginning of April, knowing that GTA IV Will be a massive hit.
T2 refused it, EA have now offered $2 Billion.
Thats around £1 billion.

Also, the name VIVENDI, who are keen to buy out SULAKE, has bought out Activision and now makes the Guitar Hero games.

EA, which has long enjoyed its status as the world's largest game software publisher, will also face a worthy new rival later this year when French media conglomerate Vivendi combines its games unit with Activision Inc. (nasdaq: ATVI - news - people ), the company behind the successful "Guitar Hero" series. That deal, which will give Vivendi a majority stake in a new company called Activision Blizzard, won European regulatory approval this week.

[cunning]

Sounds good, so many companies are getting sold.