{"id":21182,"date":"2022-12-06T17:16:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T17:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/2022-was-the-year-the-video-game-industry-ate-itself\/"},"modified":"2022-12-06T17:16:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T17:16:16","slug":"2022-was-the-year-the-video-game-industry-ate-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/2022-was-the-year-the-video-game-industry-ate-itself\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Was The Year The Video Game Industry Ate Itself"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The video game industry <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/the-year-in-video-game-companies-buying-other-video-gam-1848288528\">went on a shopping spree in 2021<\/a>. Epic Games bought Mediatonic (<em>Fall Guys<\/em>), Sony bought Housemarque (<em>Returnal<\/em>), and Embracer bought Gearbox (<em>Borderlands<\/em>). It seemed like things might slow down in 2022, but instead they ramped up even more into an acquisition free-for-all. What will the future\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/sony-activision-blizzard-tencent-bungie-quantic-dream-1849857399\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; kotaku.com<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The video game industry went on a shopping spree in 2021. Epic Games bought Mediatonic (Fall Guys), Sony bought Housemarque (Returnal), and Embracer bought Gearbox (Borderlands). It seemed like things might slow down in 2022, but instead they ramped up even more into an acquisition free-for-all. 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