EA Buys GTAForums.com; Take2 next!

Reports are coming in today that GTAForums.com, the largest GTA fan forum on the web, was bought by EA yesterday for an estimated $3.4 million. The forums are currently abuzz with speculation on the aquisition despite a lack of official confirmation. Many believe that this is a strategic move by EA to pull in the GTA fanbase before their buyout of publisher Take 2 Interactive, parent company of GTA developer Rockstar Games. Our emails to GTAForums.com webmaster "Tank" have not been returned but we'll be posting updates as we learn more. Stay tuned.

UPDATE: We've just received an email from EA. The EA spokesperson stated, "We do not comment on any pending business negotiations."

Looks like something is definitely going on...

UPDATE2: We have just received a copy of a letter that was sent to Tank two days ago. We had to block out parts of it to protect identities and other confidential information but I think the letter speaks for itself: