Memestock monster GameStop wants to try to devour eBay for some reason

Reporting from the Wall Street Journal indicates that GameStop, a company whose brick-and-mortar game-sale business model was rapidly going the way of the dodo but was granted a new lease on life thanks to being the poster child of the memestock craze, is looking to acquire eBay—a company four times larger than itself.

Per Reuters, which recapitulated the WSJ’s reporting, Ryan Cohen’s nerd-fueled juggernaut “has been quietly building a stake in eBay’s shares ahead of a potential offer,” but no specific offer has materialized yet, and none is expected over the following few weeks.

It’s rare to see a company trying to buy out another one several times its size, and if such a deal were to come to pass, it would involve a lot of financial engineering with loans and stocks to get it over the line.

The big question, of course, is why. It might seem out of pocket to attempt an acquisition like this, but from the perspective of GameStop, whose retail game-selling strategy is becoming less and less relevant with every passing year, and CEO Ryan Cohen has already signaled his intentions to pivot the company towards trading cards and various collectibles in the future, as they already make for a non-insignificant part of its revenues—which would actually make eBay, a key player in the second-hand trading market, a valuable expenditure. Its auction subsidiary, Goldin, was where Logan Paul sold the “holy grail of Pokémon cards” this February for almost $16.5 million.

Then again, this all depends on whether the project has any legs at all, and it is not at all guaranteed considering that Cohen has a history of vaporware projects and outright failures as part of his role at GameStop. Be it the 2022 NFT marketplace or the whole “Amazon for gaming” idea around the same time. In another sign of perfect business timing, GameStop’s board approved the use of bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset in March 2025, which led to momentous losses in just a year before they quietly walked away from the strategy.

There is another reason behind what seems to be an obvious trial balloon floated in the financial press: to quote Reuters again, “GameStop in January unveiled a compensation package worth roughly $35 billion for Cohen, hinging on a turnaround that requires him to lift the company’s ​market value to $100 billion and hit $10 billion in cumulative performance EBITDA (earnings before ​interest, taxes, ⁠depreciation and amortization).” That’s as good a reason as any to pursue a gargantuan buyout.

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Area 41 is a map of many mysteries in Far Far West, and you’ll need to unlock it first by completing The Great Marauder Secret quest. You’ll need to interact with Dr. Spark-Twist to get it done, and there are two tasks to complete.

This guide will help you complete both tasks as soon as possible.

Far Far West The Great Marauder Secret quest walkthrough

To begin the quest, you’ll need to start a fresh round in the Desert map and then find Dr. Spark Twist. Finding the doctor isn’t much of a trouble, and he will then inform you about the two quests that need to be done.

Fighting Spy

Once this task begins, there will be two quest markers on the map. The markers represent the Marauder camps you need to clear. To do so, go to the camp and eliminate every enemy that you can find. While there’s no cheat code for getting the job done, you should look to use the cover.

The back side of the camp has fewer enemies and more places to hide. You can use the cover to shoot at enemies safely. Trying to approach from the front can be quite dangerous since you can take a lot of incoming damage from the enemies that patrol the area.

Once a camp has been cleared, a glowing box will appear in the middle. Collect the item it offers (Marauder intel) and go to the next camp. Repeat the process that you did for the first camp, and you’ll have cleared both (and obtained the required intel).

Next, you just need to go to the boss’s spawn area and defeat it. Complete the extraction, and you’ll have finished the first task.

Mass Surveillance

The next task involves activating an antenna inside a Marauder’s Camp. Follow the marker to reach the camp and clear all the enemies that you face. Be careful around those with shields; wait for the shield to drop.

Once the area is cleared, interact with the machine to enter the code provided by Dr. Spark-Twist. Wait for the antenna to finish setting up. In the meantime, you’ll need to eliminate the enemies that will spawn around you. Again, don’t forget to use the cover.

Extract successfully, and you’ll have completed The Great Marauder Secret quest. You’ll now find the Area 41 map unlocked for you to enjoy. Additionally, you’ll also unlock the Dr. Spark-Twist skin to use on your bounty hunter.

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