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Sony is buying Bungie, the developer of Destiny and original creator of Halo – TheVerge.com
Sony is buying Destiny and original Halo creator, Bungie, for a reported sum of $3.6 billion. Bungie is promising that its popular title Destiny 2 will continue as a multi-platform game and not turn into an Xbox exclusive. “We want the worlds we are creating to extend to anywhere people play games. We will continue to be self-published, creatively independent, and we will continue to drive one, unified Bungie community.”
PlayStation: Bungie deal is about multiplatform, live-service games – GamesIndustry.biz
Sony CEO Jim Ryan and Bungie CEO and Chairman Pete Parsons speak with GamesIndustry.biz to discuss the future of Bungie and Sony’s rapidly accelerating push into multi-platform and live-service games, with a focus on expanding the PlayStation community outside of its traditional console home.
Phil Spencer to receive lifetime achievement award at DICE Awards – VentureBeat.com
Microsoft’s CEO of Gaming, Phil Spencer, will be inducted into gaming’s hall of fame, receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award during the 25th Annual DICE Awards. Spencer started his career as an intern at Microsoft in 1988, eventually becoming the head of Xbox and most recently the head of the company’s gaming division.
How the game industry is fighting its carbon footprint – Polygon.com
Polygon takes a deep dive into the video game industry’s impact on climate change. Some of the industry’s biggest players are incorporating the use of renewable energy, while others are working to neutralize their carbon footprint.