After an unsuccessful bid to take over Take Two, it looks like Electronic Arts may be setting its sights on Ubisoft. Followers of the game industry will remember that EA raised its already hefty 20% stake of voting shares in Ubisoft to nearly 25% in August of 2007. This wasn't long after Ubisoft president Yves Guillemot stated that the company was "still considering" an EA acquisition earlier that year. GameCyte reports that the same proxy registration company that registered eatake2.com, a site used in an attempt to convince shareholders of the merits of an EA acquisition, also registered eaubisoft.com on the same day.Naturally, there's no way to prove that EA is responsible for the registrations -- it was made by proxy after all. Still, given the circumstances and EA's obvious interest in Ubisoft, it certainly makes sense. Stranger things have happened, right?
[Via Joystiq]
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
2-26-2008 @ 4:20PM
JHTM said...
the smaller companies usually have no choice if theyre PLC's. However look at it from a personal point of view - if someone offered u a boat load of cash to sell up and still have your job, would you accept? a lambo murcielago is a tempting incentive :-)
2-26-2008 @ 5:54PM
Drago Dracini said...
I wonder if it's possible to stop EA using a combination of chicken and tacos. Cause we need to stop them from taking over the world.
2-26-2008 @ 6:38PM
Arno said...
Who isn't EA trying to acquire? This is getting stupid, when is the government going to step in?
2-26-2008 @ 7:54PM
TSD said...
Damn I'm so tired of EA. They buy these companies and do nothing but mess them up.
2-27-2008 @ 12:41AM
JaysonAych said...
Wouldn't EA be better served spending their time and money trying to develop new creative games, refining old licenses, and just generally stop making derivative crap?
Oh wait, it's EA we're talking about. Why challenge the competition when you can buy them out?
2-27-2008 @ 11:41AM
Gregory Christopher said...
Be strong Ubi, why would Ubi even accept this, there making money, how much is enough, EA is the Walmart of the gaming industry