And battle scars as well.

Sony has acquired legendary developer Bungie, and one of the motivations behind the deal appears to be shared learning. PlayStation Studios wants to make blockbuster service games, with similar legs to the likes of Fortnite and, of course, Destiny – and the platform holder believes that the former Halo creator can help it to achieve its goals.

“I’ve spent a lot of time with like Jason Jones and Pete Parsons, and some of the senior team over at Bungie,” PlayStation Studios boss Hermen Hulst told the PlayStation Blog. “And let me tell you that everyone’s very excited for Bungie and PlayStation Studios to share ideas, share some of our battle scars as well. And really, just learn from each other.”

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Destiny unknown.

Well, here we are again – another domino has dropped in the unstoppable march towards corporate consolidation. This time, though, our team has won: Bungie, the legendary creator of Halo and Destiny, is a PlayStation Studio! Except it’s not, but it also kinda is. The industry is weird these days so you’re going to have to stick with us: perhaps the best comparison here is Mojang, which operates under the Xbox Game Studios framework, but remains a mostly independent entity in the ever-growing Microsoft machine, meaning Minecraft remains a fully multiformat franchise. Are you following?

This news comes just weeks after the Team in Green’s near-$70 billion buyout of Activision Blizzard – shots fired, we hear your scream. Except, again, not really – this deal has apparently been rumbling for around six months, and PlayStation boss Jim Ryan was able to sign the $3.6 billion cheque before rival Phil Spencer could arrive. That’s according to Games Beat scribe Jeff Grubb apparently, who hypothesises a bidding war may have occurred behind-the-scenes. We wouldn’t be surprised!

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