This year has already seen several massive video game industry acquisitions, and Geoff Keighley claims more are on the way.
The Game Awards host knows video games better than most, and some little birdies apparently told him that several more huge buyouts will happen in 2022.
“Have heard from multiple people: As you might suspect, there are a few other big video game deals in final stages of negotiations,” Keighley said on Twitter. “It’s going to be an interesting year!”
Of course, Keighley could be embellishing. After all, he told us there would be “four or five” Elden Ring-level reveals at the 2021 Game Awards when there arguably wasn’t even one.
Have heard from multiple people: As you might suspect, there are a few other big video game deals in final stages of negotiations. It's going to be an interesting year!
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) February 1, 2022
In early January, Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two bought Zynga for $12.7 billion, which was the biggest video game acquisition at the time. Then, barely a week later, Microsoft shattered that record with its $68.8 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard. Sony then (inadvertently) clapped back with its $3.6 billion snap up of Bungie. Finally, The New York Times purchased Wordle for an undisclosed figure, Rounding things out.
So yeah, the loose consolidation of the video game industry seems to be playing out right in front of us. Please, somebody, buy the rights to Aliens vs. Predator 2 and put it on a modern storefront before I wither into dust.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
