The Take Two takeover attempts inspire ironic video game
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Posted March 20th, 2008 at 10:06pm
by Corey Tamas
Those of you who have been following the ongoing story of Electronic Arts attempt to take over Take Two Interactive will be interested to know that EA is continuing to apply the pressure, and is blocking Take Two’s exit routes from the acquisition. Gigantic Game Publisher EA (known for triple-A games like The Sims) has been trying for a while to buy Take Two Interactive (known for one of my favorite games, Max Payne, among other popular titles), but their offer of $2 billion was refused and, since then, have become more hostile. Forbes reports that EA CEO John Riccitiello has gone to shareholders but, more interestingly (at least to us), game developer Steve Meretzky (known for having worked on Zoo Tycoon) has been working on a game called Videogame Tycoon for some time now… and the recent drama between EA and Take Two has only inspired him to go further.
Since Meretzky worked on “Videogame Tycoon,” the idea has only grown more relevant, with Vivendi seizing control of Activision last year and Electronic Arts launching its hostile bid for Take-Two. Even software giant Microsoft’s effort to grab Yahoo! plays into the theme, since Microsoft publishes a vast array of videogames for PCs and its Xbox console, and Yahoo! runs a Web-based gaming hub of its own.
Don’t bother trying to sign me up unless the game company CEOs start shooting one another with rocket launchers.
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