EA vehemently stated that it was "not desperate" to acquire Take Two Interactive. The latest deadline given to the Grand Theft Auto creators was due to expire this May 16 with still no response from the company. Jeff Brown, EA VP of corporate communications, had a few choice words regarding the initiative to acquire Take Two. Find out what he had to say in our full article after the jump.

It looks like Lara finally has a daddy to come home to. Warner Bros Home Entertainment recently subscribed up to £15 million (US$ 30 million) new shares in the company and announced a new strategic partnership with the house behind the Tomb Raider series. For more details regarding this, read our full article after the jump.

In the video games industry, many of the respected names include Rockstar Games and its Dan Houser. So when the guy talks, you better listen.

Recently, the guy was interviewed about marketing titles and moving away from the annual sales bottleneck during the holiday season. You can read about these after the jump!

Ubisoft has just completed tallying the results of their holiday quarter performance and the results have been no less than fantastic. Most of their franchises have proven to be hits, including next-gen newcomer Assassin's Creed (PC, PS3, Xbox 360). The French-based company now says they've moved up as the third-leading independent publishers in the business. Details in the full article.

Here's a big present for the player who aim to wage war on Fury Software's Strategic Command 2: Weapons and Warfare game for the PC. Publisher Battlefront has sent word that they have released the expansion's patch v1.02, which is now available for download over at their site. You can view the patch's details over at the full article.

Still need some help with gift ideas? We've given some tips for your Xbox 360 and Wii-gaming friends, but how about PC gamers? While it's a bit late for Christmas, you may want to check out Steam's big super sale and give yourself a nice belated holiday treat. More at the full article.

The first Crysis patch may have been delayed but Crytek's giving us something for Christmas to tide us over: the Crysis Tournament Map Pack. Crytek's also announced that it will be releasing new tutorials for the Sandbox2 Editor soon. Read more about the five new multiplayer maps in the full article.

Various game companies are out to spread the holiday cheer by delivering several personalized digital Christmas cards dedicated to all gamers. You can take a look at the Christmas cards presented by PopCap Games, Marvelous Entertainment, Naughty Dog, Bioware and Square Enix in the full article.

Christmas presents seem to be sprouting from everywhere, like Valve Corporation's patch for Team Fortress 2 and the Source Engine. When you boot your Steam client, it will automatically apply the patch as usual. As to what's in the patch, find out at the full article.

If you ever looked at your own town and said, "I could do a better job of running this place." Then you might want to check out SimCity Societies. If you haven't heard of the game, then you might want to check out the new Christmas themed trailer for the game.

Want to see the full video? Be sure to head on over to the full article for more details.