SCi In Buyout Talks?

The end of the year looks like it’ll be a busy time for the video game industry. First, word comes down that Sumner Redstone had a fire sale with his Midway stock, and now the UK-based Daily Mail is reporting that SCi, owner of Tomb Raider publisher Eidos Interactive, is currently in takeover talks after a year which has seen the company’s stock plummet more than 90 percent below its asking price this time last year.

According to the article, a source “familiar with the matter” said the takeover talks are in their early stages and that SCi has been approached by two separate firms within the past few weeks. While the two potential suitors weren’t called by name, the Daily Mail suggests that Electronic Arts and Ubisoft are the two sharks circling the waters around the sinking SCI ship. Of course, we can’t forget that Warner Bros. Interactive already owns a piece of SCi, and was recently cleared to purchase more stock in the ailing company.

If the two offers on the table are in fact from EA and Ubi, it makes this news all the more interesting, as EA already owns a minority stake in Ubisoft, meaning that EA could very well be bidding against itself for SCi. For its part, SCi is keeping quiet about everything, refusing to comment on the current financial dealings.