Ubisoft To Accelerate Acquisition Plans
by February 26, 2008 @ 10:35 am
The whole EA/T2 deal must have Ubisoft feeling a tad uneasy. In an interview with French financial newspaper Les Échos, company chairman Yves Guillemot said that the prospect of EA buying Take-Two is pushing Ubisoft to accelerate its business growth through new acquisition opportunities.
The desire of EA to buy Take Two pushes us to go faster, to accelerate internal growth but also to look at acquisition opportunities.
Not acquisition of companies though, but rather potential game licenses.
Ubisoft to bid for game licences rather than major takeover – Guillemot [Forbes]
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