In this episode we take a look at some of the acquisitions of gaming studios by bigger companies (EA, Activision, and Microsoft) and discuss some of the pros and cons of these massive gaming corporations.

EA CodeMasters

https://news.ea.com/press-releases/press-releases-details/2020/Electronic-Arts-Reaches-Agreement-for-Recommended-Acquisition-of-Codemasters-Group-Holdings-PLC/default.aspx

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/codemasters-shareholders-approve-plan-ea-123000632.html

Microsoft and ZeniMax

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.C_.2021.040.01.0021.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AC%3A2021%3A040%3ATOC

Gaming Development Cost

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_video_games_to_develop