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Devolver Digital just snapped up Astroneer studio System Era for a cool $40M-ish
Astroneer studio System Era Softworks is making a big move: The company announced today that it's been acquired by Devolver Digital. The move will...
The EU has conditionally approved Microsoft’s buyout of Activision-Blizzard
Today's Microsoft Activision-Blizzard buyout news won't come as a surprise to anyone who read the leaks last week, but yes, EU regulators have officially...
The EU is apparently set to approve Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard buyout after all
When the UK's Competition and Markets Authority put the brakes on Microsoft's acquisition of Activision-Blizzard at the end of April, we saw multiple pundits...
Activision-Blizzard’s Bobby Kotick predicts a bleak future for a UK that rejects the Microsoft merger
Probably the last thing you want to see on a Wednesday or any other day that ends in -day is Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick...
Dauntless and Fae Farm studio Phoenix Labs just bought itself out
Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs is making another huge move this week, as it's apparently secured investment that will allow its management to buy it...
NetEase snaps up Detroit Become Human developer Quantic Dream
Like a person going grocery shopping, NetEase is casually strolling up and down the aisles of the video game industry deciding which studio to...
Rumor: Ubisoft is on the cusp of being bought out by a private equity firm
If insider reporting is to be believed, the next major gaming acquisition to begin this year is Ubisoft. Reporting from Bloomberg as well as...
Some U.S. senators give the Microsoft-Activision buyout the big stink-eye
Not everyone is jumping up and down in approval over the upcoming $68.7 billion Microsoft buyout of Activision Blizzard. According to the Wall Street...
The FTC will investigate the Microsoft Acti-Blizz buyout, company to skip Q4 conference call
When Microsoft announced that it was buying Activision-Blizzard - that was just two weeks ago, to put time into perspective - we knew the...
Discord ends talks with Microsoft, remains independent – for now
Considering how popular and heavily used Discord is to MMO players, there were plenty of concerned and interested eyes turning to a proposed deal...
US and EU trading bodies both approve Microsoft’s $7.5B buyout of ZeniMax Media
It's been a few months since Microsoft acquired all of ZeniMax Media's studios to the tune of $7.5 billion back in September of last...
Habbo Hotel developer Sulake is fully bought out by gaming and adtech firm Azerion
It's time for some games business news that may or may not be good for Habbo Hotel! The multiplayer social game's developer Sulake has...
Mechwarrior Online’s Piranha Games is being bought out by EG7 for $24M+
If you were a bit surprised to see MechWarrior Online perk back up this fall after a long period of neglect in the wake...
Singapore-based Garena buys out S2’s Heroes of Newerth MOBA
Heroes of Newerth has a new owner, but Michigan-based Garena subsidiary Frostburn Studios says that the five-year old MOBA's 30 million registered players will be...
