Some shareholders were apparently not too pleased when Activision and Vivendi made known their plans to form a merger, and filed an injunction suit in an attempt to stop the development in its tracks. All was for naught, however, when the court denied the request to intervene in the planned merger. More details in the full article.

With EA's deadline for Take-Two Interactive coming up fast, a lot of people are eagerly waiting for Take-Two's reply to the game publishing giant's takeover bid. Whatever happens, though, it seems like Rockstar Games president and co-founder Sam Houser actually sees a few good things about an alliance with EA.

Electronic Arts has decided to wait a bit more for Take-Two Interactive to reconsider its offer for acquisition. The Grand Theft Auto 4 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) publisher now has until the 16th of May to say yes to the giant's proposal. However, EA has lowered its per-share purchase rate by 24 cents. All the details follow after the jump!

The latest news regarding the Vivendi and Activision merger has come in. It looks like the new company called Activision Blizzard has been given the go-signal by the European Commission. To find out more, head on over to the full article.

The touted merger between Vivendi Universal and Activision sounds real sweet, but for labels other than Blizzard, things may not be as enticing. A recent report over at the Variety Blogs suggests that the veteran developers may see a lot of changes in the near future. Find out why in the full article up ahead.

Merging firms is one way of increasing one's chances of survival in the gaming industry. Apparently, Sega won't be swaying to that direction anytime soon, according to an interview with Simon Jeffrey, chief executive of the U.S. arm of Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. Details after the jump!

Don't panic: Take-Two officials have turned down Electronic Arts' offer, and it has remained that way for the moment. But further investigation into the superstar publisher's efforts to acquire Take-Two Interactive has unearthed an official document proposing the recent deal. And the proposal has outlined potential factors aimed at Take-Two's uneasy investors which might actually convince them to support the acquisition - from a profit-business perspective. More at the full story.

"To err is human..." or so the saying goes. Electronic Arts' CEO John Riccitiello had a little something to say about learning from one's professional mistakes during a recent Q & A session. Read all about Riccitiello's responses in the full article, located after the jump.

If you haven't heard yet, another student from Virginia Tech died recently, and once again discussions began to rear their ugly heads at gaming. World of Warcraft was the game pinned to the wall this time around. Though other disputes rose later as details were unveiled, people are looking back once again to the tragic shooting back in April 2007.

You could exclaim, "Say it ain't so!" but it is. A French programming team going by the name The StarDev have accomplished the seemingly impossible - they've created a version of Blizzard's Starcraft on the Nintendo DS. StarLite version 0.01 is the result of a three week coding endeavor by the two-man developer team, though the initial release is in the early stages of development. Hit on Read More to get the lowdown.



Download: StarLite v0.01 - Starcraft on the Nintendo DS