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EA’s calendar Q4 bookings grow 7% to $2.577B

Electronic Arts met expected earnings today for the third fiscal quarter ended December 31, as the game publisher saw big engagement with its existing games. But it lowered its annual adjusted sales forecast for the fiscal year that ends March 31. Net bookings for the quarter were $2.577 billion, compared to $2.4 billion a year ago. The Redwood City, California-based video game giant reported…
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Sony has acquired Bungie, makers of Destiny, for $3.6B

Sony Interactive Entertainment today announced it will acquired Bungie, the creators of Destiny and the original studio behind Microsoft exclusive Halo. It reportedly shelled out $3.6 billion in the deal. According to Bungie, the studio will continue to operate independently. In a blog post, CEO Pete Parsons said, “With SIE’s support, the most immediate change you will see is an acceleration…
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Why Sony is acquiring Bungie | GB Decides bonus episode

 Sony announced today that it is spending $3.6 billion to acquire Destiny developer Bungie. This is the latest in a series of massive acquisitions in the gaming space this month. That started with Take-Take Interactive picking up Zynga, then continued with Microsoft buying…
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Gran Turismo 7 gets PlayStation State of Play this week

Sony is holding one of its semi-regular online video events for one of its major upcoming releases. The company announced plans for a Gran Turismo 7-focused State of Play for Wednesday, February 2 at 2 p.m. Pacific time. This will provide over 30 minutes of new information…
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MLB The Show 22 is hitting Switch

MLB The Show 22 is coming April 5, and the baseball franchise is heading to Switch for the first time. Sony Interactive Entertainment publishes The Show, but its partnership with the MLB puts the series is a unique position. That’s how it showed up on Xbox for the first time last year, and now Nintendo is getting the same treatment in 2022. And just like last year, the Xbox version of The Show…
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Valve confirms Steam Deck starts shipping late February

Valve’s much-anticipated handheld console Steam Deck is finally hitting the market. The company promised it would arrive at the end of February and it looks like it’s going to deliver. Those who reserved the device will get an invitation on February 25 and have…
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Epic Games Store has 194M users, readies new features for 2022

Epic Games today published its Year in Review for 2021, in which it gathered details about how the Store has grown in the last year. Among other facts, we know the Epic Games Store now has over 194 million users on PC. It also mentioned that Epic is preparing new updates for the Store to roll out in 2022. In addition to its high user count, the Epic Games Store also hit a new peak in monthly…
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