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Big pinch of Salt but ColtEastwood is now suggesting that MS have bought 5 studios and not 3. He was the first guy I saw that mentioned the initial 3 and then Tom Warren responded to him and then deleted his tweet were he basically agreed with him.

A lot of smoke right now. Also note that if MS counts Avalanche Studios Group as 3 separate studios then the initial rumor would stay the same (Avalanche, Systemic Reaction, Expansive Worlds).

Last edited by EspadaGrim - on 11 June 2021

Ryuu96 said:
EspadaGrim said:
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Big pinch of Salt but ColtEastwood is now suggesting that MS have bought 5 studios and not 3. He was the first guy I saw that mentioned the initial 3 and then Tom Warren responded to him and then deleted his tweet were he basically agreed with him.

A lot of smoke right now. Also note that if MS counts Avalanche Studios Group as 3 separate studios then the initial rumor would stay the same (Avalanche, Systemic Reaction, Expansive Worlds).

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Starting to think that folk are being fed bad information or they're just trolling us, 5 extra studios so soon after Bethesda would be insane, Lol.
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Jez is either now hinting or trolling 28 as well https://mobile.twitter.com/JezCorden/status/1403412503607054339

i still believe the initial rumor that it’s only 3 with IOI, Crytek and Avalanche Studios Group with MS counter the latter as 3 separate studios. If it’s actually two more than holy hell is going to get crazy, if it is more then I predict Asobo finally decided to join and their next game which is a sequel to Plague Tale will be revealed at E3.



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Pre E3 podcast, Jez and Colt are going to be on there so now would be the time to spill the beans.



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Eh, I said before I’m making peace with it. I still don’t think consolidation is a great trend for the industry, but it’s happening and in this case MS has so far been a very good steward of their new studios, so I might as well try to look on the bright side.

There are a lot more coming.

Just wondering has MS acquired any more or is this all just talk for now?

Not just talk.

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Damn it went to maybe one small studio to potentially 3/5, I would be very glad if it happens to be the 3 that were initially mentioned in rumors.

The Xbox E3 show just went from 0-100 really fast, it appears that Hellblade 2 and The Outer Worlds 2 will also show up according to that leaker.



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Holy crap, Jeff Grubb is now saying that MS might have purchased NetherRealm and Rocksteady and thy are the rumored 4th & 5th studios.

this is getting way too crazy man, also why only those two if real? Why not also Monolith and WB Montreal?

Edit: Jez, Rand, and Nick have now said the same in the Xbox Two podcast



Ryuu96 said:
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Holy crap, Jeff Grubb is now saying that MS might have purchased NetherRealm and Rocksteady and thy are the rumored 4th & 5th studios.

this is getting way too crazy man, also why only those two if real? Why not also Monolith and WB Montreal?

Edit: Jez, Rand, and Nick have now said the same in the Xbox Two podcast

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Are we certain Grubb, Jez, Rand actually said that and that it wasn't simply speculation? I'm trying not to get overhyped, Lol.

Also...It really doesn't make any sense to me, AT&T/Discovery merger won't be complete until 2022, AT&T already confirmed their studios are going to this new Discovery merger which has yet to be approved, basically screws any chance of Microsoft acquiring them until 2022.

I may be wrong and AT&T at the very last minute has changed their mind but they literally announced these plans weeks ago so...I'm struggling to believe this one.

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This came outta nowhere and they are ones who are bringing it up, I have not seen both of them being mentioned anywhere. This is just too crazy.


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Honestly the rumours have gotten so crazy that I'm expecting 0 acquisitions now, Lmao. Just too much stuff being thrown around out of nowhere.

Grubb says Microsoft is trying to rush some deals out before E3 which I don't think sounds legit either, the E3 is already pre-recorded, so unless they're blog posts or edited into it with a new video? And I seriously doubt they're rushing lawyers, it ain't a lawyers job to make Xbox's E3 look better, Lol. It's their job to get all the details in the contracts right and they definitely aren't rushing that.

I could believe this tbh. Remember when the Bethesda acquisition was announced it was announced that MS and Bethesda have reached an agreement to be acquired not that they had been bought.

I can see ME doing the same with the 5 rumored studios.