Sony bought Bungie, who’s next?

Go to http://purple.com/roundup10 and use code roundup10 to get 10% off any order of $200 or more. Sony announced their plans to buy Destiny developer Bungie earlier this week and with all the other recent acquisitions we’re all wondering who could be next. Brian runs through all the likely candidates and how much they’d likely cost in this week’s episode of Inside Gaming’s Weekend Roundup. In other news Team17 announced and then quickly canceled their plans to make NFTS, Wordle was bought for 7 figures, the FTC will investigate the Activision deal, and Pokemon Legends: Arceus sold well in the UK. This week’s 5-Second Review ask developers to push character creators to the limit and the Coming Soon section is packed with indie powerhouses, an MMO, and a ton of Kingdom Hearts. 00:00 - Sony bought Bungie, who’s next? 07:33 - Team17 gives up NFTs after revolt 09:10 - Wordle is acquired by… 10:10 - FTC will look into Activision/Microsoft deal 10:43 - Pokemon Legends: Arceus sold big in UK 11:18 - 5-Second Review 11:40 - Coming Soon Buy our shirt! https://is.gd/u3xCtA OR follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/briangaar https://twitter.com/DarthBurrit0 http://twitter.com/InsideGaming SOURCES [New York Times] Sony to buy Bungie https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/business/sony-bungie-destiny-halo.html [New York Times] Microsoft to buy Activision Blizzard https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/business/microsoft-activision-blizzard.html [New York Times] Take-Two to buy Zynga https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/business/take-two-zynga.html [GamesIndustry.biz] PlayStation says Bungie will help with multiplatform live service games https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-01-31-playstation-bungie-will-considerably-accelerate-ou… [CompaniesMarketCap] Company Market Caps https://companiesmarketcap.com/ [MarketWatch] Remedy Stock and Market Cap https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/remedy?countrycode=fi [London Stock Exchange] Devolver Market Cap https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/DEVO/devolver-digital-inc/company-page [Meta Worms] Ubisoft still has the Meta Worms page up https://metaworms.live/ [Twitter] Overcooked devs rip on Team17 https://twitter.com/Overcookedgame/status/1488486066898227205?s=20&t=34qEBENHAapdLk4oqiluxw [Twitter] Playtonic devs rip on Team17 https://twitter.com/PlaytonicGames/status/1488529331223728133?s=20&t=8vNeWUpPDV0RvKakCPlnDg [Twitter] Aggro Crab devs rip on Team17 https://twitter.com/AggroCrabGames/status/1488224784760459266?s=20&t=-tGMHpxD8W1UlPDNdEJV0g [Team17] Team17 official Meta Worms cancellation post https://www.team17.com/team17-to-end-metaworms-nft-project/ [New York Times] NYT buys Wordle https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/business/media/new-york-times-wordle.html [Twitter] Wordle creator says goodbye https://twitter.com/powerlanguish/status/1488263944309731329 [Bloomberg] FTC to investigate the Microsoft buyout of Activision https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-01/microsoft-deal-for-activision-to-be-reviewed-by-f… [Twitter] Pokemon sold well in the UK https://twitter.com/Chris_Dring/status/1487886377920389130?s=20&t=BBnZD05_hnMzMYcF91Zx-Q