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Pachter Says EA Purchase Of Take-Two Inevitable, Rockstar Not Necessarily Along For The Ride

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2008-02-24 22:24:13 by Stephen Totilo in MTV Multiplayer
When big financial news is breaking in the gaming industry, I look to Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter to break things down. I caught him on the phone today while he was having brunch at a yacht club (the same yacht club he was last brunching at when the Activision Blizzard deal was announced Who is this EA-Take Two deal good...
 
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Gaming Today Impressions of Army of Two (PS3)

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2008-03-10 17:25:56 by Ron Whitaker in Gaming Today
Army of Two Developer : EA Montreal Publisher : Electronic Arts Price : $59.99 Platform : Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 Category : Action ESRB Rating : M for Mature (Blood, Strong Language, Intense Violence Release Date : March 4, 2008 Before I really get into talking about Army of Two , I think its only fair to point out that I love co-op games. As...
 
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Take-Two: EA's Offer 'Wrong Price, Wrong Time' (Update)

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2008-03-26 07:55:07 by Susan Arendt in Wired: Game|Life
Take-Two has recommended that its shareholders fight Electronic Arts' hostile takeover attempt, categorizing it as being "opportunistically timed to capture the value of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto IV launch at the expense of our stockholders Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick called EA's offer of $26 per share "insufficient", and saying it was...
 
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Two Worlds Devs Want a Second Chance with The Temptation

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2008-04-23 18:35:34 by Chris in Gaming Today
I dont think Ill find many people who disagree with me when I say that Two Worlds wasnt very good. It was pretty terrible, actually. Compared with Oblivion , it really fell short in every way possible, even if Oblivion wasnt superb in every way. But Two Worlds developer Reality Pump thinks those comparisons with Oblivion were unfair, as the two...
 
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Take-Two Still Believes EA's Offer is Insufficient

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2008-05-19 21:45:57 by Chris in Gaming Today
As if to confirm my suspicions that nothing will be worked out between EA and Take-Two by the new deadline of of June 16, Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick and CEO Ben Feder have made a statement which claims the deal undervalues Take-Two Prepare to get your quote on This is the same highly conditional proposal that EA offered Take-Two...
 
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Pachter's nth take on Take-Two-EA takeover: T2 negotiating level down, EA with friendly terms

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2008-08-18 18:00:58 by Mabie A. in Xbox 360
Analyst Michael Pachter is looking into the future once again. His take on the never-ending take-over dance between Electronic Arts and Take-Two? EA will be friendly with its terms, and Take-Two will lose its leverage The Wedbush Morgan analyst has commented that he found it "somewhat surprising to us that EA agreed to change its offer from...
 
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Pachter's nth take on Take-Two-EA takeover: T2 negotiating level down, EA with friendly terms

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2008-08-18 18:00:58 by Mabie A. in PSP Updates
Analyst Michael Pachter is looking into the future once again. His take on the never-ending take-over dance between Electronic Arts and Take-Two? EA will be friendly with its terms, and Take-Two will lose its leverage The Wedbush Morgan analyst has commented that he found it "somewhat surprising to us that EA agreed to change its offer from...
 
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Pachter's nth take on Take-Two-EA takeover: T2 negotiating level down, EA with friendly terms

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2008-08-18 18:00:58 by Mabie A. in Nintendo DS
Analyst Michael Pachter is looking into the future once again. His take on the never-ending take-over dance between Electronic Arts and Take-Two? EA will be friendly with its terms, and Take-Two will lose its leverage The Wedbush Morgan analyst has commented that he found it "somewhat surprising to us that EA agreed to change its offer from...
 
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EA, Take-Two finally begin closed door talks

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2008-08-26 16:58:46 by Charles D. in Xbox 360
After the Federal Trade Commission gave its blessing to continue merger negotiations, Electronic Arts and Take-Two Interactive have finally begun its closed door meeting regarding the deal. However, it seems that both parties will be rather tight-lipped regarding the details of the meeting EA made a filing yesterday with the Securities and...
 
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