New York | Sony is purchasing Bungie, the US video game developer behind the popular Destiny and Halo franchises, for $US3.6 billion ($5.1 billion) to bolster its stable of game-making studios, as dealmaking in the sector accelerates.
The deal announced on Monday (Tuesday AEDT) by Sony Interactive Entertainment is the third significant video-game acquisition this month, following Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard for $US69 billion two weeks ago and Take Two Interactive snagging mobile game leader Zynga on January 10.
