Tuesday, October 7, 2008

EA Fails to Buy Rockstar Games


Multi Billion dollar EA (Electronic Arts) recently tried to purchase Rockstar games, but got rejected. The CEO of EA (John Riccitello) said that their main interest was earning the money from the Most Sold Game in Gaming history, Grand Theft Auto. John Riccitello claimed that their "primary interests" in the top 4 videogame creators was rockstar, including their games: Bully, Grandtheft Auto, Midnight Club, and Manhunt. John Riccitello also stated "I believe the company is fully justified in calling themselves Rockstar because that's what they are in the industry." (BBC) After the whole ordeal Mr Riccitiello said he had great respect for the producers behind Grand Theft Auto, Sam and Dan Houser and Leslie Benzies (BBC)