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Viacom baulks at $20 billion EA price tag
Media giant Viacom has considered purchasing leading publisher Electronic Arts, but decided that such a buyout would be unfeasible due to the high price tag attached to the company - believed to be around $20 billion.
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Californian authorities shut Interplay offices
Embattled publisher Interplay has had its headquarters in California shut down by state authorities, after it emerged that the company failed to pay employees last month, and has no workers' compensation insurance.
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Nicastro out of the chair at Midway
Publisher Midway has announced that its current chairman, Neil Nicastro, will be resigning from the role immediately after its forthcoming annual shareholder's meeting, with a successor to be announced soon afterwards.
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Legal battle kicks off between UK distributors over 'malicious falsehood'
A disagreement between UK games distributors Gem and 20:20 has come to legal blows, it emerged this week, after 20:20 reacted to allegations that it plans to open a chain of videogames stores.
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Japan Charts: Robots and Pachinko knock Vice City off the top
Rockstar's GTA: Vice City, distributed by Capcom, failed to hold on to top spot in its second week on sale in Japan, as Super Robot Battle MX and a Fist of the North Star Pachinko title jacked its position.
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Microsoft Japan cancels True Fantasy Live Online citing quality concerns
The future is looking increasingly bleak for Xbox in Japan following the cancellation this week of MMORPG True Fantasy Live Online.
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O~3 Entertainment announces development line-up following successful E3
Bill Gardner's newly formed publishing firm has announced that it has signed a clutch of developers and plans to reveal its first full game line-up in the near future.
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Interplay rumours hint at final curtain for the Titus-owned publisher
US reports suggest that troubled veteran publisher Interplay may have finally bit the bullet, but offical word has yet to emerge.
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Quarter 1 operating losses deepen by 61 per cent for Vivendi Universal Games
VU Games' improving market position hasn't helped the divisions' financial fortunes in the first quarter of FY 04/05 as its operating losses increase by almost 61 per cent compared to the same period last year.