38 min

Ep 2 - Mega-Corps in Gaming Matt's RadCast

    • Video Games

In this episode we take a look at some of the acquisitions of gaming studios by bigger companies (EA, Activision, and Microsoft) and discuss some of the pros and cons of these massive gaming corporations.


EA CodeMasters
https://news.ea.com/press-releases/press-releases-details/2020/Electronic-Arts-Reaches-Agreement-for-Recommended-Acquisition-of-Codemasters-Group-Holdings-PLC/default.aspx

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/codemasters-shareholders-approve-plan-ea-123000632.html

Microsoft and ZeniMax
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.C_.2021.040.01.0021.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AC%3A2021%3A040%3ATOC

Gaming Development Cost
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_video_games_to_develop

In this episode we take a look at some of the acquisitions of gaming studios by bigger companies (EA, Activision, and Microsoft) and discuss some of the pros and cons of these massive gaming corporations.


EA CodeMasters
https://news.ea.com/press-releases/press-releases-details/2020/Electronic-Arts-Reaches-Agreement-for-Recommended-Acquisition-of-Codemasters-Group-Holdings-PLC/default.aspx

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/codemasters-shareholders-approve-plan-ea-123000632.html

Microsoft and ZeniMax
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.C_.2021.040.01.0021.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AC%3A2021%3A040%3ATOC

Gaming Development Cost
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_video_games_to_develop

38 min