Sony to buy US-based videogame developer Bungie in $3.6b deal

Sony to buy US-based videogame developer Bungie in $3.6b deal

A logo of Sony Corp is pictured at an electronic store in Tokyo May 14, 2014. REUTERS/Toru Hanai.

Sony Interactive Entertainment will acquire Bungie Inc, the original creator of the “Halo” videogame and developer of “Destiny”, in a deal valued at $3.6 billion, making it the latest in a wave of consolidations sweeping the gaming sector.

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