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Microsoft initially bought game developers, Bungie before selling it off in 2007 while retaining intellectual property rights to the Halo franchise. Japanese video gaming giants, Sony is not holding back in its competition with Microsoft by buying the video game studio behind some of Xbox''s hit games including: Halo and Destiny. Sony Interactive Entertainment said Monday it would spend $3.6 billion to buy Bungie Inc, an independent game publisher based in Bellevue, Washington. Bungie logo Bungie makes the popular game franchise Destiny and was the original developer of Xbox-owned Halo. Microsoft previously bought Bungie in 2000, but later spun off the game studio in 2007 while retaining intellectual property rights to the Halo franchise. Sony is one of the world''s biggest video game companies known for PlayStation, but Microsoft has been ramping up its gaming ambitions as well, most recently by announcing plans to buy high-profile game publisher Activision Blizzard for a staggering $68.7 billion.

Sony Interactive Entertainment will acquire Bungie Inc, the original creator of the "Halo" videogame and developer of "Destiny", in a deal valued at $3.6 billion, making it the latest in a wave of consolidations sweeping the gaming sector. Bungie will join Sony''s PlayStation family, the US company said in a blog post, as the Japanese conglomerate strengthens its network of in-house gaming studios behind hits such as "Spider-Man" to take on cash-rich rivals. Microsoft Corp, whose XBox consoles have long lagged Sony''s PlayStation in sales, pitched a whopping $69 billion for "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard earlier in January. "While this is one of Sony''s biggest-ever acquisitions, the amount paid by Microsoft puts into context the heavy competition faced in this sector," said Piers Harding-Rolls, gaming analyst at Ampere Analysis. Sony ends down nearly 13 percent on Microsoft Activision deal Bellevue, Washington-based Bungie, which was owned by Microsoft before going private in 2007, had worked on the "Halo" videogame series when it was under the software giant.

The US antitrust review of Microsoft’s $68.7 billion proposed acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard will be handled by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Bloomberg News reported late on Monday, January 31, citing a person familiar with the matter. The FTC, instead of the Justice Department, will investigate whether the takeover will harm competition, the report said. Microsoft, Activision and FTC did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment. The deal announced by Microsoft in January is its biggest-ever and is set to be the largest all-cash acquisition on record. It will bolster Microsoft’s firepower in the booming videogaming market where it takes on leaders Tencent Holdings Ltd and Sony Group Corp. In a wave of consolidations sweeping the gaming sector, Sony said on Monday it will acquire Bungie Inc , the original creator of the Halo videogame and developer of Destiny , in a deal valued at $3.6 billion. In a bid to toughen merger guidelines, the FTC and the Justice Department had last month issued a joint statement saying that industries had become increasingly concentrated and a surge in merger filings in 2020 and 2021 signaled the situation will worsen.

The review of Microsoft''s (MSFT) blockbuster deal to acquire Activision Blizzard (ATVI) will be up to the Federal Trade Commission and not the Justice Dept., Bloomberg reports -…

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Sony Interactive Entertainment will acquire Bungie Inc, the original creator of the Halo videogame and developer of Destiny , in a deal valued at $3.6 billion, making it the latest in a wave of consolidations sweeping the gaming sector. Bungie will join Sonys PlayStation family, the US company said in a blog post , as the Japanese conglomerate strengthens its network of in-house gaming studios behind hits such as Spider-Man to take on cash-rich rivals. Microsoft, whose Xbox consoles have long lagged Sonys PlayStation in sales, pitched a whopping $69 billion for Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard earlier in January. While this is one of Sonys biggest-ever acquisitions, the amount paid by Microsoft puts into context the heavy competition faced in this sector, said Piers Harding-Rolls, gaming analyst at Ampere Analysis. Bellevue, Washington-based Bungie, which was owned by Microsoft before going private in 2007, had worked on the Halo videogame series when it was under the software giant.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced it is purchasing Bungie for $3.6 Billion. That means the studio that created Halo and Destiny is coming under the PlayStation umbrella. Sonys announcement caps off an acquisition-heavy January that saw Take-Two buy Zynga for $13 billion and Microsoft announce plans to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. Bungie posted

Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Jim Ryan said he wanted to be clear with the community that Bungie will remain an independent and

Deal follows Microsoft''s nearly US$70 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard

Sony is buying Bungie, the developer of Destiny and the original creator of Halo. The acquisition arrives shortly after Microsofts announcement that it intends to acquire Activision Blizzard in a deal worth $68.7 billion.

NASDAQ:ATVI closed the week on a positive note as investors continue to digest the companys acquisition by Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) ten days ago. On F

There are hundreds of titles waiting to be monetized through Xbox Game Pass.

The gap between shares'' current price and what Microsoft''s offering looks too good to pass up.

Despite Microsoft''s all-cash offer of $95 per share, Activision shares fell for the sixth straight trading session on Wednesday, closing below $79.