Source: CCTV.com
05-08-2009 10:28
Special Report: Tech MaxSAN FRANCISCO, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it has agreed to acquire BigPark Inc., an interactive online game company based in Vancouver, Canada.
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| Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gestures during a talk to students at Stanford University, as part of the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders program, in Palo Alto, California May 6, 2009.(Reuters) |
"The acquisition will bring BigPark's talented developers into Microsoft Game Studios, where the team will continue development on an exclusive Xbox 360 game," Microsoft said in a statement.
However, the software giant didn't disclose the amount and other details of the deal.
The acquisition showed that Microsoft intends to keep investing in internally produced games for its Xbox 360 video game console, which competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii, some analysts said.
BigPark was founded in 2007 by a group of industry veterans who have produced or overseen some blockbuster games such as "FIFA Soccer" and "NBA Street."
Don Mattrick, a co-founder of BigPark, later became senior vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft.
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