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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.
video games
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.
video games
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.
video games
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.
video games
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.
video games
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.
video games
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.
video games
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.
video games
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.
video games
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.
video games
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.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
October 12, 2020
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.
video games
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.
video games
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.
video games
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.
video games
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.
hardware & software
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.
video games
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.
video games
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.
video games
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.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
August 3, 2020