Electronic Arts acquires stake in French rival; fuels takeover ...
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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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Euro Disney (EDLP.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) shares leapt on Wednesday after the French theme park operator clinched a long-awaited deal to restructure its
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Electronic Arts Inc., the largest video game publisher in the United States, said Monday that it agreed to purchase a 19.9 percent stake in French video game developer UbiSoft Entertainment SA from Talpa Beheer BV, the investment vehicle of Dutch media
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US GROUP Electronic Arts, the world&#39;s largest video game maker, has acquired 19.9 per cent of French rival Ubi Soft Entertainment from Talpa Beheer for an undisclosed sum.
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Electronic Arts ERTS.O said on   Monday that it had bought Sweden's Digital Illusions CE, or   DICE, known for the Battlefield game franchise, for about 175.5   million SEK ($24 mln).
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LagardÃ¨re, FranceÂs largest publisher, agreed to buy Sportfive for 865 million euros ($1.1 billion) to enter the market for soccer and rugby broadcasting. Sportfive, whose main shareholders are Advent International, Goldman Sachs, Capital Partners and the RTL Group, is expected to have 2006 sales of 526 million euros, LagardÃ¨re said. The purchase price includes debt. LagardÃ¨re, formerly one of FranceÂs biggest military contractors, has purchased media companies to diversify from the aerospace industry. Sportfive, which has headquarters in Paris and Hamburg, is EuropeÂs largest soccer marketing and media rights company.
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Shares of Electronic Arts surged more than 5 percent after the video game publisher gave confident forecasts for growth over the next three years.
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Electronic Arts, il leader mondiale nella produzione di videogiochi per computer e console, ha annunciato l&#39;intenzione di impegnarsi nello sviluppo di applicazioni per i dispositivi mobili. &#39;Il mercato Ã¨
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LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK  - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.  investors who own 46 percent of the company are banding together to take over its board and potentially oust the chief executive, sending shares of the "Grand Theft Auto" video game maker up as much as 19 percent on Wednesday.
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DaimlerChrysler AG said Friday it sold a third of its stake in EADS, the parent company of planemaker Airbus, to a private investment group in a deal that will maintain the balance between German and French ...Comment
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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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SEATTLE - In a slight crouch, Reggie Fils-Aime snapped off a left jab followed by a right hook. Demonstrating how the hand controls of Nintendo&#39;s hot-selling Wii video game console work in a boxing game, Fils-Aime, executive vice president of sales and marketing, let out a laugh. He could well afford it. For now, Fils-Aime has put real-life business rivals at Microsoft and Sony at the receiving end of a pummeling.
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Wireless Internet company Tom Online Inc. on Friday said it signed a definitive agreement to buy a majority stake in Indiagames Ltd.
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Recent launches of new video game consoles from Sony , Microsoft  and Nintendo  are benefiting game maker Electronic Arts Inc. , which is aiming to garner 20 percent of total game sales, according to Barron's.
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Ubisoft Entertainment SA said Tuesday it regards the purchase of 19.9 percent of its shares by Electronic Arts Inc. as hostile, but held out the possibility of talks with its US rival.
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Computer games giant Electronic Arts signs exclusive agreements with the US National Football League.
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AXA Asia Pacific Holdings yesterday delivered a $3.4 billion &quot;non&quot; to its French parent&#39;s bid to take over the remaining 48 per cent share, sending the share price into a nosedive and provoking