1/31/22: Winner - Bungie Getting the Bag / Loser - EA Probably Overextending Again
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On This Week's Episode the eternal consolidation of the video game industry continues, as Sony buys Bungie to stick it to Microsoft, and the New York Times purchases current flash-in-the-pan Wordle. The latest NFT bungle comes from an unlikely studio. EA decides to give it another shot at overextending a beloved studio with too many projects. And we discuss what the hell a Call of Duty movie with Dwayne the Rock Johnson even looks like. Plus, a eulogy for Hyper Scape, gone too soon.
This Week's News Stories:
Sony buys Bungie, tries to feel relevant: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-01-31-sony-buying-bungie-for-usd3-6-billion
NYT Buys Wordle for some millions of bucks: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/31/22911274/wordle-new-york-times-free-word-game-acquisition
Respawn is going all in on Star Wars: https://kotaku.com/star-wars-announcement-2022-jedi-fallen-order-apex-lege-1848416767
Halo TV Series: https://www.cnet.com/news/halo-tv-series-gets-explosive-first-trailer/
Rock the Dwayne Johnson is in “a video game movie,” allegedly COD: https://ftw.usatoday.com/2022/01/the-rocks-mysterious-video-game-movie-is-reportedly-call-of-duty
It Takes Two getting movie adaptation: https://www.destructoid.com/it-takes-two-next-in-long-line-video-game-adaptations-film-tv/
RIP Hyperscape: https://www.onmsft.com/news/hyper-scape-video-game-to-completely-shut-down-soon
NFT BS of the Week: Worms this Time: https://kotaku.com/worms-team17-nfts-metaworms-scam-blockchain-1848452059
This Week's Scores:
Sony 12
Bungie 20
Hyperscape: -7
Ubisoft --2
Aggro Crab 20
Team 17 --19
Mr. Wardle: 18
New York Times 11
Resapwn 6
EA: - Better Hope you get purchased by sony and -23
Halo TV Series -4
Paramount Plus -1
The rock 6
COD 1
Hazelight 8
Theme Music: Parasite from Tunetank.com
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