Hot on the heels of the news that Activision Blizzard will be joining the Xbox family, Sony now apparently wants to flash a little cash — the PlayStation team today announced that it would be acquiring Bungie in a $3.6 billion deal.Bungie has been on a wild ride, having previously been picked up by MS in 2000 as a first-party Xbox studio responsible for a series that would define Microsoft’s console family in the early Halo games. Microsoft later let Bungie go independent in 2007, with the studio then signing a ten-year publishing deal with Activision, which was terminated in 2019 as Bungie continued to support Destiny 2 as a wholly independent team. And now, the former house of Halo has joined the PlayStation family, even if it’s not entirely clear at this stage what — if anything — this news means for Bungie fans on other platforms.You see, the announcement article on PlayStation Blog lays out that Bungie will be joining PlayStation as an “independent, multi-platform studio and publisher,” a sentiment echoed by Bungie CEO Pete Parsons. “We remain in charge of our destiny,” he said in a statement. “We will continue to independently publish and creatively develop our games. We will continue to drive one, unified Bungie community. Our games will continue to be where our community is, wherever they choose to play.”What do you make of this latest multi-billion dollar gaming deal, Guardians? Let us know below…
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