Dying Light 2 Devs: Microsoft Won't Take Over Techland
Polish company Techland has denied rumors of a possible takeover by Microsoft. The studio values its independence and does not intend to hand itself over to any publisher.
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Bart Swiatek
February 15, 2021
Microsoft May Consider Acquisition of Dying Light 2 Devs
Rumors suggest Microsoft's next acquisition could be Techland, the creators of Dying Light, Dead Island and Call of Juarez.
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Adrian Werner
February 13, 2021
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ZeniMax Will Operate in a Separate Company Under Microsoft [UPDATED]
Microsoft intends to create a new company - Vault. ZeniMax Media, the publisher recently purchased by the Redmond giant, will be incorporated into its structures, along with Bethesda Softworks. As it turns out, Vault will be absorbed by ZeniMax and after the merge the company will operate under Microsoft.
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Jacob Blazewicz
February 12, 2021
EA Acquires Kim Kardashian Hollywood Devs for $2.1 billion
Glu Mobile, the studio known for Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, Disney Sorcerer's Arena and the Diner Dash series, has been bought by Electronic Arts. The deal is valued at $2.1 billion.
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Adrian Werner
February 9, 2021
EA Will Release a Racing Game Every Year After Acquiring Codemasters
Electronic Arts plans to release a new „racing experience” every year. This is to be a result of the publisher's upcoming acquisition of Codemasters.
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Jacob Blazewicz
February 3, 2021
Embracer Group Acquires Gearbox Entertainment and Aspyr Media
Embracer Group has announced the purchase of two major companies. The first is Gearbox Entertainment, whose biggest hit is the Borderlands series, while the second is Aspyr Media, which is rumored to be working on the third installment of the Star Wars: KotOR series.
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Christian Pieniazek
February 3, 2021
Bethesda is Not Enough; Microsoft About to Buy Another Publisher
Reports have surfaced that Microsoft will soon surprise us with another major acquisition on the level of last year's buyout of Bethesda Softworks.
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Adrian Werner
January 29, 2021
Tencent Acquires Don't Starve and Mark of the Ninja Devs
Tencent has acquired a majority stake in Klei Entertainment. The founder of the studio known for Don't Starve and Mark of the Ninja assured that in practice nothing will change in the functioning of the team, which will retain full creative autonomy.
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Jacob Blazewicz
January 23, 2021
Cyberpunk 2077 as Seen by DFC - CD Projekt Susceptible to Takeover
DFC Intelligence Group published an article about Cyberpunk 2077. Analysts point out that not the best debut of the game put CD Projekt in a vulnerable position, and the studio could be taken over by another publisher.
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Jacob Blazewicz
January 16, 2021
Microsoft Tried to Buy Nintendo, Got Killed With Laughter
Over twenty years ago, Microsoft tried to buy Nintendo. However, while the Japanese were not interested in such development, they were sincerily amused by the offer. The Redmond giant also tried to buy EA, Midway and Square.
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Christian Pieniazek
January 7, 2021
Tencent Buys Devs of Warframe and Gears Tactics
Chinese technology giant Tencent has become the owner of the majority of shares in the Hong Kong-based company Leyou. Thus, two western devteams became its property: Warframe devs at Digital Extremes and British studio Splash Damage, responsible for games such as Brink, Dirty Bomb and Gears Tactics.
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Michael Kulakowski
December 23, 2020
EA Buys Codemasters; DiRT and Need for Speed Owned by One Publisher
Not Take-Two, but Electronic Arts bought Codemasters. At the last minute, EA made a bid of $1.2 billion to acquire the F1 license and the DiRT, GRID and Project CARS series.
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Paul Musiolik
December 14, 2020
Microsoft Acquires Popular Esports Platform
After the acquisition of ZeniMax and Bethesda, Microsoft's shopping continues. This time the company acquired the smash.gg platform, which has been used for years by thousands of esports competition organisers, including in Nintendo's fighting games.
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Jacob Blazewicz
December 2, 2020
Sony May Buy Devs of Demon's Souls Remake
There have been rumors on the web suggesting that Sony is preparing to acquire Bluepoint Games, the developers of Demon's Souls and Shadow of the Colossus remakes.
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Adrian Werner
November 13, 2020
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Microsoft Wants to Acquire Several Japanese Devteams [Updated]
According to Bloomberg, Microsoft has plans to acquire several development studios from Japan. An offer was submitted, among others, to Koei Tecmo.
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Adrian Werner
November 12, 2020
Codemasters Bought by Take-Two Interactive
The rumors from a few days ago turned out to be true. Codemasters, a company known to all fans of racing games, will be taken over by the industry giant Take-Two Interactive, which also owns developer Rockstar and publisher 2K Games.
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Michael Kulakowski
November 10, 2020
Codemasters Might Get Acquired by Take-Two
According to reports of Video Games Chronicle, Codemasters (the studio responsible for DiRT and F1 series) may be taken over by Take-Two Interactive.
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Paul Wozniak
November 6, 2020
Head of Xbox on Microsoft's Plans
Phil Spencer from Microsoft raised the issue of the company's plans related to video games. The head of Xbox department referred, among other things, to the possibility of „taking in” more developers and the release of Game Pass on competitive platforms.
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Jacob Blazewicz
October 27, 2020
Serious Sam Devs Acquired by Devolver Digital
Croteam, the creators of the Serious Sam series, was bought by Devolver Digital. The plans are not only to further develop the popular shooter series, but also to release The Talos Principle 2.
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Bart Woldanski
October 21, 2020
Rockstar Games Acquires Crackdown 2 Devs
We already know what is the recently discovered Rockstar Dundee. The name is used by the creators of Crackdown 2 from Ruffian Games - the latest acquisition of Rockstar Games.
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Jacob Blazewicz
October 12, 2020