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Devolver Digital Acquires Astroneer Developer System Era In A $40 Million Deal

November 2, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Austin-based video game publisher Devolver Digital has acquired Astroneer developer System Era Softworks in a $40 million deal. System Era will continue to work independently on the multiplayer sci-fi sandbox and its other unannounced game, but will now do so as part of the Devolver family which includes Serious Sam developer Croteam. “This partnership, working in-house with Devolver, lets us [...]

Ubisoft And EA Are Pulling The Plug On Older Online Games Over The Next Few Months

November 2, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

Ubisoft is set to end support for another batch of aging online multiplayer titles early next year. The French publisher will be decommissioning ten more games across multiple platforms on January 25th, 2024, including several older Assassin’s Creed games, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Heroes of Might and Magic VI, and Splinter Cell: Conviction, among others. Meanwhile, Electronic Arts will also [...]

Mass Layoffs And Project Delays At Bungie Due To Significant Revenue Shortfall

November 2, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

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More information has come to light on the mass layoffs at Bungie and the subsequent delay of Destiny 2’s The Final Shape expansion and in-development extraction shooter Marathon. Bloomberg reports that 100 of the Sony-owned studio’s 1200 employees were laid off as a direct result of a massive drop in the studio’s annual revenue. Bungie CEO Pete Paterson reportedly told [...]

Bungie Layoffs Lead To Project Delays, Destiny 2 Expansion And Marathon Shooter Included

October 31, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Bungie is the latest studio to succumb to the financial challenges sweeping across the video game and tech industries. The Sony-owned company has reportedly suffered massive layoffs resulting in delayed projects and updates. Bloomberg reports that Destiny 2’s The Final Shape expansion has been delayed from February 2024 to June 2024. Bungie’s upcoming extraction shooter Marathon has also been pushed [...]

Xbox Will No Longer Be Supporting Unlicensed Accessories Come November 12

October 30, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

Bad news for Xbox users who’ve hooked up unlicensed third-party accessories to their consoles. Starting next month, unauthorized accessories will no longer work with your gaming system. Those include controllers, headsets, and other unlicensed hardware that work with Xbox systems. While you’ll still be able to use unlicensed accessories for the time being, you’ll constantly be reminded with a pop-up [...]

Embracer Group Subsidiaries Shut Down Or Hit By Layoffs These Past Few Weeks

October 29, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

Several studios have been caught in the aftermath of Embracer Group’s botched $2 million deal, including Crystal Dynamics, Beamdog, Gearbox Publishing, Zen Studios, and more recently, Digic Animation. The aforementioned studios have all been hit with layoffs of varying degrees in the past two weeks as part of the company’s restructuring and cost-cutting efforts. According to GamesIndustry.biz, 10 employees were [...]

Unity Runtime Fees Were Rushed Out Despite Warnings, Sources Say

October 29, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

Unity Technologies came under fire from a very angry community of developers last month when it pushed out per-install runtime fees for games that ran on the Unity engine, on top of existing subscription fees. While the company has tried to make amends with various changes to the monetization scheme, it’s done little else to restore its reputation with developers [...]

Digital Extremes Appoints Steve Sinclair As Its New CEO As James Schmalz Steps Down

October 26, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

Digital Extremes has a new captain on deck as its CEO, James Schmalz, turns the reins over to CCO Steve Sinclair. The new CEO is best known as the former lead developer of Warframe and the current head honcho for the studio’s upcoming MMO, Soulframe. Sinclair will continue to lead Soulframe’s development alongside his new duties as CEO with the [...]

Amazon’s Fallout TV Series Adaptation Premieres Exclusively On Prime In April 2024

October 24, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

Heads up Fallout fans, Amazon has confirmed a premiere date for its TV adaptation of the popular post-apocalyptic video game franchise. The highly awaited Fallout TV series will finally be available to stream exclusively on Amazon Prime starting on April 12th, 2024, nearly four years after it was first announced. “Set in the future post-apocalyptic Los Angeles and world of [...]

Marvel Characters Are Coming To Magic: The Gathering In A Multi-Year Collaboration

October 24, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

Wizards of the Coast, Hasbro, and Marvel recently inked a multi-year deal that will bring Marvel characters and storylines to Magic: The Gathering as part of a big multi-franchise collaboration called Universes Beyond. Players can expect the first of several Marvel-themed deck sets to make their global debut sometime in 2025. “With the depth that our storytelling and characters bring [...]

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