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develop-online.net - 10/2/2009

[Update] Witcher dev in buyout speculation | Game Development | News by Develop

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UPDATE 1 ] Polish developer CD Projekt is rumoured to be the subject of a bizarre takeover offer by struggling IT company Optimus. Optimus business is broadly spread across the IT sector, though it has struggled to recapture the success it enjoyed throughout the nineties. The alleged buyer is ...

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gamesindustry.biz - 10/2/2009

News: CD Projekt: Acquisition "means more money for future development"

— gamesindustry.biz — The Witcher developer and GOG.com owner CD Projekt has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that it has signed a... letter of intent to be acquired by Polish tech firm Optimus. The deal, if ... (more) News: CD Projekt: Acquisition "means more money for ...

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kotaku.com - 10/2/2009

Witcher Developer To Be Acquired By Polish PC Company [Update] - The Witcher

— kotaku.com — Not all the in-game boobs in the world can save The Witcher developer CD Projekt from apparently... being acquired by Polish computer company Optimus. But this might not be a bad thing. It could be a very good thing. Polish site Polygamia reports that a ... (more) Witcher Developer To Be Acquired By Polish PC Company ...

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digitalsomething.com - 9/25/2009

Devs Respond to The Witcher 2 Leak

— digitalsomething.com — Still delaying that inevitably official announcement, CD Projekt RED has sent out another statement on the earlier... leak of The Witcher 2's alpha footage. It's actually fairly informative in terms of details about the upcoming title so hit the jump to hear what they had to say. There's ... (more) Devs Respond to The Witcher 2 Leak

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CD Projekt Buyout? (Sort Of)
Blue's News — ... all this is that Optimus is nearly out of business, and the purchase is being paid for with Optimus stock to the CD Projekt ownership in what is described as a backdoor way for CD Projekt, a privately held company, to enter the stock market without going through the paperwork and other formalities this would normally involve, so if this deal is completed, the current ownership will actually still own the company, but it will then be publicly traded on the Polish stock market. Thanks Develop .

"Bizarre" Takeover Bid Targets CD Projekt
The Escapist : Latest News — ... me, although I have no idea how stock market regulation works in Poland and this might all be perfectly kosher. (It might even be perfectly legal here, for all I know.) Whatever the case, if CD Projekt is able to back-door its way onto the Warsaw Exchange, it will open all sorts of new investment opportunities that could potentially lead to new franchise development, an expanded selection of titles on GOG and maybe even that console version of The Witcher you've always wanted. via: Develop