High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Microsoft Game Studios have acquired and lost many game development houses since its inception. In September 2002, MGS acquired Rare Ltd. from Nintendo and the Stamper brothers, who owned 49% and 51% of the company respectively in what is believed to be one of the most expensive purchases of a video games development company yet, at a cost of around USD375 million.This also meant Microsoft acquired the rights to Rare's own original IPs such as the Banjo-Kazooie, Conker and Perfect Dark franchises. In April 2006, MGS announced that they had purchased Lionhead Studios for an undisclosed sum. This has allowed them to further bolster the range of exclusive titles for their Xbox platforms, notably with the Fable video game series.The following month, MGS also acquired Massive Incorporated, an in-game advertising company to provide additional revenues from their gaming platforms such as PCs and the Xbox 360.In May 2007, Microsoft announced it would be opening a European office of MGS in Reading in the United Kingdom (the present location of Microsoft's General UK offices).

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