I guess this means we are all one step further away from GP3!
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> From the *** News section at www.avault.com :
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> Reported by: Rex Mendoza
> Sunday, October 5, 1997 - 22:44 CDT
> GT Interactive acquires MicroProse
> GT Interactive has announced that it has acquired
> MicroProse (Those cool folks that brought us such
> classics like... F15 Strike Eagle, Silent Service,
> X-COM, etc). Gilman Louie, Chairman of MicroProse
> said, "In evaluating a number of strategic
> opportunities available to us, MicroProse's Board of
> Directors and management agreed that this merger
> with GT Interactive provided the greatest potential
> benefits to MicroProse shareholders, employees, and
> customers. As continuing shareholders in GT
> Interactive, we all expect to benefit from our
> association with GT Interactive as participants in
> its future growth."
> CEO and President of GT Interactive, Ron Chaimowitz,
> said, "This acquisition strengthens our growing
> internal development capabilities by increasing to
> about 500 the number of people in the organization
> dedicated to development. In addition, our
> development organizations complement each other.
> MicroProse has focused on PC product, and we expect
> to be able to use our strengths in console
> development to bring several of their key PC titles
> to console. In addition, MicroProse's strong,
> established brands in the simulation and strategy
> game genres complement our action, adventure and
> edutainment lineup, giving us one of the strongest
> and most well-balanced product portfolios in the
> industry."
> So what does this mean for all those MicroProse
> games coming out? Probably nothing, it'll just say
> it is by GT Interactive.
> MmmmicroProse, tasty!
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