You probably thought they were already owned by Sony.

Sony announced today that they have added Bluepoint Games to their PlayStation Studios family. Today's announcement came via the head of PlayStation Studios Herman Hulst in a new PlayStation Blog posting.

Hulst says that Bluepoint has "raised the bar on console-defining visuals and gameplay, and the studio’s vast expertise in world building and character creation will be a huge plus for future PlayStation Studios...

This marks the third time in five years that Jagex has been acquired.

Jagex, the development studio behind the ever popular RuneScape, has just been bought out by the second largest private equity firm in the world, the Carlyle Group. This marks the third time in about five years that Jagex was bought out by a different owner. Less than a year ago, they were bought out by Macarthur Fortune Holding. Prior to that in 2016, they were bought by Shanghai Hongtou Network Technology.
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The acquisition is now official.

Take-Two and Codemasters have reached an agreement that will see Take-Two acquiring the developer most known for their racing games. Here is the full press release from today's announcement. ...

It just works.

Todd Howard, head of Bethesda Game Studios, has also decided to weigh in on today's news that Microsoft is acquiring ZeniMax for $7.5 billion (USD). Howard shared his thoughts via a posting at Bethesda.net just a short while ago today.

He seems to view this new partnership as a match made in heaven. He and the Xbox team have long aligned in their views on gaming.



Morrowind, an OG Xbox title (as well as PC), reportedly went on to...

A new rumor popped up about an hour ago courtesy of Kotaku and Jason Schreier that Microsoft is close to purchasing Obsidian. I don't normally post a bunch of rumors on the site unless there is good reason for it and the reason I'm posting this one is because Jason Schreier has a great track record on this sort of stuff. So while it's not confirmed or announced anywhere, there is probably a good chance that the rumor being true of Microsoft being close to buying Obsidian. Kotaku's so...

This weekend, we learned that Firewatch development studio, Campo Santo was acquired by Valve, the former game development studio and the creators of Steam. All 12 members of Campo Santo will make the move and will continue their work on In the Valley of Gods.
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This weekend, we learned that Firewatch development studio, Campo Santo was acquired by Valve, the former game development studio and the creators...

Blue Mammoth Games, the development studio behind Brawlhalla, was just acquired by Ubisoft this week. The 21-person development studio is based out of Atlanta, GA.

Blue Mammoth Games developed and published Brawlhalla, a free-to-play online fighter/brawler that sits as one of the top F2P games on the PlayStation 4. Brawlhalla recently began a third season of competitive eSports events following a rather successful second season. The third season also includes a partnership...

Blue Mammoth Games, the development studio behind Brawlhalla, was just acquired by Ubisoft this week. The 21-person development studio is based...

News broke early this morning that THQ Nordic has acquired Koch Media. The deal, worth 121 million euro, means that THQ Nordic also now owns Deep Silver, the publisher of Saints Row, Dead Island, the upcoming Shenmue 3, the upcoming Metro Exodus, and the recently released Kingdom Come: Deliverance. You know, to name a few franchises you might recognize.

That seems like quite the get for THQ Nordic there. Especially when you consider that back in late 2012, THQ sold off most...

News broke early this morning that THQ Nordic has acquired Koch Media. The deal, worth 121 million euro, means that THQ Nordic also now owns Deep...

Take-Two announced today that they have acquired Kerbal Space Program. This is in spite of a number of the Kerbal developers being hired by Valve earlier this month. Hey, what're you gonna do?

Anyway, on with the glowing praise statement from the press release!
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Take-Two announced today that they have acquired Kerbal Space Program. This is in spite of a number of the Kerbal developers being hired by Valve...

Activision has reportedly just finalized a deal that finds them outright purchasing King Digital Entertainment to the tune of $5.9 billion (USD). This was initially reported on by Kotaku. Let's take a look at some of the initial details as they are known.

From an alleged press release (I have not yet seen this press release anywhere myself yet as of the time of this posting), Activision's CEO Bobby Kotick issued the following remarks.
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