The Nexon Buyout Rumor Debunked

<p>Rumors were going around saying that EA was going to buyout Nexon via financial publication Bloomberg&period; Bloomberg said that they were tipped off by a report saying that Nexon contacted for an offer from EA&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bloomberg revealed that the &&num;8220&semi;talks&&num;8221&semi; between EA and Nexon are actually about the South Korean distribution of EA&&num;8217&semi;s FIFA Online 2&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This brand new news comes from three unknown sources who are claiming that the companies are not thinking about a merger&comma; but supposedly focused on &&num;8220&semi;Nexon&&num;8217&semi;s online servers and developers in Asia&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and specifically &&num;8220&semi;Nexon&&num;8217&semi;s expertise in persuading players to spend real money on virtual items such as team jerseys and player-experience points&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After the rumor&comma; EA stock went up six percent&comma; making it the highest stock price for the company since March&period; Bloomberg reports that the FIFA Online 2 partnership with Nexon could be finished as soon as next month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;games&period;ign&period;com&sol;articles&sol;122&sol;1224350p1&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">ign<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;