Bungie Was Already Dying Before Sony Bought It - Inside Games Roundup

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges Bungie faced prior to its acquisition by Sony.

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People in this episode

Hosts: Lawrence Sonntag, Bruce Greene

Topics covered

• Bungie
• Sony
• video game industry
• game development
• Destiny 2
• acquisitions
• gaming news

Keywords

• Bungie
• Sony
• Destiny 2
• video games
• game development
• acquisition
• gaming news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bungie, Sony, Patreon, Discord, PC Gamer, GamesIndustry.biz, IGN

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