Now that Paramount has put forward a massive $163B hostile bid, outbidding Netflix’s earlier $125B offer, the future of those game franchises suddenly looks uncertain. The streaming war has collided with the games industry, and the outcome may reshape how blockbuster games are financed, marketed, distributed - and who owns the stories players care about. To understand the scale: this would be the largest acquisition in entertainment history. It is not a bidding war over a studio. It is a bidding war over culture...
