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You get a development studio and you get a development studio everybody gets a development studio. At least it's felt like an Oprah christmas special episode lately in the video game world. Let's dig into the latest games studio acquisition and see what that means for gamers, workers and the industry as a whole on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.
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Show Notes
This week Sony (We knew they had to respond in some way) purchased Bungie for 3.6 Billion. This come on the heels of theTake-two buy-out of Zynga (Farmville) and of course the Purchase of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft. So what does this mean and how does this affect us the gamers and what does it mean for the industry at large?https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/31/sony-to-buy-video-game-maker-bungie-in-3point6-billion-deal.html
http://www.jordantimes.com/news/features/four-giants-major-players-video-game-industry
Will any of this change now that Microsoft is in charge? Raven software is doing some shady stuff to try and "bust" the unionization actions that the employees are taking and it just seems like it is business as usual.https://www.inverse.com/gaming/raven-software-activision-blizzard-union-busting?utm_campaign=inverse&utm_content=1643312109&utm_medium=owned&utm_source=twitter
https://jacobinmag.com/2022/02/pc-xbox-labor-sexual-harassment-unionization-exploitation?fbclid=IwAR0q8sBIKtbAyfQb5vlNd33D6EQkBN3eMlRKpqEBH5vCThgit-P7FwO2iyg
Halo is getting a TV series and it is glorious but what is with non blue cortana?
https://www.cnet.com/news/halo-tv-series-gets-explosive-first-trailer/
Ah, it's the end of an era, sort of. Sega is officially getting out of the arcade game business.
https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/01/28/sega-is-officially-ending-its-arcade-center-business
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JAM 53: The Great Lara Croft Debate
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JAM 51: Lite Drifts
JAM 50: Batman Day & Apple Arcade
JAM 49: Ex's and Cross's (Ft. Bill from RunJumpStomp)
JAM 48: Gears for Days
JAM 47: WoW Classic Recap
JAM 46: Pee Makes Mushrooms (ft. Bridget Levi)
JAM 45: Australia Bans Everything (ft Curley & KingKaz of Drunk Kids Gaming)
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JAM 40: Too Many Games, So Little Time
JAM 39: Let's Get Physical
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