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minus-squarefckgwrhqq2yxrkt@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoMicrosoft bought Bungie and that gave us Halo. Valve has bought a number of studios that went on to produce great games. Those are more the exceptions than the rule though, and I agree it usually goes poorly.
minus-squarebuckykat@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoBungie was already making Halo before that acquisition, they were just making it for the Mac.
Microsoft bought Bungie and that gave us Halo. Valve has bought a number of studios that went on to produce great games. Those are more the exceptions than the rule though, and I agree it usually goes poorly.
Bungie was already making Halo before that acquisition, they were just making it for the Mac.