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People Can Fly Acquires Game On
People Can Fly took over another company. This time it's Game On, a studio that specializes in creating animations (motion capture), sounds and movies.
video games
Bart Swiatek
April 28, 2021
People Can Fly Acquires American Studio Phosphor Games
People Can Fly - the studio known for shooters Painkiller, Bulletstorm and Outriders, among others - acquired Phosphor Games, which from now on will be known as People Can Fly Chicago.
video games
Bart Swiatek
April 26, 2021
Discord Will Not be Acquired by Microsoft
Discord has broken off talks with Microsoft over a possible takeover by the Redmond giant for up to $12 billion. What's next for gamers' favorite instant messenger?
hardware & software
Konrad Sarzynski
April 21, 2021
Square Enix Denies Rumors of Possible Acquisition
Square Enix denied that it will soon be acquired by another company. There was speculation that it might be bought by Microsoft or Sony, but all indications are that these reports have no basis in reality.
video games
Adrian Werner
April 16, 2021
CD Projekt RED Acquires Canadian Development Studio
CD Projekt RED takes over the Digital Scapes development studio from Canada. The announcement was made during today's CD Projekt investor call. The team will change its name to CD Projekt RED Vancouver.
video games
Michael Kulakowski
March 30, 2021
Bloober Team Ends its Search for Investors
Bloober Team will remain independent after all. The studio stopped looking for an investor, who would buy a majority stake in the company.
other
Przemyslaw Dygas
March 30, 2021
Microsoft Wants to Acquire Discord for $10 Billion
There are reports on the web that Microsoft is negotiating the acquisition of Discord. The offer is expected to exceed 10 billion dollars.
video games
Adrian Werner
March 23, 2021
Microsoft Confirms Some Bethesda Games Will be Platform Exclusive
Phil Spencer, the head of the Xbox brand, announced that the process of Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax Media, the owner of Bethesda Softworks among others, has been officially completed. He also emphasized that some upcoming games from the catalog of the new entities of the Redmont giant will not be available on PlayStation.
video games
Milosz Szubert
March 9, 2021
Torchlight 3 Devs Acquired by Zynga
American company Zynga, known among other things for its famous browser-based game FarmVille, announced that it has decided to buy Echtra Games, the studio that created last year's Torchlight 3. The amount of the deal is unknown.
video games
Milosz Szubert
March 3, 2021
Fall Guys Devs Acquired by Epic Games
Mediatonic, the developers of the popular Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockdown, have been acquired by Epic Games. The game is still to be sold via Steam.
video games
Adrian Werner
March 3, 2021
Electronic Arts Officially Acquired Codemasters
Codemasters has been formally acquired by Electronic Arts. On this occasion, the CEOs of both companies took the floor.
video games
Karol Laska
February 18, 2021
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.
video games
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.
video games
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.
video games
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.
video games
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.
video games
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.
video games
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.
video games
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.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
January 16, 2021