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Shareholders Open Capcom Up to Potential Takeover
It looks like Capcom’s shareholders aren’t very happy with Capcom’s precarious financial situation. The company has announced that at its latest shareholder meeting it was voted to put an official end to the buyout defense they established back in 2008. This means the strategies Capcom had put in place to defend the company from being taken over by another entity are officially no more. Whether or not this will result in Capcom’s getting acquired remains to be seen, but it’s a definite possibility now.
I suppose this begs an obvious question: would you like to see Capcom remain independent, or would you like to see them get gobbled up. If you’re going with the latter, do you have a specific company in mind?
Personally, I think Facebook would be a fantastic fit. They have the Oculus Rift, now I say we give them the House of Resident Evil.
I can picture it now: a free-to-play Resident Evil where you’re awarded 30 minutes of playtime each day with the option of getting extra time for inviting your friends to come and play the game. Of course, too much fun can be a bad thing, so we’ll need a maximum of two hours playtime every 24 hours, unless you spend the totally optional $19.99 to unlock an unlimited amount of playtime (but only for 24 hours).
Also, I am 100% joking.
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply sad to learn that actress Daveigh Chase has passed away at just 35 years old. The news was first reported by TMZ this afternoon.
The outlet reports, “The actress’ boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, tells TMZ … Daveigh died Tuesday from meningitis and an infection in her blood, which caused her to have septic issues and led to her body shutting down.” The website’s report continues, “We’re told Daveigh had been admitted to a hospital in Los Angeles earlier this month because of malnutrition.”
Here in the horror world, a young Daveigh Chase memorably played Samara in Gore Verbinski’s 2002 horror movie The Ring, the American remake of the Japanese horror hit.
Far outside the horror world, Daveigh Chase voiced Lilo in the 2002 animated movie Lilo & Stitch, a character she continued to voice in various animated spinoff projects.
Chase also appeared as Samantha Darko in the 2001 classic Donnie Darko, later returning to play the sister of Donnie Darko in the 2009 spinoff movie titled S. Darko.
Daveigh Chase’s resume also includes roles on the TV shows “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” “Charmed,” “ER,” “Touched by an Angel,” “CSI,” “Cold Case,” and 32 episodes of “Big Love.”
Chase appeared in the films The Rats, Silence, Carolina, Beethoven’s 5th, Yellow, Little Red Wagon, Transference, Killer Crush, Jack Goes Home, and American Romance.
We send our deepest condolences to Daveigh Chase’s family, friends, and fans.
Pictured: Daveigh Chase in ‘Killer Crush’ (2015)
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