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Sony to buy Bungie, former Microsoft studio, for $3.6B in latest blockbuster deal for game industry – Bungie, the Bellevue-based game developer that originally developed the platform-defining Halo franchise for Microsofts Xbox, has agreed to be acquired by Sony, maker of the competing PlayStation consoles, for $3.6 billion. Sony Interactive Entertainments surprise announcement Monday comes two weeks after Microsoft struck a $68.7 billion deal for Activision Blizzard, …