EA is going after the shareholders at $26 dollar per share with a cash deal of 2 billion. Take-Two is urging their share holders to not take the deal, but people are stupid and greedy, so who knows. On a side note, this is one very large disadvantage of a publicly traded company, you loose any real control of your company, that and EA seems to continue its thinking, that as long as there is the name on the box, anyone will buy it whether even if its garbage... DailyTech - EA Launches Hostile Takeover Effort for Take-Two