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By Monty Phan, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jan. 27--Take Two Interactive Software is swinging for the fences.
The Manhattan-based video game maker, best known for its controversial "Grand Theft Auto" series, said it has paid $24 million to Sega Corp. to buy Visual Concepts, the California-based developer of several hit sports games.
Analysts said that move, combined with Monday's announcement that Take Two had acquired limited exclusive rights to Major League Baseball players' likenesses, is a strong sign the company is looking to take on Electronic Arts, the world's largest video game maker and dominant leader …