Hudson Soft, the company that has been giving us Bomberman games for twenty years, has been facing financial problems as of late. Forecasts put the previous fiscal year's loss at a sizable $71 million. In reaction to this, the company has accepted a stock aquisition offer by Konami, increasing their stake in Hudson from 45 to 54 percent.

This would make Konami a majority shareholder, and Hudson would become a subsidiary of the Japanese publisher. Bomberman has been fading as a credible gaming hero for years now, but it's still a little depressing to see Hudson doing unsuccessfully. Still, Konami's offer will inject an approximate $13 million into the publisher.