Videogame sales in April went down 17%
April turned out to be a bad month for the videogame industry.
The overall video game retail sales in the US market declined by around 17%.
The market has seen a decline for two months consecutively now.
However, Grand Theft Auto IV was one of the major reasons for [...]
Grand Theft Auto IV set to get another episode this month
The owners of the Grand Theft Auto IV game would be able to access yet another downloadable episode for the game.
This episode has been named The Lost and the Damned.
This new component would include new story lines and characters in addition to [...]
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned coming to Xbox 360
Rockstar Games has now announced confirmed details about their upcoming downloadable content for Grand Theft Auto IV.
They have named this new update Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned.
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned would feature a new story and a [...]
Take-Two Interactive Software aims to remain independent
Take-Two Interactive Software has said that they are aiming to remain independent after recent talks with Electronic Arts broke down.
The two companies could not settle on a price and EA took back their offer.
Take Two is the company behind massively popular titles including the Grand Theft Auto series.
The [...]
EA gets antitrust approval for any potential deal with Take Two
EA recently announced that they are not extending their acquisition offer for Take-Two Interactive Software.
The company felt that they would not be able to complete the deal before the holiday season. They would probably be back with a new offer in the coming months.
EA [...]
Electronic Arts: Take-Two offer would not be renewed today
Videogame industry giant Electronic Arts has announced that they are not going to renew their acquisition offer for Take-Two Interactive Software.
They are not extending the offer once more as they believe that the merger could not possibly happen before the holiday season.
Take-Two has been rejecting repeated [...]
Take-Two rejects extended offer from EA
Video game publisher Electronic Arts announced that they were further extending their offer for Take-Two Interactive Software.
Take-Two Interactive Software responded by rejecting the offer once again.
EA said that their offer is now applicable till July 18.
Take-Two has stated that they are still advising their shareholders to not tender their [...]
Grand Theft Auto IV fails to boost console sales
Take-Two seems to be the lone gainer from the sales of the recently launched Grand Theft Auto 4 game.
The launch of the game failed to boost the sales of two consoles it supports.
Sales of both Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation 3 were normal and did not [...]
Electronic Arts further extends their takeover offer for Take Two
Video game publisher Electronic Arts has announced that they are further extending their deadline on its $2 billion tender offer for Take-Two Interactive.
They are extending this offer for the third time as Take Two continues to reject the deal.
The offer is now valid till June 16.
The [...]
GTA 4 helps videogame industry in April
Grand Theft Auto 4 was launched recently and the game helped boosting the sales of videogames last month.
Research Company NPD stated that the video game hardware and software rose 47 percent from a year earlier in the month of April.
Nintendo Wii continues to sell in large numbers and the [...]
