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EA announced that it will invest NT$33.7 billion to acquire Codemasters, a British game company known for racing games

According to foreign media reports, EA will surpass the previous Take-Two Interactive bid at a price of US$1.2 billion (approximately NT$33.7 billion).Off-Road Elite Race》、《Speed ​​Touring Car Race“Codemasters, a British game company that is famous for racing games.-

Founded in 1986, Codemasters is one of the oldest game development and publishers in the UK. It is good at the development of racing racing games.Off-Road Elite Race》、《Speed ​​Touring Car Race》、《F1“as well as”Operation Flash Point“And other works. Codemasters had also previously accepted the Evolution Studios members who were disbanded by SIE, and acquired the “Racing plan“Slightly Mad Studios, a development studio.-

Take-Two Interactive announced a few days ago that it will acquire Codemasters for 759 million pounds (approximately NT$28.6 billion), but EA subsequently intercepted it at a higher price of 1.2 billion US dollars and snatched the Codemasters acquisition. The transaction is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2021. It is still uncertain whether Take-Two Interactive, whose market value is only about half of EA, will retake this acquisition at a higher price.

EA’s original racing car game “Speed ​​pleasure”Series, previously obtained through the acquisition of Criterion GamesRampage“series. If this acquisition is completed successfully, EA will become the game developer and publisher with the world’s most complete product line of racing racing games.-

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