Ubisoft Seeks Help Fending Off Rival (AP)

[cagbot]

AP - Ubisoft Entertainment SA is considering a merger with a sister company, its founding chairman and CEO confirmed Thursday, as the French video games maker moves to fend off a possible takeover bid from U.S. rival Electronic Arts Inc.

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Source: Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
Technology - Video Games

 

[Scrubking]

Why would they need to fend off EA?

After all EA is only making "good business decisions".

 

[epobirs]

This is so much fun to watch. They're being played like a big fish.

 

[Gaminglegend]

Hopefully Ubisoft manages to find a way to prevent EA from taking over yet another quality company.

 

[SEGA128DC]

I really do hope Ubisoft finds a way to stop Electronic Arts...

 

[TonyC]

[quote name='SEGA128DC']I really do hope Ubisoft finds a way to stop Electronic Arts...[/quote]

I concur

 

[Duo_Maxwell]

Infogames stepped up a while ago to say they'd do whatever they can.

 

[CaseyRyback]

[quote name='Duo_Maxwell']Infogames stepped up a while ago to say they'd do whatever they can.[/quote]

they can't really do much though, as they are really looking to get someone to buy them out themselves

 

[FriskyTanuki]

There's a thread for this, silly cagbot.