Sony bought Bungie, who’s next?

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Sony announced their plans to buy Destiny developer Bungie earlier this week and with all the other recent acquisitions we’re all wondering who could be next. Brian runs through all the likely candidates and how much they’d likely cost in this week’s episode of Inside Gaming’s Weekend Roundup.

In other news Team17 announced and then quickly canceled their plans to make NFTS, Wordle was bought for 7 figures, the FTC will investigate the Activision deal, and Pokemon Legends: Arceus sold well in the UK.

This week’s 5-Second Review asks developers to push character creators to the limit and the Coming Soon section is packed with indie powerhouses, an MMO, and a ton of Kingdom Hearts.

00:00 – Sony bought Bungie, who’s next?

07:33 – Team17 gives up NFTs after revolt

09:10 – Wordle is acquired by…

10:10 – FTC will look into Activision/Microsoft deal

10:43 – Pokemon Legends: Arceus sold big in UK

11:18 – 5-Second Review

11:40 – Coming Soon

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SOURCES

[New York Times] Sony to buy Bungie

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/business/sony-bungie-destiny-halo.html

[New York Times] Microsoft to buy Activision Blizzard

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/business/microsoft-activision-blizzard.html

[New York Times] Take-Two to buy Zynga

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/business/take-two-zynga.html

[GamesIndustry.biz] PlayStation says Bungie will help with multiplatform live service games

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-01-31-playstation-bungie-will-considerably-accelerate-our-journey-with-multiplatform-live-service-games

[CompaniesMarketCap] Company Market Caps

https://companiesmarketcap.com/

[MarketWatch] Remedy Stock and Market Cap

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/remedy?countrycode=fi

[London Stock Exchange] Devolver Market Cap

https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/DEVO/devolver-digital-inc/company-page

[Meta Worms] Ubisoft still has the Meta Worms page up

https://metaworms.live/

[Twitter] Overcooked devs rip on Team17

https://twitter.com/Overcookedgame/status/1488486066898227205?s=20&t=34qEBENHAapdLk4oqiluxw

[Twitter] Playtonic devs rip on Team17

https://twitter.com/PlaytonicGames/status/1488529331223728133?s=20&t=8vNeWUpPDV0RvKakCPlnDg

[Twitter] Aggro Crab devs rip on Team17

https://twitter.com/AggroCrabGames/status/1488224784760459266?s=20&t=-tGMHpxD8W1UlPDNdEJV0g

[Team17] Team17 official Meta Worms cancellation post

https://www.team17.com/team17-to-end-metaworms-nft-project/

[New York Times] NYT buys Wordle

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/business/media/new-york-times-wordle.html

[Twitter] Wordle creator says goodbye

https://twitter.com/powerlanguish/status/1488263944309731329

[Bloomberg] FTC to investigate the Microsoft buyout of Activision

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-01/microsoft-deal-for-activision-to-be-reviewed-by-ftc-in-u-s?srnd=premium-europe&sref=y3YMCJ4e

[Twitter] Pokemon sold well in the UK

https://twitter.com/Chris_Dring/status/1487886377920389130?s=20&t=BBnZD05_hnMzMYcF91Zx-Q

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