After their takeover bid of Take-Two Interactive fell through, Electronic Arts may be on the hunt once again for another studio to buy out. Rumor has it that this time, EA's eyes are set on Epic Games.

After a long drawn out battle to stave off Electronic Arts' takeover bid, Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick laid down the final word on Take-Two's status as a company, announcing that they have decided to remain independent after all.

Only rightly, the company that created Mario has been deemed as the top video game publisher by Game Developer. It's amazing how Nintendo still manages to stay on top after all these years.

Sony ranked fifth, and Microsoft blipped on 9th place. Who else made it? Full list after the link.

If you want to revamp the image of your company, why stop at just making new products? It seems like Electronic Arts at Redwood Shores is contemplating this exact sentiment as they look into the matter of changing their studio brand. More information can be read after the jump.

Australian gamers will finally be able to get Rock Band (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PS2) almost a year full after it was released in the U.S. According to Electronic Arts, the game will hit Australia on November 7 for all of its supported platforms. Pricing info after the jump.

Three key devs behind Nintendo's Metroid Prime series have formed a new studio, under the publishing flag of Electronic Arts. What does that mean for us gamers, exactly? It means the prime (hah) talents behind Metroid are now free to develop games for non-Nintendo platforms. Personally I'm looking forward to see what they have in store. More in the full article.

"You gotta be prepared, but in your preparation you gotta be ready to do whatever it takes." Are you ready? Well you better be, cos the exclusive G-Mac trailer for EA's Need for Speed: Undercover is here, and it's not gonna be a smooth-sailin' cruise.

Michael Pachter's made some pretty big predictions before, but this one might take the cake. You know how EA backed off from its attempt to take over Take-Two? It may not have lost ownership, but according to Pachter, it might lose its key creative talents: Sam and Dan Houser, the powerhouse siblings of Rockstar Games. More in the full article.

The epic struggle between Electronic Arts and Take-Two Interactive has finally drawn to a close. You might think that the hard part's over - but for both companies, it just might be the start of a grueling climb back up. The Nasdaq Stock Market reports that, following the failed acquisition of Take-Two, stock shares for both companies have dropped. I guess misery loves company, eh?

It's like a love story gone wrong. Electronic Arts, who've been hounding after Take-Two Interactive all year for a merger, finally got into closed talks with them earlier this month. And now they just decided to back off. Kinda anticlimactic.