How Garry Kasparov aims to boost chess revival with online gaming portal
Chess is undergoing a revival. And chess legend Garry Kasparov hopes to keep it going with a new website he has started with Vivendi...
Record $25 billion in deals may be game industry’s Everest
This year’s record $25 billion in game industry deals in over just 9 months could mean we’ve hit the peak of the market, as...
Tencent is the biggest fish in the $22 billion game investment pond
In game-industry deal-making, there’s Tencent, then there’s everyone else. The Chinese behemoth led or participated in over $4 of every $10 invested in games...
Ubisoft evades hostile takeover by swapping Vivendi for Tencent
Ubisoft is announcing today that French multimedia conglomerate Vivendi is selling all of its shares in the game maker. This ends Vivendi’s bid to...
Vivendi says it won’t make hostile takeover bid for Ubisoft in near-term
Media conglomerate Vivendi spent perhaps $683 million acquiring about a quarter of the stock of French video game publisher Ubisoft over the past year...
Ubisoft shareholders support Guillemot family, but Vivendi threat lingers
Shareholders endorsed the leadership of Yves Guillemot, the longtime CEO of Ubisoft, as the French video game publisher held its annual meeting. But the...
Vivendi’s stake in game publisher Ubisoft now exceeds 25%, triggering a possible takeover battle (updated)
Vivendi said today that its stake in French game publisher Ubisoft now exceeds 25 percent, pushing the company over a legal threshold and possibly...
Vivendi’s latest purchase of Ubisoft stock shows it isn’t going away
In September, Ubisoft executives breathed a sigh of relief as Vivendi didn’t launch a hostile bid to control the French video game company’s board....
Ubisoft sheds more details on its victory over Vivendi at annual meeting
Ubisoft shed more light on its annual meeting where its slate of directors was elected despite a looming takeover battle with French media company...
Ubisoft claims win over Vivendi’s hostile takeover in board election
Ubisoft evidently won a victory today over French media company Vivendi in its attempt to thwart a hostile takeover, as the French publisher’s board...