Microsoft Doesn't Exclude Further Acquisitions
In an interview for CNET, Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella said that the Redmond giant is open to acquisition of further devteams. The interview also assured that the company does not intend to overly interfere with the independence of Bethesda Softworks.
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Bart Swiatek
September 23, 2020
Microsoft Will Not Interfere With Bethesda's Announced PS5 Exclusives
Today's acquisition of ZeniMax Media Inc. by Microsoft has made some waves in the industry. This is especially true of two games that were listed in the catalogue of the Redmond giant - Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo. They were announced as temporary exclusive titles on PS5, and Phil Spencer confirms that nothing will change in this regard.
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Agnes Adamus
September 21, 2020
Fans Ask Sony to Buy Konami After Microsoft Acquired Bethesda
Microsoft's buyout of ZeniMax caused a storm in the web. In response, Sony fans proposed that the company should purchase another large publisher.
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Jacob Blazewicz
September 21, 2020
Microsoft Acquires Bethesda Softworks
Microsoft has decided to acquire ZeniMax Media Inc., owners of Bethesda Softworks. This cost the Redmond giant an impressive $7.5 billion.
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Milosz Szubert
September 21, 2020
Nvidia May Soon Add CPUs to Its Offer
Nvidia, after purchasing the British chipset manufacturer AMR, is thinking about entering the market for data center processors.
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Paul Musiolik
September 16, 2020
Microsoft Tried to Take Over Bungie; The Devs Deny
According to rumors, in recent years Microsoft has tried to take over Bungie several times, but nothing came out of these talks because the price turned out to be too high.
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Adrian Werner
September 15, 2020
Metro Devs Acquired; They Will Create New AAA IPs
Embracer has purchased 4A Games, the developers of Metro. The studio will be placed under the wings of the Saber Interactive group. The acquisition will not affect the projects currently in development.
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Adrian Werner
August 13, 2020
WB Games Not For Sale; Devs of Mortal Kombat and Batman Remain With WarnerMedia
Rumors that WB Games would be taken over by another publisher were denied. The WarnerMedia Group does not intend to dispose of its games division.
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Adrian Werner
August 9, 2020
Microsoft and TikTok - Talks Of Acquisition Continue
Microsoft has confirmed the rumors from a few days ago - the company is negotiating with the Chinese company ByteDance to take over the American branch of TikTok.
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Bart Swiatek
August 3, 2020
Rumor: Microsoft Interested in Buying TikTok
According to unofficial information, following recent comments by US President Donald Trump about the possible ban on TikTok in the United States, Microsoft is in talks with the Chinese company ByteDance to take over the American branch of the company.
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August 1, 2020
Mortal Kombat and FIFA From Same Publisher? EA Wants to Buy WB Games
EA is interested in buying Warner Bros. Games. It means that many recognized IPs may be acquired by the company (including e.g. the Mortal Kombat series).
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Karol Laska
August 1, 2020
EA or Microsoft May Buy WB Games, Publisher of LEGO and Batman Arkham
According to rumors, the publisher WB Games may soon change ownership. Among the companies interested in the purchase are Microsoft, Activision, EA and Take-Two Interactive.
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Adrian Werner
July 7, 2020
Sony Wants to Acquire Devs of Warframe and Gears Tactics
Sony is considering acquisition of the Hong Kong-based Leyou Technologies, which includes Digital Extremes (creators of Warframe) and Splash Damage (co-creators of Gears Tactics).
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July 4, 2020
Bloober Team Might Get Aquired by Another Company
Bloober Team is putting itself on sale. The Polish studio has prepared the so-called „short list” of entities which are to constitute an advisory body during a potential merger or acquisition process. So far, it is not known which companies are interested in the team.
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Milosz Szubert
June 23, 2020
Facebook Acquires Creators of The Order: 1886
Facebook bought the development studio Ready At Dawn, known for its action adventure game The Order: 1886 and the VR successful title Lone Echo.
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Bart Swiatek
June 23, 2020
WB Interactive Put Up for Sale; Possible Buyers Include Take-Two and EA
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment may soon find itself in the hands of a new owner. According to CNBC, AT&T, which owns the company, plans to sell it for 4 billion dollars. Among potential buyers we have Take-Two, Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard.
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Agnes Adamus
June 13, 2020
Devs of DayZ and Arma 3 Acquired by Tencent [Updated: Bohemia Denies]
According to The Information, the Chinese company Tencent spent $260 million to buy a majority stake in Bohemia Interactive. Thus, the creators of DayZ or the Arma series joined such companies as Epic Games or Supercell.
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Milosz Szubert
June 3, 2020
We Know How Much Sony Paid for Marvel's Spider-Man Devs
Certain documents surfaced on the web, thanks to which we learned that Sony paid 229 million dollars for the acquisition of Insomniac Games, the studio known for the Ratchet & Clank series and Marvel's Spider-Man, among others.
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Adrian Werner
February 11, 2020
Dauntless Devs Bought out by Garena
Garena has acquired Phoenix Labs, the developers of the well-received action RPG Dauntless. The entities intend to jointly develop the said title, as well as further projects.
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Bart Swiatek
January 29, 2020
Tencent Plans to Take Over the Creators of Conan Exiles
Chinese Tencent wants to buy out all shares of Norwegian developer Funcom. Creators of games such as Conan Exiles and Anarchy Online have nothing against that ideas. Now everything depends on the other shareholders.
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Krzysztof Kaluzinski
January 22, 2020