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Report: EA has had acquisitions talks with Disney, Apple, NBCUniversal and Amazon News

Report: EA has had acquisitions talks with Disney, Apple, NBCUniversal and Amazon

Company has apparently been "persistent in pursuing a sale" for some years

Report: Games investment hit $3.5bn for Q1 2022 News

Report: Games investment hit $3.5bn for Q1 2022

That's a substantial drop year-on-year thanks to Roblox IPO

Improbable continues games divestment with Midwinter sale News

Improbable continues games divestment with Midwinter sale

This is part of the firm shifting focus to the metaverse.

Activision Blizzard shareholders give nod to Microsoft deal News

Activision Blizzard shareholders give nod to Microsoft deal

But the $68.7 billion deal still needs FTC approval

Offworld Industries acquires Beyond the Wire dev Redstone News

Offworld Industries acquires Beyond the Wire dev Redstone

“Offworld continues to be an amazing partner to work with throughout the development of Beyond the Wire"

Epic has acquired music firm Bandcamp News

Epic has acquired music firm Bandcamp

“Bandcamp’s mission is to help spread the healing power of music by building a community where artists thrive through the direct support of their fans"

Report: Games investments hit $38.5bn in 2021 News

Report: Games investments hit $38.5bn in 2021

New record for the industry, already dwarfed by 2022

PlayStation maker Sony acquires Destiny firm Bungie News

PlayStation maker Sony acquires Destiny firm Bungie

Developer will remain multiplatform, apparently

Virtuos acquires Kyiv-based Volmi Games News

Virtuos acquires Kyiv-based Volmi Games

“Joining Virtuos is a natural next step in Volmi’s growth journey"

Report: Nvidia might abandon Arm acquisition News

Report: Nvidia might abandon Arm acquisition

But Softbank is still hoping for a sale

Team17 acquires Astragon in deal worth up to $114.6m News

Team17 acquires Astragon in deal worth up to $114.6m

"We are delighted to welcome the Astragon team into Team17"

Take-Two still interested in acquisitions following $12.7bn Zynga deal News

Take-Two still interested in acquisitions following $12.7bn Zynga deal

The purchase was record-breaking in the industry

Embracer acquires board game firm Asmodee News

Embracer acquires board game firm Asmodee

Deal worth $3.1 billion

EU pauses investigation into Nvidia Arm deal News

EU pauses investigation into Nvidia Arm deal

Follows FTC intervening in the acquisition

UK launches six-month investigation into Nvidia Arm deal News

UK launches six-month investigation into Nvidia Arm deal

Competition and Markets Authority concerned of impact on four areas including games

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