GB Daily Roundup: Bungie cord | January 31, 2022

Whelp, it looks like it's going to be another interesting week! Sony is acquiring Bungie for $3.6 bil

Presented by    Whelp, it looks like it's going to be another interesting week! Sony is acquiring Bungie for $3.6 billion, and I have a feeling that this acquisition train has only just gotten started. I imagine that by the end of 2022, the gaming landscape is going to look a lot different than it did in 2021. Big companies want to buy, and everyone else wants to sell. Everything is possible. –Mike Minotti, GamesBeat reviews editor

Sony has acquired Bungie, makers of Destiny, for $3.6B | VentureBeat Sony has snatched up Bungie for almost $4 billion. It's the latest in a series of major acquisitions in the games industry.

A MESSAGE FROM VB LIVE How mobile game developers can break free of the app store In this VB Live event, learn how developers of any size can not only sell their content directly to players, but expand into regions where credit cards are not the primary method of payment, lower their overhead, and improve UA and discoverability vs. traditional distribution platforms, and more.

A message from Admix Why traditional advertising needs to be kicked to the curb in Web3 In Web3, the creators are in control, not the platform – and that means traditional advertising won’t cut it. At last week’s “Into the Metaverse” event, GB lead writer Dean Takahashi was joined by a panel of advertising pros from Admix, Carat, and Nickelodeon/ViacomCBS, who unpacked some hugely creative ways that advertising is playing out. Check out their conversation here.

MLB The Show 22 is hitting Switch | VentureBeat MLB The Show 22 is coming out on April 5, and the baseball franchise is heading to Switch for the first time.

Gran Turismo 7 gets PlayStation State of Play this week | VentureBeat Gran Turismo 7 is getting a State of Play to hype up its March 4 release date. Sony will give 30 minutes to focus on the anticipated racer.

A message from Admix How brands are cozying up to the metaverse Whether it’s Forever 21 offering Roblox users the blocks to build their own custom, user-generated stores, or Adidas creating the Adiverse, brands are learning how to meet creators on their own terms in the metaverse. Catch up on this recent session from last week’s “Into the Metaverse” to learn how – and why.

PlayVS adds Hearthstone to high school esports platform | VentureBeat PlayVS announced an exclusive partnership with Activision Blizzard to add Hearthstone alongside Overwatch (an existing PlayVS regional league title) to the PlayVS high school esports game lineup starting in the spring 2022 season.

Why so many games are getting announced early | GB Decides | VentureBeat When the credits of the Mario movie finish, will Funky Kong approach Mario with an invitation to a wider universe?

GamesBeat news writer Rachel Kaser's favorite games of 2021 | VentureBeat 2021 had a lot of great games, but only some can make Rachel's best list. Here are the games that actually made her feel something this year.

Meta updates avatars for cross-platform and inclusivity | VentureBeat Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is serious about the metaverse and you can see that in its new cross-platform avatars.

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