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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
 
Eidos owner 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...
 
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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
Filed under: Nintendo DS , PC , Sony PlayStation 2 , Sony PlayStation 3 , Nintendo Wii , Microsoft Xbox 360 , Action , Adventure , Business Eidos owner 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,...
 
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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
With all the talk of Activision-Blizzard and EAs attempts to acquire Take-Two, I had nearly forgotten about the perennial takeover target, 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...
 
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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
Filed under: 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...
 
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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
Filed under: 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...
 
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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
Filed under: 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...
 
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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
Filed under: 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...
 
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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
Filed under: Business In the latest round of buyout gossip surrounding the company, UK newspaper The Daily Mail reports that 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...
 
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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