The New York Times Purchases Wordle
On January 31st, The New York Times announced it had purchased Wordle for a price “in the low seven figures.”Continue Reading
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Geoff Keighley Tweets That More Gaming Acquisitions Are Coming In 2022
It’s been a wild couple of months in the gaming industry, with mergers and acquisitions dominating the headlines. Activision-Blizzard nowContinue Reading
Microsoft/Activision-Blizzard Deal Likely to Survive Legal Scrutiny And Federal Regulations
Any time a deal reaches the magnitude of the Activision-Blizzard sale, it invites a whole plethora of legal questions. TheContinue Reading
Drake Star: Gaming Market On Pace For $150B In Deals This Year
According to the major investment banking firm Drake Star Partners, the video game industry is on pace to break aContinue Reading
Sony Buys Bungie For $3.6B
Sony Interactive Entertainment recently announced it had purchased Bungie Inc. for $3.6 billion. According to Gamesindustry.biz, Bungie will act asContinue Reading
Deviation Games Expanding With New Canadian Studio
Deviation Games, which was recently acquired by PlayStation Studios, is expanding at a rapid rate. In fact, the organization isContinue Reading
Weekly News #187: Sony x Bungie, ValkyRae YouTube, LoL Mockumentary, Ford In-Car Gaming, Wordle, Scump Retirement, Nintendo Strikes, Saudi Arabia Esports, Harry Potter Fail, Ubisoft NFTs
In the latest weekly news and podcast after-show (sponsored by YouGov), we discuss Sony buying Bungie for $3.6 billion, ValkyRae stickingContinue Reading
Phil Spencer Asks Nintendo Not To Do Anything That Would Harm The Gaming Industry
We are still dealing with the fallout that came from Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard. In a recent interview with TheContinue Reading
The Global Gaming Market Will Be Worth Almost $550B By 2028
A new report was recently released by Fortune Business Insights. In this study, it was revealed that the global gamingContinue Reading
Business of Esports – Weekly News #388
In this week’s esports business news: Sony’s stock takes a hit, Mythical Games acquires Polystream, ribbon-cutting held for Husson UniversityContinue Reading
Statements Indicate Activision Games Will Still Be Made For PlayStation Consoles
Sony recently released a statement in response to Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard for almost $70 billion. According to a spokespersonContinue Reading
Microsoft Announces Acquisition Of Activision-Blizzard
Microsoft made history on January 18th when the company announced plans to acquire the major video game publisher Activision-Blizzard. ThisContinue Reading
Sony Enters The World Of Vehicle Manufacturing
Sony is branching out from entertainment and electronic devices. At CES 2022, the organization’s CEO, Kenichiro Yoshida, unveiled the company’sContinue Reading
PlayStation Vita Servers Shut Down Permanently For Three Games
On December 24th, Sony closed down the servers for three of its most popular PlayStation Vita exclusive games: Freedom Wars,Continue Reading
Sony’s Gaming Division Acquires God Of War Development Company
On December 10th, Sony Corporation’s gaming division announced it had agreed to buy Valkyrie Entertainment, the company behind God ofContinue Reading
Former PlayStation Executive, George Cacioppo, Under Investigation After Appearing In Pedophile Sting Video
George Cacioppo, a senior vice president at Sony who worked on the PlayStation Network, was fired from his position afterContinue Reading
Technology That Lets Stream Viewers Kick Players Out Of Games Patented By Sony
Sony was recently given a patent for technology that allows live stream viewers to remove players from the games theyContinue Reading
Report Shows Apple Will Earn More From Gaming Than Sony, Nintendo, And Microsoft
A new report suggests gaming generates more revenue for Apple than it does for Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft. According toContinue Reading
Weekly News Show (#153): Amazon Future, New World Success, Twitch Hack, Paris Hilton x Roblox, Apple Beats Nintendo/MS/Sony, Rivalry IPO, Lenovo Handheld, TSM FTX NFTs
In the latest weekly news and podcast after-show (sponsored by YouGov), we discuss Amazon’s CEO saying gaming is the future,Continue Reading
Bluepoint Games Officially Acquired By PlayStation
On September 30th, PlayStation announced it had officially acquired Bluepoint Games. This news came after Sony revealed it had soldContinue Reading