Microsoft might acquire IO Interactive

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DialgaMarine said:
Kind of an odd move if true. For starters, the developer pushed really hard to break off of Square Enix last year because they wanted their independence. The only reason I could see them considering being bought out is if Hitman 2 isn’t showing any sort of promise financially. Seeing as that franchise is pretty much the only thing that studio has going for it, a bit out would be pointless if that game no longer has the mass appeal it used to. But, most of the studios MS has bought out recently we’re odd choices, so I guess anything is possible.

So did Respawn, but EA offered them a big sack of money and they took it. Big publishers seem to take on smaller studios that are either weak or down on their luck after a few years of flops here and there.