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Take-Two plays hard to get, EA dealmaker reacts (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Two weeks ago, video game maker Electronic Arts Inc. launched a $2 billion cash bid for Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. Since then, EA made the offer hostile and had to find a new CFO, and Take-Two enacted a poison pill and just moved its annual shareholder meeting back to April...

Posted on March 28, 2008 9:51 AM

Electronic Arts CFO Warren Jenson to leave (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Electronic Arts Inc.'s chief financial officer Warren Jenson, presumably a chief architect of EA's hostile bid for Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., is leaving the firm. Jenson cited a need to write the next chapter in his career. He has served as EA's CFO since 2002 and will stay with the...

Posted on March 25, 2008 3:05 PM

EA's massive Take-Two bid could give Hollywood a BioShock (from Corporate Dealmaker)

All the talk about "Grand Theft Auto" as the main impetus for Electronic Arts Inc.'s $2 billion bid for Take-Two Interactive overshadows other reasons this deal makes strategic sense for the big video game publisher. After all, Take-Two offers more than just the crime-action game. It also provides access to...

Posted on February 25, 2008 3:24 PM

Choosing sides (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The booming video game industry is all about alliances - which turn out to be nearly as fast-moving as the games themselves.

Posted on October 15, 2006 6:55 PM