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Rumor: Activision eyeing Take-Two acquisition

Posted Feb 12, 2011 at 9:59AM EST by Karl B.

Listed in: PSP, Wii, PS3, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PC Gaming Tags: Activision, news, Take-Two Interactive
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Activision announced a round of cuts earlier this week. Its declining rhythm game franchises, Guitar Hero and DJ Hero, were effectively dissolved. The move resulted in almost 500 people being laid off.

 

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While the decision may have stemmed from a need to cut down on the number of underperforming divisions, new rumors suggest that Activision may just be trimming down to prepare for a run at one of its major rivals, Take-Two Interactive.

 

Trade news site MCV is reporting that "very strong rumors" circulating amongst the highest echelons of Activision's offices point to a possible acquisition of the Grand Theft Auto and BioShock publisher.




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-1 # RE: Rumor: Activision eyeing Take-Two acquisitionKarl B. 2011-02-12 11:22
A yearly GTA may not happen even if Activision acquires T2 though. Rockstar has always been pretty aggressive when it comes to keeping creative control and Activision has conceded it to other studios (Blizzard and Bungie at least) before.

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# RE: RE: Rumor: Activision eyeing Take-Two acquisitionPS360 Owner1 2011-02-12 11:41
That would be terrible.

A yearly GTA sounds awful, and with Activision the game would be completely broken and unplayable like their Call of Duty shits.

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-1 # FAKE!Jhon White 2011-02-12 11:46
Not gonna happen, but even if it did I doubt that it would change much. Yet these stupid Activision haters are going to cry a river about it. -.-

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# ...papajag 2011-02-12 13:31
Activision milks the shiit out of their franchises man. After all that, they just dump them. Look what happened to Guitar Hero.

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# RE: FAKE!Walo 2011-02-12 16:59
Stupid Activision haters? ha, stupid is anyone who dares to defend Activision policies.

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# pleasealexZander2008 2011-02-12 12:24
dont not let this happen! that would be the worst thing ever. I dont want GTA to turn into the shit fest that is CoD. I dont think Rockstar would let that happen tho. Activision is straight up evil.

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# Please no :(hush404 2011-02-12 12:58
They would cut off anything that wasn't selling 10billions of copies and whore out what was to the point that they drive it into the ground... just like Tony Hawk, Guitar Hero and countless others :(.

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# @alexZander2008 EtnasPrinny 2011-02-12 16:12
Activision - "Because I'm evil,
heart blacker than Don Cheadle" :P

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# DoubtfulSome Guys Opinion 2011-02-12 16:49
Is it just me or does it seem like these are two very different devs that will mix like water and oil? I honestly don't think T2 would ever merge with anyone other than a splinter company, but I guess we'll see.

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# Activision FUCK OFF...... 2011-02-12 18:31
company is so full of shit, when it makes a good game, they just fuck it up with their greed

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# RE: Rumor: Activision eyeing Take-Two acquisitionCF-105 2011-02-13 03:12
Activision's greed knows no bounds.
I bet they are still pissed off when Ghostbusters the video game sold really well and they had a crack at publishing it but declined for fucking Guitar Hero shit.

Activision has become the new EA, EA is starting to redeem themselves with games such as Dead Space.

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# RE: RE: Rumor: Activision eyeing Take-Two acquisitionMusev 2011-02-13 10:56
yeah was just about to say, two years ago all these comments would be the same but with EA as the target.

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# Moneyrapturestar 2011-02-13 17:15
Don't be surprise if Activision bring GTA back to the PC and consoles on a Monthly-Paid Subscription. I know I would be disappointed if that happens with BioShock.

Take Two did pretty well for itself game-wise. However with the laid-off coming.... I can only say they will either disappear like other game studios or merge with another publisher.

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# RE: Rumor: Activision eyeing Take-Two acquisitionAndy Mitchell 2011-02-13 17:47
Ever since Mr. Kotick took over Activision he's been driving it into the ground. If he touches Take-Two he'll do the same.

Sorry, but everything this man touches turns to s***.

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# Activision is the new EAConcernedGamer 2011-02-15 00:50
Oh SHIT!! GTA belongs to Rockstar games right? They own the franchise? It ain`t funny if Activision got it grubby little fingers on GTA...

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# well...Rayn 2011-02-15 02:48
I for one am glad to see gaytar hero go..
although I was looking forward to true crimes...at least let the company release the game... I was so glad to see another one then they pulled the rug out from under me. The only thing I see if they grab GTA is better graphics seeing as how rockstar cant make character model's to save their ass... Nor they screwed their driving engine in GTAIV up all the cars drive on ice.. high end or not also everything drives like a hummer bulky and well...undrivable.. thats all im saying... oh and btw Saints row is better..

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