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Bungie officially joins PlayStation as a first-party studio

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Bungie has officially joined PlayStation as the new first party studio. Earlier this year, it was confirmed that PlayStation was acquiring Bungie for $3.6 billion, which is far from healing the historic Xbox and Activision deal. Of course, these deals don’t happen overnight, so work was in the works before the Xbox news broke, but it was an interesting timing. Bungie made its claim to fame as an Xbox studio in the 2000s thanks to the Halo franchise. The series helped put both Bungie and Xbox on the map, but…

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PlayStation Bungie Acquisition Gets Obtained by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

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PlayStation’s acquisition of Bungie is being investigated by the FTC, which could affect when the deal closes. Earlier this year, PlayStation announced its intention to buy Bungie for $3.6 billion. The deal was huge, as Bungie was once an Xbox-owned studio responsible for creating Halo’s biggest platformer franchise. Since splitting from Microsoft and leaving Halo behind, Bungie has been working on the Destiny series, which has proven so successful that it has helped spawn many other live service titles. As such, PlayStation saw value in the developer and sought to…

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