You know what's really curious about the timing of this 'announcement'?
NCSoft's current share price...
Basically, NCSoft's stock is lower now than it was just before they announced the closure of CoH. Nowhere near as low as it dropped in July though, when their Q2 losses were announced, but a steady decline nevertheless. Between then and now we've had a hike from the news they were laying off Paragon Studios, and a further hike when GW2 was launched. But now the shares are slipping again.
If I were a suspicious man (and I bloody well am
) I'd be thinking the timing of this story about NCSoft being interested in acquiring Valve is just a little too convenient when you consider that such news would likely - good heavens, no really? - cause NCSoft's share prices to rise in the next day or so as speculators gamble the rumour may be true?