Xbox’s Acquisition of Ninja Theory Was Worth $117 Million
Ninja Theory was one of the highlights in that early string of Xbox acquisitions, with the studio still basking in the glow of its critically acclaimed Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice at the time. Now, interestingly enough, it’s also been revealed just how much Microsoft had to spend to bring the studio into the Xbox Game Studios umbrella.
Microsoft’s recent FTC filings have revealed that the company was considering acquisitions for the likes of Bungie and Sega, with a number of other studios big and small that were also being kept an eye on. In an internap pitch concerning a potential acquisitipn of Sega, Microsoft listed a number of “precedent transactions”, i.e. studio acquisitions by a number of companies from across the industry in recent years, including itself.
Ninja Theory is mentioned in that list as well, which also reveals that the developer was bought by Microsoft in a deal worth $117 million. In comparison, Sony purchased Insomniac Games for a price of $229 million, while Electronic Arts picked up Respawn Entertainment for $325 million.
Since being acquired by Microsoft, Ninja Theory has released one game thus far, that being multiplayer action game Bleeding Edge, which was shut down less than a year after its launch. The studio has also been at work on a major AAA production in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, which is due out next year, as well as the much more experimental Project: Mara.
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LukeGPosted:
Runts Damn that is a lot of money but at same time that's nothing to MS
It's pennies to the real top dogs of ms
LukeGPosted:
CalicoReidso is it really? only one (MP) so far, and it was shut down less than a year after launch
Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, is due out next year, but anything can happen before then as we have witnessed before
We have witnessed it before a few times actually
ReidsoPosted:
is it really? only one (MP) so far, and it was shut down less than a year after launch
Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, is due out next year, but anything can happen before then as we have witnessed before
Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, is due out next year, but anything can happen before then as we have witnessed before
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