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Even Gaming Companies With Uptick In Sales Watch Their Stocks Slide

Epicenter | Posted 11.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Gamestop, Electornic Arts, Take Two, Nintendo, Economy, Activision Blizzard, Financial Crisis, Video Games, Recession, THQ, Ea, Business News

While retailers, manufacturers and tech companies are watching their holiday profits slip away, the gaming industry has been basking in impressive sal...

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Curing Content: The Value Problem, or How We Did Our Best with Dead Space

Andrew N. Green | Posted 09.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: EA Sports, Video Games, Dead Space, Ea, Virality, Viral Video, Entertainment News
Andrew N. Green

After many painful attempts at capitalizing on the phenomenon of "viral content," people began to realize that you couldn't throw an intern in front of a webcam and expect gold in return.

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Electronic Arts: Another Ho-Hum Takeover "Attempt"

DealBook | Posted 08.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Electronic Arts, EA Take Two, Grand Theft Auto, Hostile Takeover, Takeovers, EA Hostile Takeover, Take-Two Interactive, Ea, Business News

What is it with these hostile tech deals? First there was Microsoft, and now Electronic Arts. On Monday morning, Electronic Arts announced that it wo...

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Why EA Wants Take-Two Now

Forbes.com | Mary Jane Irwin | Posted 06.17.2008 | Business

Read More: EA Antitrust, Electronic Arts, Electronic Arts Antitrust, EA Take Two, Take Two, Electronic Arts Monopoly, Take-Two Purchase, Ea, Business News

BURLINGAME, CALIF. - In midday trading, Take-Two Interactive Software slipped 5 cents to $26.35. Electronic Arts fell 42 cents to $46.64. EA Chief Ex...

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Video Gamers Sue Electronic Arts Over "Anticompetetive Conduct"

East Bay Business Times | Posted 06.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Gamers Lawsuit, Gamers, Video Gamers, Madden, EA Lawsuit, Electronic Arts Monopoly, Electronic Arts, EA Antitrust, EA Sports, Electronic Arts and Take-Two, Electronic Arts Lawsuit, Sports, Video Games, Ea, Business News

Gamers in California and Washington, D.C., have sued Electronic Arts Inc. over what they call "blatantly anticompetitive conduct" in its football gam...

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EA Extends Deadline for Take-Two Offer

New York Times | Andrew Ross Sorkin | Posted 04.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Electronic Arts, Take-Two, Grand Theft Auto, Ea, Business News

Video game publisher Electronic Arts on Friday extended by nearly a month its tender offer for Take-Two Interactive Software, but also lowered the pri...

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Take-Two Board Rejects EA's $2B Bid

AP | BARBARA ORTUTAY | Posted 03.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Take-Two Bid, Video Games, Hostile Takeovers, Electronic Arts, Take-Two Interactive, Grand Theft Auto, Ea, Business News

NEW YORK — "Grand Theft Auto" publisher Take-Two Interactive told its shareholders Wednesday to reject a $2 billion buyout bid from rival video ...

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Hasbro Tries To Shut Down "Scrabulous"

Fortune | Josh Quittner | Posted 01.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Rajat Agarwalla, Jayant Agarwalla, Scrabble, Facebook Games, Facebook, Hasbro, Scrabulous, Ea, Business News

I can't tell if Hasbro (HAS), the maker of Scrabble, is the smartest company in the world or the dumbest. Over 100 million sets of the game have been ...

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The Best Stocks For 2008

Fortune | Jon Birger and Katie Benner | Posted 12.12.2007 | Business

Read More: Genentech, Berkshire Hathaway, Merrill Lynch, General Electric, Electronic Arts, Ge, Petrobras Energia, Annaly Capital Management, Stock Tips, Dick's Sporting Goods, St. Joy, Jacobs Engineering, Jeffrey Immelt, EA, Business News

We'll say this for the U.S. economy: It can take a punch. Consider the blows it has absorbed just this year. The worst real estate crash since the Gr...

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