Electronic Arts to buy almost 20 percent of Ubi Soft
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Electronic Arts, the world&#39;s largest video game publisher, Monday said it was buying almost 20% of the French video game maker Ubi Soft
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Games giant Electronic Arts takes a slice of smaller French rival Ubisoft, makers of Prince of Persia and Splinter Cell.
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Shares in French video games publisher Ubisoft Entertainment SA surged Wednesday on a report that it discussed a 'white knight' deal with Vivendi Universal SA to fight a possible takeover bid from U.S. rival Electronic Arts Inc.
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Electronic Arts Inc. , the world's biggest video game publisher, said on Thursday it had struck deals with two in-game advertising providers, taking its first steps into the online advertising business.
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Wesfarmers Ltd. , which owns Australia's largest hardware chain, has agreed to buy retailer Coles Group Ltd.  for A$20.7 billion ($17.7 billion) in cash and stock, in the country's biggest takeover.
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Game publisher's purchase of a chunk of rival Ubisoft caps a year of aggressive business moves.
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Shares of Electronic Arts Inc., the country's largest video-game publisher, climbed Tuesday on news that it has gained exclusive rights to use NFL teams and players in its video games.
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"Madden NFL 2005," the latest  version of Electronic Arts Inc.'s ERTS.O  pro football video  game franchise, sold more than 1.3 million copies in its first  week of release, the company said on Thursday, citing internal  figures.
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NEW YORK, December 21  - The worldâs largest video game maker Electronic Arts (ERTS.NAS) announced yesterday that it had purchased a 20% stake in its French competitor Ubisoft Entertainment.
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An online education deal is being signed between firms in the UK and China - with plans to reach 20 million students.
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French video games group Ubisoft   said it had sold its 18.89 percent stake in Gameloft  , Europe's biggest provider of games for cell phones,  to French bank Calyon  for 81.3 million euros ($112.2  million).
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Games giant Electronic Arts is  joining forces with a Scottish mobile entertainment firm to make more mobile games.
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Ubisoft said it has sold 2.5 million copies of the game worldwide so far and expected to sell a total of 5 million copies through next March, 66 percent more than its previous forecasts.
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Electronic Arts announced today that it has signed a five-year exclusive licensing deal with the National Football League and the NFL players association, giving EA the exclusive rights to the NFL teams, stadiums and players for use in its football
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US games giant EA is to buy two video game studios in a deal that adds role-playing titles to its portfolio.
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The Kirkland, Wash., cell-phone game maker will use some of its &#36;19 million to buy wireless specialist FingerTwitch Inc.
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Electronic Arts Inc. on Tuesday  posted a smaller-than-expected loss and said this quarter's  revenue should top analyst estimates, lifting shares of the  world's largest video game publisher nearly 4 percent.