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As EA confirms continued goodwill towards the Civ creator, Sid Meier returns the favour and adds to the reasons for a takeover of Take Two...
Days ahead of Electronic Arts' latest deadline over the company's proposed takeover of Take Two Interactive, yet another reason for the publishing giant to buy out the parent company of Rockstar Games has emerged - in the form of Sid Meier.
In a week where the console version of Civilization heads to the home consoles (minus the Wii), both Meier and EA have done some mutual back-slapping thanks to some mediation from GameDaily.biz. In the interview, Meier confirmed that although EA owns the Alpha Centauri brand, "we would certainly love to make a new Alpha Centauri for today's gamers." In response, EA representatives said that "[whilst] we can't think of anyone better suited to doing another Alpha Centauri game...it would be inappropriate to comment further while EA has an active tender offer for shares of his current employer."
The reintroduction of Meier into the EA fold would be the latest in a number of solid reasons why the Redwood publisher would be after Take Two. Naturally, the acquisition of Rockstar Games is pretty high on the list, although grabbing hold of the Bioshock brand, and the integration of the 2K Sports franchises have all been citied. Add Firaxis' output, which includes the Civilization series, and the figurehead of Meier to proceedings, and the amalgamation of the two publishers just continues to make more sense.
This week has also seen one analyst highlighting another potential party for Take Two, in the form of Ubisoft. The French publisher has recently amassed a war-chest as consolidation continues in the industry, although Ubi and T2 are yet to confirm that negotiations are in progress.
Stay tuned to watch another deadline pass on June 16th; the EA/T2 takeover train continues to trundle on.
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Added:Sat 29th Aug 2009 16:03, Post No: 6
The Wii sucks
Added:Thu 11th Jun 2009 15:15, Post No: 5
He's heading up Big huge Games, which was responsible for the Rise of Nations games and an Age of Empires III expansion pack. The developer also has a couple of announced games in the pipeline.
Alpha Centauri 2 would be awesome though - could give the 4X strategy genre the kind of boost that it's in desperate need of.
Added:Wed 10th Jun 2009 23:42, Post No: 4
Where's Brian Reynolds?
Added:Tue 05th May 2009 20:44, Post No: 3
I'd so geek out for Alpha Centauri 2.
Added:Sat 24th Jan 2009 18:50, Post No: 2
Bring on Alpha Centauri 2!!!
Added:Tue 29th Jan 2008 16:09, Post No: 1
This is BS...Wii should be first, and will be the best of the versions because of the user interface.