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Godot on 26 January 2009
darthdevidem01 said:

 

Shareholders approve Koei merger with Tecmo


Shareholders have approved the merger between Japanese companies Tecmo and Koei, set to take place on April 1st. The companies made the announcement in statements to the Tokyo Stock Exchange today, according to Reuters.

   Under the  $207 million deal, announced last November, Tecmo investors will receive 0.9 shares in the merged company for every Tecmo share they hold, while Koei stockholders will receive a one-for-one exchange.

Tecmo attracted the attention of potential buyers, including Square Enix, after the company’s president stepped down, following a public spat with the former Team Ninja lead Tomonobu Itagaki.

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woah.....two japanese gaming titans join finally

 

It's good that you post news articles but it would be best if you didn't put your personal opinion in the title of a thread. I noticed you do that a lot. Just post "Shareholders approve Koei merger with Tecmo". Koei and Tecmo are hardly titans. They are actually quite small companies.



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arsenicazure on 26 January 2009

koei isnt really a titan.. and tecmo is in doldrums right now.. oh well cant be worse than the whole sega sammy merger



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richardhutnik on 26 January 2009
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Ninja Warriors? Dynasty Gaiden? Super Dead or Alive: Dynasty Warriors vs. Ninja Gaiden?

Yeah, can't wait for DOA Warriors, complete with bounciness on ancient Chinese battleground (bonus points if they contain crabs with weak points you hit for massive damage).  Of course we can have Dynasty Xtreme Beach Volleyball 3, which involves famous warriors of ancient China playing volleyball and other beach minigames.  The buddy system will be set to be huge, and you get to run the entire beach like it is a kingdom, complete with assassinations, and large scale battles with thousands of troops. 

 



NintendoMan on 26 January 2009

Seems like a sensible move in these troubled economic times. Best of luck to them.



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richardhutnik on 26 January 2009
NintendoMan said:
Seems like a sensible move in these troubled economic times. Best of luck to them.

Well, one hopes the synergy is good between the two.  There is chance for some interesting new IP to come out of this merger.

 



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disolitude on 26 January 2009
arsenicazure said:
koei isnt really a titan.. and tecmo is in doldrums right now.. oh well cant be worse than the whole sega sammy merger

 

 You know that Sammy was the much more dominant player when the merger happened. Sega/Sammy was the second largest company (Japanese)behind Ninty (worth about 10 bill if I remmeber correctly) Today however I am not so sure...those pachinko machines are dying.



DaveD on 26 January 2009

"set to take place on April 1st."
I am the only one who noticed this? Really?



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Gnac on 26 January 2009

That date doesn't have the same significance in Japan.



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ROBOTECHHEAVEN on 26 January 2009

good for them, but i would call them a good size company, but not giant. i hope this means more and better games from the new company.



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saicho on 26 January 2009

don't think either Koei or Temco is a giant... the combination of the two is probably not that much bigger than Namco or Bandai individually and still won't be a Top 5 publisher in Japan



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