video game publishers
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Sony Is Buying Bungie for Around $5 Billion in Latest Blockbuster Gaming Deal
Sony is reportedly acquiring Bungie for $US3.6 billion (that translates to around $5 billion) in the latest move of what has been a string of blockbuster purchases within the gaming industry.
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The Real Reasons Activision Blizzard Was Sold, Without Bobby Kotick’s PR Spin
As you probably already heard, Microsoft is looking to purchase Activision Blizzard for a whopping $95 billion. But why Activision CEO Bobby Kotick suddenly decided to give up control of the company and where that leaves the beleaguered executive after the ink dries changes depending on who you ask.
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Despite Pandemic, Gaming CEOs Made an Obscene Amount of Money in 2020
In 2020, as the world grappled with a paradigmatic societal shift in the form of a globe-spanning pandemic, chief executives of the biggest gaming companies collectively brought home close to $US1 billion (almost $1.4 billion in Aussie money). That’s according to a new report from market intelligence firm Games One, which collates a handful of…
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Atari’s New Collectible Game Cartridges Off To A Rocky Start
Yesterday the folks at whatever counts as Atari these days launched Atari XP, a series of collectible and playable Atari 2600 cartridges featuring homebrew and prototype games never officially physically released. The cartridge collection’s debut was a bit messy, however, incorrectly attributing a 2005 ROM hack of Yars’ Revenge to legendary Atari programmer Howard Scott…