the consolidation of the games industry
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Somerville developers Jumpship are being bought by Thunderful
They're the tenth studio Thunderful's acquired
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Microsoft’s buyout of Activision Blizzard to get closer scrutiny from EU regulators
The European Commission feel the deal could reduce competition significantly
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UK competition authority target March for decision on Microsoft’s buyout of Activision Blizzard
As Microsoft launch a website praising the acquisition as their "vision for gaming"
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Fandom just bought GameSpot, Metacritic, Giant Bomb and more
That’s certainly a big chunk of the gaming web
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WW1 Verdun and Tannenberg devs have been bought by Focus Entertainment
The studio’s next game, Isonzo, is out tomorrow
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Tencent are working in concert with Ubisoft’s founding family after €300m investment
Tencent now hold almost half of Guillemot Brothers, the largest stakeholders in Ubisoft
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Microsoft's buyout of Activision Blizzard "could lead to competition concerns" say UK regulators
An in-depth second phase investigation will now go ahead
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Sony and Tencent buy almost a third of FromSoftware’s stock in joint deal
The investment will help the Elden Ring devs self-publish their games outside Japan
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Embracer Group complete acquisition of former Square Enix studios
Square Enix Montréal to be renamed
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Embracer Group buy the whole of Middle-Earth, plus seven more games companies
One gaming giant to own them all
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Tencent reportedly want a bigger piece of the Ubisoft pie
The Chinese company met with the Guillemots in May about buying more shares
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Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard buyout is being investigated by UK government regulator
The Competition and Markets Authority are on the case
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Blizzard acquire Spellbreak studio to focus on World Of Warcraft expansions
Proletariat have announced they will shutter their magical battle royale early in 2023
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New York City sue Activision Blizzard, demand to see company records
They claim Bobby Kotick was "unfit" to negotiate the deal with Microsoft
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Square Enix sell Tomb Raider, Deus Ex and several studios to Embracer Group
The $300 million deal includes Crystal Dynamics and Eidos-Montréal
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Activision Blizzard shareholders approve the company's $69 billion acquisition by Microsoft
Correction: that’s 219,262,920,000 Freddos in real money
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Perfect World Entertainment are now part of Gearbox Publishing, still making nerdy MMOs
Another one for the Embracer Group
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Tales From The Borderlands is making a comeback this year, minus Telltale Games
Don't call it a sequel
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Tencent buy majority stake in Rime and Song Of Nunu developers
Studio say they'll focus more on "original IP"
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Epic Games have purchased music platform Bandcamp
They say it's part of their push to build a cross-media "ecosystem"
