This just in: BSE listed UTV has entered into an agreement to acquire 80 percent stake in True Games Interactive, an Orange County, California based online gaming startup. The stake is being acquired via IG Interactive Entertainment, a 100 percent subsidiary of UTV, but the amount being paid for the acquisition has not been disclosed. True Games intends to release their first game in the beginning of 2009. With this acquisition, UTV now has investments in two gaming companies that operate in a hit-or-miss environment: Ignition Entertainment (Console Games), and True Games (Massively Multiplayer Online Games). Much like the movie business, quite a lot of money and time is required to develop such games; it's not a quarter-on-quarter play. If the game succeeds, expect recurring revenues as a franchise gets established. If it fails... Recent announcements from True Games reveal…
