{"id":655711,"date":"2026-03-31T06:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/bungie-is-now-officially-part-of-the-playstation-family"},"modified":"2026-03-31T06:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:32:11","slug":"bungie-is-now-officially-part-of-the-playstation-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/bungie-is-now-officially-part-of-the-playstation-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Bungie is now &#8220;officially&#8221; part of the &#8220;PlayStation family&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bungie-is-now-officially-part-of-the-playstation-family.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Sony has confirmed its acquisition of Bungie is now complete.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-buying-bungie-for-usd3-6bn\">Sony announced it would buy Bungie for $3.6bn<\/a> back in February. At the time, Sony boss Jim Ryan stated the purchase was &#8220;an important step in [Sony&#8217;s] strategy to expand the reach of PlayStation to a much wider audience&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ftc-opens-probe-into-sonys-acquisition-of-bungie\">Despite a probe by the FTC<\/a> that sought to review &#8220;the latest example of how aggressive the agency is becoming in reviewing mergers&#8221;, the agreement has now formally &#8220;closed&#8221; and Sony has posted across its social media channels to &#8220;officially&#8221; welcome Bungie to &#8220;the PlayStation family&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/bungie-is-now-officially-part-of-the-playstation-family\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/bungie-is-now-officially-part-of-the-playstation-family\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony has confirmed its acquisition of Bungie is now complete. Sony announced it would buy Bungie for $3.6bn back in February. At the time, Sony boss Jim Ryan stated the purchase was &#8220;an important step in [Sony&#8217;s] strategy to expand the reach of PlayStation to a much wider audience&#8221;. Despite a probe by the FTC that sought to review &#8220;the latest example of how aggressive the agency is becoming in reviewing mergers&#8221;, the agreement has now formally &#8220;closed&#8221; and Sony has posted across its social media channels to &#8220;officially&#8221; welcome Bungie to &#8220;the PlayStation family&#8221;. 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