Blizzard And NetEase Cancel Warcraft Mobile Game Over Financing Dispute

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Blizzard Entertainment has reportedly canceled a World of Warcraft mobile MMORPG codenamed Neptune due to a financing dispute with NetEase. Before you panic, the canceled game isn’t a direct port of the classic MMORPG but rather a spinoff set in a different time period. It also isn’t the mobile strategy title Warcraft Arclight Rumble which is still in development, nor [...]

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Rockstar Games Has Cleaned Up Its Boys’ Club And Crunch Culture Practices

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As various video game companies come under fire for their so-called bro culture and abusive workplace practices, Rockstar Games has risen to the occasion and has been earnestly cleaning up its act. The Grand Theft Auto developer has been working to improve its workplace practices since it received criticism for making its employees work 100-hour work weeks leading up to [...]

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Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic Remake Has Been Put On The Backburner

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During last year’s PlayStation Showcase, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic developer Aspyr Media announced that it was remaking the nearly-20-year-old game. The studio, however, has hit a massive roadblock in the game’s development and has been delayed indefinitely. According to Bloomberg, Aspyr submitted a vertical slice of the remake, basically a playable demo with all the intended features, [...]

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Jagex Acquires US-Based AAA Game Developer Pipeworks Studios

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Video game development studios continue to change hands this year as Jagex announces its acquisition of Pipeworks Studios, an Oregon-based developer that has worked on various games for big-name publishers such as Activision, EA Sports, and Wizards of the Coast. According to the press release, the acquisition is part of Jagex’ efforts to diversify and expand into North America and [...]

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Ubisoft Cancels Ghost Recon Frontline & Splinter Cell VR, Delays Frontiers Of Pandora

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After cancelling the Ghost Recon Frontline beta test a day before it was set to start last year, Ubisoft has officially cancelled the game itself. The decision to cancel the free-to-play battle royale was revealed during the French publisher’s Q1 2022 investor call despite the company’s “better than expected” performance in the past quarter. The game’s cancellation was presumably due [...]

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