Take-Two Off the Selling Block

[GameBanshee News]

I wasn't all that aware it was ever seriously on the selling block, but Edge Online is reporting that Take-Two is now completely off the market.

When EA canned its offer to buy Take-Two for $2 billion in September, Take-Two said that it was still in discussions with other parties about "strategic alternatives."

But on Thursday, Take-Two said that has officially ended all discussions with "various interested parties," opting to remain an independent publisher.

The news comes after EA withdrew its $2 billion bid for the Grand Theft Auto publisher in September.

[Kaer]

I remember reading that they said that they were still in talks, but mostly I attributed it to them blowing wind to keep interest in what was going on even though the major company which had shown some interest in buying them out had already pulled out the offer.