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Report: Eidos parent draws more suitors

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Sep 24, 2007 2:14 pm PT

The Times suggests Time Warner and an unnamed Chinese company have joined Ubisoft in placing bids to acquire SCi Entertainment.

SCi Entertainment is proving to be nearly as attractive as the star of its biggest series, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. Earlier this month, the British parent company of publisher Eidos announced that it was in "extremely preliminary" talks to be acquired. Days later, The Guardian reported that the mystery suitor was French publisher Ubisoft.

Now it appears a potential bidding war is brewing. The Times today reported that two more companies have since expressed an interest in the company. According to the article, those companies are Time Warner and an unnamed Chinese firm. SCi has worked with Time Warner in the past on licensed games such as Justice League Heroes, as well as Tom and Jerry Tales. The media giant also already owns a 10 percent stake in the company.

The Times also addressed the notion that Electronic Arts could be interested in acquiring SCi, but noted that EA's own significant investment in Ubisoft would complicate the issue between potential bidding rivals. The article also noted that EA CEO John Riccitiello pledged the company's commitment to investing in the British game industry during a recent visit.

14 Comments

  • Legendary_Ross

    Posted Sep 26, 2007 10:17 am PT

    Ubi. Man, those guys put out some great games!

  • FlaminDeath

    Posted Sep 25, 2007 10:44 pm PT

    if china gets it their going to poison the disks with lead!

  • eric7233

    Posted Sep 25, 2007 9:54 am PT

    I really dont like "asian flavored" games. Western are much more in your face and gritty and fast paced and frantic and immersive and realistic.

  • SeriousSean

    Posted Sep 24, 2007 6:32 pm PT

    I hope like hell the Chinese don't get it. I could live with either Ubisoft or Time Warner. Not the Chinese.

  • tatinhawk

    Posted Sep 24, 2007 6:07 pm PT

    I hope Ubisoft gets it!

  • mixhawkeye

    Posted Sep 24, 2007 5:53 pm PT

    please dont let the chinese get it

  • 7thRonin

    Posted Sep 24, 2007 5:31 pm PT

    As long as neither microsoft or ea gets it, fine

  • Pete5506

    Posted Sep 24, 2007 5:20 pm PT

    I am going to go with Blackstaff on this

  • Blackstaff

    Posted Sep 24, 2007 4:49 pm PT

    Ubisoft would be the best thing for it

  • lordxymor

    Posted Sep 24, 2007 3:55 pm PT

    As long as neither Microsoft, Sony or EA get it, fine.

  • HK-47-M4

    Posted Sep 24, 2007 3:48 pm PT

    As long as EA doesn't get it, I don't care. I bet Warner will get it though.

  • lamprey263

    Posted Sep 24, 2007 3:13 pm PT

    I'm still hoping Ubisoft gets it [crossing fingers]

  • veitari

    Posted Sep 24, 2007 2:48 pm PT

    So long as they don't end up making mediocre games and nobody there looses their job, great.

  • AnFangs_Endes

    Posted Sep 24, 2007 2:34 pm PT

    Well I guess we'll have to wait and see who it is that get's them, eh?

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