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AG@G: What is Bungie Developing For Sony?

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Bungie Is Developing Something For Sony Following The Recent Acquisition Of The Studio, But What Could It Be? I released my previous entry in the AG@G series in the wake of Sony acquiring Bungie and expressed my concern at the potential dark future that an all-out war of acquisition could bring with it. You can check that piece out here.… Read More

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AG@G: Why We Should Be Concerned About The Acquisition War

Daniel Boydactivision, Arkane, Bethesda, Blizzard, Bungie, Call of duty, capcom, Deathloop, Destiny, diablo, DOOM, E3, Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Halo, id, Konami, Microsoft, Ninja Theory, Overwatch, Playstation, PS5, Scalebound, Sony, Starfield, Tango, videogames, Warcraft, Wolfenstein, xbox, Zenimax

An essay on why the upcoming war of acquisition could spell the end for originality and creative freedom within the gaming industry The Acquisition War is brewing. With every month that passes, we are seeing more and more examples of big corporations in the gaming industry gobbling up previously independent videogame development studios. Whilst these development may initially seem exciting… Read More

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Sony To Acquire Bungie

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Another Major Shake-up It was announced last night via The Playstation Blog that Japanese tech behemoth Sony are set to acquire Bungie in a $3.6 billion dollar deal. By purchasing the company responsible for developing both the Halo and Destiny franchises, Sony aims to, “reach billions of players.” Interestingly, the Halo franchise has been a huge factor in boosting the… Read More

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Microsoft Acquire Activision Blizzard

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Details of The Deal It has been announced today that Microsoft will acquire Activision Blizzard in a huge 68.7 billion dollar deal. If all goes well and the deal doesn’t fall through, this purchase will go down as Microsoft’s biggest-ever acquisition and will also mark the biggest deal ever to be struck in the video game industry. The significant lineup… Read More

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Review – The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (video game)

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Review – The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (video game) Developer: Beenox Publisher: Activision Genre: Action-Adventure Writer: Christos Gage Release Date: April 17th 2014 You are probably thinking Dan, why the hell are you putting out a review of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 video game in 2021? It was a poorly reviewed movie tie-in game that came out seven years ago. That… Read More

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Neversoft’s Spider-Man Remaster?

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Neversoft’s Spider-Man Remaster? Since the release of Neversoft’s Spider-Man game in 2000, studios like Treyarch and Insomniac have given us vast, detailed high definition recreations of NYC to explore and live out our dreams of being the webhead. However, there is a good chance that these games may never have been greenlit without the building blocks left behind by Neversoft’s… Read More