Report: EA to Buy 19% of The9 for $200 Million

[Tommy Tallarico]

In what could be a major move into the Chinese market for Electronic Arts, a local Shanghai paper has reported that the publisher has agreed to purchase 19 percent of the MMO firm, which distributes WoW in the region. Analyst Michael Pachter sees it as a positive and thinks that EA may complete a full acquisition of The9 in the future.

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(Link to GameDaily.com)

[Thief Silver]

Cool maybe EA will fuck up the WoW servers and knock off the chinese farmer population.

[Tommy Tallarico]

In what could be a major move into the Chinese market for Electronic Arts, a local Shanghai paper has reported that the publisher has agreed to purchase 19 percent of the MMO firm, which distributes WoW in the region. Analyst Michael Pachter sees it as a positive and thinks that EA may complete a full acquisition of The9 in the future. [Update: EA denies report]

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(Link to GameDaily.com)