A Look At PlayStation's Games And Studios Following Sony's Bungie Acquisition

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We're barely one month into 2022, and the gaming industry's shake-ups have been severe. Microsoft and Sony are snapping up studios left and right. And only a scant few weeks after Microsoft announced its acquisition of Activision Blizzard--creator of one of the biggest gaming franchises in the world, Call of Duty--Sony announced that it's bringing Bungie into the fold.

It's hard to keep track of the numerous acquisitions and announcements from Sony in the past year, so we've put together a comprehensive picture of what Sony's business looks like at this moment.

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Prior to 2020, Sony picked up studios at a slower pace than Microsoft. But in late 2020, PlayStation boss Jim Ryan dropped hints that Sony would be looking to acquire more studios--a tease the company has made good on. Housemarque (Returnal), Bluepoint Games (Demon's Souls remake), Firesprite (The Playroom), Nixxies, and co-development studio Valkyrie all joined Sony in 2021.

It's quite the variety of studios, and not all are household names. Nixxies specializes in PC ports, Valkyrie has co-developed quite a few games across different platforms, and Bluepoint Games specializes in remasters (although it will initially develop an original game).

Now with Bungie, Sony has made its first acquisition of 2022. It's not looking like it'll be the last one, either. According to Gamesindustry.biz's Christopher Dring, Sony is looking to buy more studios following Bungie.

Sony's first-party titles also received much