AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2024

The future of game development with Bungie Founder Alexander Seropian : Join Look North World Founder Alexander Seropian (also the original founder of Bungie) for a fireside chat offering a closer look at the game development company building new experiences in the Fortnite universe using the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN).

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Game Errors

APRIL 20, 2023

The original Destiny was green and too experimental to realize the grand plans of its developer and publisher (Bungie and Activision). Destiny 2 was created because the editor and engine that made Destiny were inefficient in creating new content, consuming hours and resources that were not paying off for the company.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 11, 2024

This is partly the reason for the layoffs as the companies are rightsizing to the market of today. 2024 will be a lean year for gaming companies Executives, according to Newzoo, are expecting there to be even more releases this year than there were last year. The market numbers are also not inflation adjusted.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

While Microsoft has been in games for decades, it’s a conglomerate tech giant that ultimately cares about the valuation multiple of the overall company. Not to mention, tech giants have a shaky history with managing first-party studios, including Microsoft itself with Bungie, Rare, Lionhead, and 343 Industries.

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Ask a Game Dev

JUNE 5, 2023

There were three Marathon games released in 1994, 1995, and 1996 respectively, and then it lay dormant until Bungie announced the new Marathon game just a few weeks ago. Studios have employees and those employees are constantly draining money from their parent company in the form of salaries, benefits, overhead, and so on.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2023

Every game company out there is looking for an IP to support their UA pipeline, and Tactile is sitting on one that feels like a perfect match! Phil uses the recent announcement of Bungie's Marathon extraction shooter to explain his oft cited Game Thesis framework. The makeover theme could still be applicable.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

This week’s news of layoffs at Bungie demonstrates once again how precarious life is working for a games company. Even companies that enjoy sustained success – give or take the occasional hiccup – are susceptible to layoffs, especially if they’re part of a much larger organization.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 4, 2023

EA merged with Pandemic Studios + Bioware in 2007 Bandai and Namco merged in 2007 Activision merged with Vivendi Universal’s games division in 2008 to form Activision-Blizzard Bungie was purchased by Microsoft in 2000, bought itself out to go independent again in 2007, and was recently acquired by Sony in 2022.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

An acquisition on these terms would represent a 55% premium on the Finnish company’s closing share price the day prior. The company disclosed that it had already submitted a bid on November 16, 2022, for €8.50 Following its first full quarter as a public company, its market value halved in short order. year-over-year to 45.1%

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