Is this the "June announcement" that never was?

[hc_wolf]

Originally Posted by BlackSix

It's a fake.

See Australians hear about this first cause we are all hard at work at this time... except me

Thanks BlackSix

Are you making some sort of announcement later today? or is that fake also?

hehehe save others bombarding you with the question.

[BlackSix]

Originally Posted by hc_wolf

Are you making some sort of announcement later today? or is that fake also?

We are not planning anything today, as I know.

[FS~Phat]

It looks like an elaborate hoax and 1C already owns BUKA.... So its clever but as others have pointed out, looking at the details its extremely unlikely.

From a 2008 announcement.
Yakov is reporting that Prague-based game and software publisher 1C Company has agreed to aquire Russian video game creator Buka. The deal is reported at an estimated $80 million. BUKA generated revenues of $35 million and EBITDA of $10 million in 2007.

Yakov notes regarding Buka, "BUKA, which was founded in 1993, has 250 employees. BUKA published games Far Cry, Half Life series, War Hammer 40,000: Dawn of Warfrom from Western publishers including THQ, Ubisoft, Valve, Codemasters, Lesta Studio, Targem, and CDV."


Here's where some of the quotes were stolen from an earlier press release about the acquisition of Buka.

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=19461

[Feathered_IV]

Glad to hear its a fake.