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While Activision Blizzard may be laying off 500 workers and shutting down at least one of its studios, the publisher may be planning to make a big move to buy rival Take Two Interactive. MCV reports that according to an unnamed but "senior executive" , the takeover talk comes from "very strong rumours amongst people at a very senior level within the global business."

Take Two Interactive previously was the target of a hostile takeover by Electronic Arts which it successfully fought and won out in 2008. A merger between Activision Blizzard and Take Two would create the biggest third party game publisher in the world.

[Via Blue's News]

The CEO of Take Two Interactive, Ben Feder, will be departing the game publisher as of January 1, 2011. Feder will truly be going on an extended vacation as the press release states he is leaving "to pursue plans to travel in Asia with his family."

Feber has been CEO of Take Two (which includes the 2K Games, 2K Sports and Rockstar Games brands) since 2007 and has seen the company expand its game portfolio with successful releases like Borderlands and other titles . Strauss Zelnick, the company current chairmain, will assume Feder's CEO role. In addition Karl Slatoff who was previous an Executive Vice President of Take Two, will now step into the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer.

Tomorrow is the start of Major League Baseball's World Series and as the Texas Rangers (yep, George W Bush's old team) go up against the San Francisco Giants, the folks at 2K Sports are giving PC gamers a massive sale of their PC MLB games via Steam.

Both MLB 2K9 and MLB Front Office Manager are on sale for just 99 cents each and the most recent game, MLB 2K10, is on sale for a mere $1.99. You can also get all three games in a bundle for just $2.99. There's no word on how long this huge price reduction will last.

NBA 2K11 is in the unique position of being the only licensed basketball game currently available for the PC. However, players shouldn't feel like they're forced into settling for the only game in town, because it happens to be a great basketball game on any platform. The fact that it features an homage to Michael Jordan's incredible career adds more incentive to hit the court, and while the game has its share of quirks, the benefits far outweigh the problems.

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It seems that even in the semi-fictional world of NBA 2K11, players can get a little cocky. This trailer for the new basketball title shows off comedian Deon Cole as he wraps up a game of NBA 2K11 with a little post-game press conference with himself, the star player. Needless to say, it's both irreverent and it shows off a gameplay element of NBA 2K11 that we haven't seen yet. If you are looking with interest towards the game, this is a must-watch trailer. It's funny even if you aren't interested in sports games, though, thanks to just how goofy it is.

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The OnLive streaming game service has been operational for a couple of weeks now and the company behind it continues to add new games to its line-up. The service's official blog site has announced that two sports titles from 2K Sports, NBA 2K10 and MLB 2K10, are now live on the OnLive service for its subscribers.

And if you happen to be using the OnLive service the company has announced its own Fourth of July sale. Beginning at 9 am Eastern time on Saturday and ending at 11:59 pm Eastern time on Monday, OnLive subscribers who are Founding Members can save 30 percent off the price of 3-day, 5-day or full PlayPasses for all games on the service. A promo code to activate the discount will be sent to the Founding Members and can be used as many times as they want during the sale period.

Today is opening day for Major League Baseball. Yep, it's time to head to your local ball park, pay a ton for parking, pay a lot for tickets, pay a boatload for merchandise and pay wads of cash for beer and hot dogs. However, for one day only you can pay very little for the PC version of the official MLB game.

2K Sports has lowered the price of Major League Baseball 2K10 for the PC to just $2.99 for this opening day over at GameStop's web site. That's a whopping 90 percent decrease from its normal $29.99 price tag. If you are interested time is running out so check it out now.

[Via Destructoid]

Usually 2K Sports sneaks in an announcement of one of their titles coming to the PC just before it shipped to stores but today the sports game brand of Take Two Interactive officially confirmed that they will be releasing a PC version of NBA 2K10, the next game in their pro basketball series.

As you can see by the box cover of the game, LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant is the featured player for NBA 2K10 which is being developed by the sports game veterans over at Visual Concepts. We just hope that 2K Sports doesn't repeat the mistake they made for NBA 2K9 when they shipped the PC version without the required CD key.

Every baseball player has a special style, and this trailer for Major League Baseball 2K9 demonstrates how well the game captures the way they move. The game is available for purchase on for the PC and console systems.

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This demo for Major League Baseball 2K9 gives players a taste of the gameplay they can expect from the full game. The game is available now for all platforms.
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