Sony is buying Destiny maker Bungie for $3.6 billion. Here’s what it gets
Bungie found itself a new owner. Bungie Bungie, the developer behind the Halo and Destiny franchises, on Monday signed a deal to be sold to Sony in a deal worth a reported $3.6 billion. This purchase is far smaller than the $12.7 billion Grand Theft…
A wacky, $3.6 billion end to gaming-acquisition January: Sony buys Bungie
Enlarge / Well, we didn’t necessarily see this one coming. Aurich Lawson | Sony | Bungie After Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard King, talk turned to how Sony and its PlayStation division would deal with the fallout of the…
Sony to buy Bungie, makers of Destiny, in deal worth $3.6 billion
Microsoft isn’t the only video game giant dropping big money on acquisitions. Sony, which makes the PlayStation, announced a deal to buy video game studio Bungie for $3.6 billion. The independent studio not only makes the popular online action game…
Google is investing another $1 billion in India’s smartphone market
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Google is investing up to $1 billion in a major Indian telecom company, a move it hopes will drive down the cost of smartphones in a huge and rapidly expanding market. Google said in a statement Friday that it would invest…
Microsoft to acquire gaming giant Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion
Microsoft Corp. announced plans on Tuesday to acquire gaming giant Activision Blizzard Inc., the maker of immensely popular franchises including “Call of Duty” and “Warcraft,” for $68.7 billion. The companies jointly announced…
Navient Will Issue $1.85 Billion In Settlement Over Student Loan Relief Practices
UKRAINE – 2021/12/20: In this photo illustration, the Navient Corporation logo is seen displayed on a smartphone and in the backgroundPhoto: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket (Getty Images) As we all patiently wait to see if the Biden…
Consumers Spent $204.5 Billion In 2021 Holiday Season, An 8.6% Jump
Holiday online sales were weaker than expected but still jumped nearly 9% to a record $204.5 billion, according to a report Wednesday from Adobe Analytics. Adobe analytics had predicted $207 billion. Bloomberg News noted that online holiday shopping in…
Stryker Stock Dips On $3.1 Billion Vocera Takeover; Vocera Stock Rockets
Stryker stock dipped Thursday on its $3.09 billion plan to acquire health care software company Vocera Communications (VCRA). But Vocera stock ripped higher. X Vocera makes tools to help health workers, caregivers and medical devices communicate. This…
India outlines $10 billion plan to woo global chip makers By Reuters
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Chips are pictured at semiconductor packaging firm Unisem’s plant in Ipoh, Malaysia October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng/File Photo By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India has approved a $10 billion incentive plan…
Virtual Reality Startup HIKKY Raises 6.5 Billion Yen In Series A Funding Round
Funding will go towards developing the open metaverse and international business expansion Published: Nov. 14, 2021 at 11:40 PM MST|Updated: 23 hours ago TOKYO, Nov. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Virtual reality (VR) startup and organizers of the largest…