Sony Interactive Leisure has formally accomplished its $3.7 billion deal to amass Bungie – the studio behind Future and each Halo recreation as much as Halo: Attain – and has welcomed it into the PlayStation household.
PlayStation shared the information on Twitter, saying, “the settlement to amass Bungie has closed. So now we are able to formally say… welcome to the PlayStation household, Bungie!”
Bungie additionally shared some phrases to mark the event and expressed how excited it’s to “be part of the unimaginable staff at PlayStation.”
“We’re proud to formally be part of the unimaginable staff at PlayStation, we’re excited for the way forward for our firm, and we’re impressed to carry collectively gamers from everywhere in the world to type lasting friendships and reminiscences,” Bungie wrote. “Per Audacia advert Astra!”
Sony introduced that it was going to amass Bungie in February 2022 for $3.6 billion, however the SEC submitting for the finished deal from July 15 notes that the overall value was “roughly $3.7 billion.”
When the deal was made public, Bungie confirmed that it will likely be run as “an unbiased subsidiary” of SIE and can stay a multiplatform studio with the choice to “self-publish and attain gamers the place they select to play.”
Bungie is at the moment laborious at work on supporting Future 2, but it surely has far more deliberate for the long run. Whereas the main points of those tasks have but to be revealed, the studio did verify Future 2 incorporates an Easter Egg teasing its subsequent recreation.
In 2019, Bungie stated it wished to launch not less than one non-Future recreation by 2025. Varied job listings have hinted that this new IP might be “comedic” and should function “whimsical characters.”
Whereas this acquisition is accomplished, Sony has no plans of stopping and is seeking to buy extra studios sooner or later.
As for the way forward for Future, Bungie shared the roadmap it has deliberate after the PlayStation acquisition and the studio is reportedly engaged on a Future cellular recreation.
For extra, try our have a look at how Sony’s Bungie purchase suits into its bigger PlayStation plan.
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