The aggressive pursuit of Gameloft by Vivendi has virtually been finalized this week as the French mass media firm received shareholders’ backing for it to control a 61.7% stake in the games company and 55.6% of votes, according to a preliminary statement from the French stock market regulator. The Vivendi gaming strategy is currently focused on Gameloft, but as it pushes to become a serious force in European gaming, it will begin to tighten its grip on Gameloft’s big brother, Ubisoft. The hostile takeover, ongoing since October last year, saw Vivendi acquire stock at $8.91 per share valuing Gameloft at $780 million – but there are still uncertainties about exactly what Chairman and billionaire Vincent Bollore plans to do with…