Agent of the Nein: Spoiling the Latest Bungie/Microsoft Rumors (VL330)

When Bungie *tried* to shut down talk from Imran Khan of Kinda Funny, Jeff Grubb of GamesBeat, and Tom Phillips of Eurogamer regarding acquisition talks with Microsoft, they were mostly successful.

But now, website XboxEra has done some legal digging. What have they found? Well, in short, while there has been a change in "registered agent" over at Bungie, there are a number of reasons why that change probably doesn't mean what they think. Let's talk about it.

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#Bungie #Microsoft #Rumors

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Discussed in this episode:

"Remember those Bungie Acquisition Rumours? We think they're real."
Tweet - October 1, 2020 - XboxEra (@TheXboxEra)
https://twitter.com/TheXboxEra/status/1311815377568047105

"Remember those Bungie Acquisition Rumours? We think they’re real."
XboxEra Article - October 2, 2020 - Jon Clarke
https://xboxera.com/2020/10/02/remember-those-bungie-acquisition-rumours-we-think-theyre-real/

"Microsoft to Buy Bungie? When is a Denial Not Really a Denial? (VL314)"
YouTube Video - September 15, 2020 - Hoeg Law
https://youtu.be/coA9C4S3ZCU

"Bungie, Inc." (Washington)
OpenCorporates Website
https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_wa/603077692

"Registered Agent"
Washington Secretary of State Website
https://www.sos.wa.gov/corps/faq---registered-agents.aspx

"Registered Agent Services"
CSC Website
https://www.cscglobal.com/service/cls/registered-agent-services

"Microsoft acquires State of Decay 2 studio Undead Labs"
VentureBeat - June 10, 2018 - Mike Minotti
https://venturebeat.com/2018/06/10/microsoft-acquires-state-of-decay-2-studio-undead-labs/

"Microsoft acquires Obsidian Entertainment"
Polygon - November 10, 2018 - Michael McWhertor
https://www.polygon.com/2018/11/10/17959500/obsidian-xbox-acquired-x018-new-vegas-pillars-eternity

"Microsoft acquires InXile to make role-playing games for Xbox, PC"
GamesBeat - November 10, 2018 - Jeff Grubb
https://venturebeat.com/2018/11/10/microsoft-xbox-acquires-inxile

CT Corporation Website
https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/solutions/ct-corporation

"ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC." (California)
OpenCorporates Website
https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/C2235977

"Bungie, Inc." Washington Business Filings (Multiple)
https://ccfs.sos.wa.gov/#/BusinessSearch/BusinessFilings

"Bungie"
Wikipedia Entry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungie

"BUNGIE, LLC" (Washington)
OpenCorporates Website
https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_wa/602741761

"Bungie, Inc."
Delaware Business Entity Search Results Page
https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/ecorp/entitysearch/NameSearch.aspx

"BUNGIE, INC."
OpenCorporates Website
https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_de/4266381

"Nope."
Tweet - October 2, 2020 - Pete Parsons (@pparsons)
https://twitter.com/pparsons/status/1312021452569231360

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