 2022 Was The Year The Video Game Industry Ate Itself

The video game industry went on a shopping spree in 2021.

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Epic Games bought Mediatonic (Fall Guys), Sony bought Housemarque (Returnal), and Embracer bought Gearbox (Borderlands) It seemed like things might slow down

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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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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

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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