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May 7th, 2008

Will Microsoft Bid for Take-Two?

I just had a crazy thought.
Microsoft now has $47.5 billion it couldn’t use to buy Yahoo. Electronic Arts bid only $2 billion for Take-Two Interactive.
Microsoft paid Take-Two $50 million — half the game’s development budget — for Xbox 360 exclusive downloadable content in Grand Theft Auto IV. GTA4 is a smash hit that will probably […]

By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments

May 7th, 2008

Will GTA4 Raise EA’s Take-Two Bid?

As Take-Two Interactive’s Grand Theft Auto IV rakes in $500 million in its opening week, kicking Iron Man’s ass five times over, what will happen to Electronic Arts’ takeover bid?
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By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments

May 6th, 2008

GTA4 Tops Iron Man

Sure, gaming and comic geeks should both rejoice that Grand Theft Auto IV and Iron Man are both smash hits, but the gaming geeks have more to be happy about.
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By Mike Abundo -- 10 comments

May 2nd, 2008

GTA4 Parodies iPhone!

Apparently, the creators of Grand Theft Auto IV hold Apple in the same esteem that I do. One of the Internet cafe computers in the game features the website of a fictional computer company called “Fruit”. Think simple. Think minimalism. Think overpriced.
The game also takes a swipe at the iPhone, parodying it as the “iFruit”.
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By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments

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