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FEB. 24, 2008 • Take-Two Interactive rejected a $2 billion ($26 per share) acquisition offer from Electronic Arts. The offer was 64% higher than the Feb. 15 closing price. EA had previously [...]

FEB. 21, 2008 • Microsoft began a series of Xbox 360 price reductions starting in Canada. The price of the Pro model there was lowered to C$349 ($350) from C$399, the Elite went from C$499 to [...]

FEB. 21, 2008 • Attempting to standardize hardware requirements for PC games, as well as promote the platform, has led Acer, Activision, AMD, Dell, Epic Games, Intel, Microsoft and Nvidia to [...]

FEB. 11, 2008 • Within two to three years Electronic Arts expects China to join Japan and South Korea as one of its top three revenue markets in Asia. “By percent growth year-on-year, China is [...]

FEB. 11, 2008 • After suffering a serious disaster in Warner Home Video’s defection to Sony Electronic’s Blu-ray HD format in January, Toshiba Corp. finally threw in the towel and admitted defeat [...]