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Activision Could Make A Play For Take-Two Interactive, Movie and Expected Acitivision Deal

Take-Two Interactive Software, publisher of the popular "Grand Theft Auto" video game series, is trading near a six-year high Friday on a report that Activision Blizzard might make an acquisition offer.

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UltraNova3520d ago (Edited 3520d ago )

Well I'll be darned if this aint some scary shit...

If this actually goes down prepare for yearly GTA releases...

Nice knowing you R*

nX3520d ago

Activision and it's acquisitions... GTA will become an anual franchise and RDR2 will be about space cowboys, I'm so excited that I might hurt myself when that happens -.-

Roccetarius3520d ago (Edited 3520d ago )

Somehow i find that hard to believe, considering how much money they spent on saving themselves from Vivendi.

I do wonder though, how much could a deal like this be worth?

CerealKiller3520d ago

Debt is still cheap they will just borrow more money.
Take-Two currently has a 1.87 billion market cap and I believe they turned down a $2 billion offer from EA in 2008 so I'm guessing Activision will make a bid between 2.5 and 3 billion.

Grap3520d ago

there's no "similar goals" between Activision and T2. I call it BS. Also Why in hell T2 would sell it self to Activision when they made more than +2B from a single game last year.

Gamble203520d ago

The ONLY possible reason I would be okay with this is if Activision could pay the hefty fee required to buy back a share of the NFL License and maybe NFL 2k could come back. Beyond that pipe dream, I hope this fails.

yellowgerbil3520d ago

There is no way it would happen, I don't claim to be an analyst but I wouldn't be surprised if T2 is worth MORE than Activision, and in more of a position to buy the other one out, though why would they? Activision makes the worst games around and destroys everything that was once good.

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Golden_Mud3521d ago (Edited 3521d ago )

HELL NO , I don't want GTA to be released every year so please no.
I hope T2 reject this.

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Kayant3521d ago

It's about movies btw. Title is exterme clickbait

Kayant3521d ago

Strike that am on drugs.....

MrSwankSinatra3521d ago

Honestly this seems impossible due to the monopolistic nature of a acquisition like that.

roadkillers3520d ago (Edited 3520d ago )

Take-Two is very independent. Plus Take-Two is worth a lot. GTA itself is a cash cow and I have a hard enough time seeing Activision just buying that, let alone Bioshock, NBA2K, WWE2k, and Borderlands. That's not to mention Red Dead, Max Payne, and whatever else they own.

Forgot, Take-Two owns Civilization lol. Not going to happen.

Edit: To add more, GTA itself has sold more then 185 million copies. Lets say each person bought GTA for $20 (which of course is extremely low). That would put the revenue at 3.7 billion and profits around 3 billion right? That is a billion more then what EA offered for the company and they were turned down.

This is all not to mention the prestigious nature of Take-Two games. They don't just win awards once then die in a spiraling plane crash (Tony Hawk, Guitar Hero, CoD unless they fix it). Since GTA3, GTA has been winning Game of the Year. Since birth Civilization has been winning Game of the Year. Since Bioshock, the series has been nominated for Game of the Year. Borderlands has a huge fan following. Their sports titles are praised more then others. This is all without mentioning that their next new IP with Turtle Rock has won many Game of Shows. If Activision gets them it will be the gaming news of the century. Bigger then Microsoft entering the console market.

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Grand Theft Auto V PC Optimized: Best Graphics Settings in 2024

Grand Theft Auto V was released on PC on the 14th of April 2015. That means the game will be nine years old in four days, and it’s still among the most-played titles on Steam. With a 24-hour peak of 145K players, it’s as popular as Baldur’s Gate 3, Apex: Legends, and Destiny 2.

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The Best Open World Adventures In Gaming History

The freedom to explore large areas, approach objectives in multiple ways, and stumble across amusing distractions will always be an excellent format for video games, but some do it better than others. To celebrate the formula and parse the best from the best, have a look at the best open-world games of all time so far.

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Rockstar Need to Learn From This Mistake for Grand Theft Auto 6

Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTA 5 are both classics, but movement and general interaction sometimes feels like you're possessed by a fridge.

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boing136d ago

Cost of realistic looking movement.

lucasnooker36d ago

Rockstar need to learn that 12 years of work and 5000 employees doesn’t account for one persons opinion on the internet…

Profchaos36d ago (Edited 36d ago )

Oh and hundreds of millions of dollars in revanue to boot.

Lots of complaints about gta ever since the hd era started and yet it's bugger than its ever been with gta vi up to 180 million trailer views alone. The next game is shaping it be be another genre defining game

MetalGearsofWar36d ago

They already learned they dont have to actually make a great game

sagapo36d ago

The controls of RDR2 felt a but cluncky indeed, but it’s not as bad as some make it out to be. At no point did I get the feeling my experience with the game was held back or ruined by the controls.
But it can never hurt to optimize them a bit, sure.

Zhipp35d ago (Edited 35d ago )

I did accidentally beat someone to death a couple times. An unfortunate mistake but besides that I didn't have any problems with the controlls

jznrpg36d ago

Red Dead Redemption felt clunky at first but I got used to it fairly quick. I thought 2 was easier to control but it could be my experience with the first game helped me out. Great games

Profchaos36d ago

I wouldn't call Rockstar games characters clunky instead they feel like they move with Weight they are not twitch controls press x to instantly snap onto cover the characters instead move like a actor would ducking behind cover they are exposed while they get there.

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