PAX event organizer ReedPop has confirmed that PAX West will be returning to Seattle this year as an in-person event despite the COVID-19 breakout at PAX East 2022 last month which resulted in at least one death. Attendees will be required to show proof of completed COVID vaccination and will need to adhere to a strict mask requirement. “We implore [...]
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When Dimensional Ink Games CEO Jack Emmert jumped Daybreak’s ship to head up NetEase’s first U.S. studio earlier this month, there have been worries about what that might mean for his untitled Marvel MMO. Well, the time worrying is over as Enad Global 7 has just revealed in their Q1 2022 financial report that its already canceled the game. EG7 [...]
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The last that we heard from Artificial Core was that several of their employees and their families were hunkered down in bomb shelters in Kyiv as Russia bombarded the Ukrainian capital. Most of their staff, however, had already relocated to safer regions in Europe and are continuing to work on Corepunk even while the studio is in “emergency mode.” The [...]
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Chinese video game publisher, NetEase, has dropped a whole host of announcements during their recently-concluded annual NetEase Connect showcase. These include new games, events, and major updates on both PC and mobile. On top of the list is the online multiplayer collectible card game, Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, which just got a launch window along with a brand new trailer. [...]
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Electronic Arts is apparently hoping to sell itself to the highest bidder. According to Puck, the video games publisher recently held potential merger talks with various companies, including Amazon, Apple, Disney, and NBCUniversal. The latter was reportedly the furthest along in negotiations but ultimately fell through when the companies couldn’t agree on a price. Insiders report that the failed merger [...]
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Swedish video game holding (more like grabbing) company Embracer Group apparently has big plans for the Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, and Thief franchises following its recently-announced acquisition of Eidos Montreal, Crystal Dynamics, and Square Enix Montreal. All three franchises have had various spinoffs made over the past few years but are now languishing in development limbo. The new Tomb Raider [...]
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Blizzard Entertainment has been slapped with yet another lawsuit, this time over Hearthstone’s allegedly deceitful microtransaction model. Polygon reports that the lawsuit was filed by Nathan Harris, a parent from Arizona whose child spent over $300 on the online collectible card game over the span of three years. The child reportedly bought numerous card packs using her father’s credit and [...]
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It’s been a tough few months for Pearl Abyss as the South Korean publisher saw a significant drop in revenue for their first fiscal quarter of 2022. The company’s Q1 2022 financial report shows a 22.5% dip in revenue quarter-over-quarter at just KRW 914 million compared to Q4 2021’s KRW 1.18 trillion. Revenues also took a 9.4% hit year-over-year. Over [...]
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Techland, the studio behind the parkour zombie survival franchise Dying Light, has announced that they’re currently working on a new open-world fantasy ARPG. Whether it will have MMO or at least multiplayer elements is still unclear as we literally only have that announcement to go on. What we do know is that the upcoming is being developed by an impressive [...]
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The shuffling of studio ownership in the gaming industry continues as Improbable sells Midwinter Entertainment to Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive less than three years after they bought the studio. Midwinter is the second studio that Improbable has sold this year as it shifts its focus away from traditional video game development and towards the creation of their own [...]
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