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SCi pulls out of buyout talks, stock plunges following Tomb Raider delay

2008-01-11 21:40:48 by admin in Video Games Blog
 
...SCi has been on the hunt for a potential suitor for some time, reportedly having batted its eyelashes at everyone from Midway and Vivendi to Time Warner and even some mysterious outfit in China, with none showing enough interest to sign their name across the dotted line. However, after having been given the cold shoulder by Ubisoft last...
 
 
 
 
 
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SCi pulls out of buyout talks, stock plunges following Tomb Raider delay

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2008-01-11 00:00:00 by Jason Dobson in Joystiq
...SCi has been on the hunt for a potential suitor for some time, reportedly having batted its eyelashes at everyone from Midway and Vivendi to Time Warner and even some mysterious outfit in China, with none showing enough interest to sign their name across the dotted line. However, after having been given the cold shoulder by Ubisoft last...
 
 
 
 
 
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Takeover Looms for SCi Once Again

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2008-04-06 01:10:45 by Chris in Gaming Today
...SCi. According to The Guardian (via GamesIndustry.biz), takeover talks are likely continuing to take place as share prices rose 20.4% yesterday Back in January, rumor had it that Midway and SCi were talking about a merger . Despite a denial of interest in SCi back in October, Ubisoft may be one of several potential bidders for the company,...
 
 
 
 
 
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Warner Bros. Signs Deal with SCi; Eidos Layoffs Abound

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2008-04-27 02:53:20 by Chris in Gaming Today
SCi has taken a number of cost cutting measures this year, cutting 25% of jobs and canceling 14 projects that had been in development. So its good news for the company that SCi announced yesterday that it had sign a $170 million deal with Warner Bros But its not good if you happen to work at Eidos. 1UP has learned that the entirety of Eidos PR,...
 
 
 
 
 
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Massively: Sci Fi Channel creating hybrid TV series and MMO

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2008-06-02 12:08:51 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
...Sci-fi , Business models , News items , Virtual worlds The Sci Fi Channel plans to air a TV series that simultaneously plays out as a massively multiplayer online game, the Los Angeles Times reports. This pairing of television writers with game designers will allow fans of the series to influence its story arc through their own actions in the...
 
 
 
 
 
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Sci Fi Channel creating hybrid TV series and MMO

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2008-06-02 09:30:00 by James Egan in Massively
...Sci-fi , Business models , News items , Virtual worlds The Sci Fi Channel plans to air a TV series that simultaneously plays out as a massively multiplayer online game, the Los Angeles Times reports. This pairing of television writers with game designers will allow fans of the series to influence its story arc through their own actions in the...
 
 
 
 
 
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Sci-Fi releases the genre for their new MMO

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2008-06-16 20:30:00 by Colin Brennan in Massively
...Sci-fi , Interviews , New titles , News items Recently we've reported on a partnership between Trion World Network and SCI FI channel to create a new MMO that will be tied into a SCI FI show. But, for all we knew about the new project, we didn't know what genre it would fall under or what the setting would be That all changed in an interview...
 
 
 
 
 
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Massively: Sci-Fi releases the genre for their new MMO

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2008-06-16 21:46:54 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
...Sci-fi , Interviews , New titles , News items Recently we've reported on a partnership between Trion World Network and SCI FI channel to create a new MMO that will be tied into a SCI FI show. But, for all we knew about the new project, we didn't know what genre it would fall under or what the setting would be That all changed in an interview...
 
 
 
 
 
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Rumor: SCi eyed for takeover by EA and Ubisoft

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2008-12-01 14:00:00 by Randy Nelson in Joystiq
...SCi - which owns Eidos - is in talks with EA and Ubisoft over a potential takeover, citing a "source familiar with the matter." Both companies are said to have approached SCi to initiate negotiations, likely spurred by a 92% drop in SCi's stock price over the past year The source also told the Mail that this massive devaluation has those...
 
 
 
 
 
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SCi Management Under Pressure From 'Furious' Investors

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2008-01-14 07:16:59 by Susan Arendt in Game | Life