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Lucasfilm Games Announces New Open World Star Wars Game In Partnership With Ubisoft

January 14, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

Following the revival of Lucasfilm Games (a.k.a. LucasArts) earlier this week, the studio has just announced a new story-driven, open-world Star Wars game in cooperation with Ubisoft’s Swedish studio, Massive Entertainment. According to the official press release, the upcoming game will be developed using Massive’s proprietary Snowdrop engine under the direction of Julian Gerighty, director of The Crew and The [...]

Halo Xbox 360 Multiplayer Servers Will Be Shutting Down At The End Of The Year

January 14, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

It’s been fun while it lasted, but 343 Industries has just announced that they will be shutting down the Xbox 360 Halo multiplayer servers at the end of 2021. Affected games include: Halo 4, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach, Halo Wars, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, and Spartan Assault. “The month over month usage of these legacy Xbox 360 [...]

Borderlands Movie To Start Production In Hungary Soon

January 11, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

Lionsgate is due to start production on the Borderlands movie which will be shot on location in Hungary. MidAtlantic Films head Adam Goodman revealed the news in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter while talking about other projects that will be shot in the country which has become the destination-of-choice for companies looking to start or resume filming amid the [...]

Polish Consumer Protection Office Is Threatening To Fine CD Projekt Red Over Cyberpunk 2077 Launch Fiasco

January 11, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

After what could be one of the rockiest launches in gaming history, the pressure is steadily mounting on CD Projekt Red to deliver the promised fixes and performance improvements to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Cyberpunk 2077. After being slapped with a lawsuit in the US, the studio is now potentially facing fines from the Polish Office [...]

Steam Hits Record-Breaking 25M Concurrent Users Over The Weekend

January 6, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

Steam has broken its own record for the highest number of concurrent users over the weekend. Online users peaked at 25,418,674 on January 3rd surpassing all-time highs set in March last year at the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdowns. Steam usually sees a surge in user concurrency during their annual Winter Sale. The global pandemic along with the recent release [...]

Epic Games Buys $95M Mall For Their Global Headquarters

January 6, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

A struggling mall in Cary, North Carolina will have a brighter future ahead of it after Epic Games acquired the property with plans to convert it into their global headquarters. The Cary-based studio bought the Cary Towne Center for $95 million dollars, giving them 98,000 square feet of space to work with that’s perfectly situated just down the road from [...]

Steam Unveils Best Of 2020 List

January 1, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

Steam has revealed their Best of 2020 list which ranks games according to several tier-based categories including Top Sellers, New Releases, Best of VR, Early Access Grads, and Controller Games which are based on gross revenue, and Most Played that includes games that reached over 200,000 peak concurrency. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Cyberpunk 2077, DOTA 2, and Grand Theft Auto V [...]

CD Projekt S.A. Responds To Cyberpunk 2077 Class-Action Suit Filed In The US

December 31, 2020 Marc Marasigan Comments

The CD Projekt S.A. management board has issued a statement in response to the class-action lawsuit filed against them saying that, “The company will undertake vigorous action to defend itself against any such claims.” The board also acknowledged that it is up to the court to “adjudicate whether the actions undertaken by the Company and members of its Management Board [...]

Yoozoo Games CEO And Founder Dies Of Suspected Poisoning, Co-Worker Detained

December 31, 2020 Marc Marasigan Comments

Shanghai-based Yoozoo Games CEO and Founder Lin Qi died last week on Christmas Day at 39 years old due to suspected poisoning. Qi was rushed to the hospital on December 17th for treatment but unfortunately passed away on December 25th. Qi’s co-worker, Xu, has been detained by the Shanghai police in connection with the suspected murder of the company’s late [...]

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