Over the past months and years, there have been reports that CCP Games is working on a new online multiplayer game. CCP Games CEO Hilmar Petursson himself confirmed the reports in a short interview with Newsweek back in August. “We are developing a new online sci-fi shooter game and are planning to market it in the upcoming years,” said Petursson [...]
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Earlier this year, we reported on Sony, Zhejiang Century Huatong Group, and Tencent’s plans to buy up Hong Kong based video game holding company, Leyou Technologies. Tencent eventually came out on top and have been exclusively negotiating with Leyou ever since. According to PC Games Insider, 97% of Leyou’s shareholders approved of the deal which means that Tencent will soon [...]
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Cyberpunk 2077 might have sold over 8 million copies but not everyone is happy with it, especially those playing on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Numerous last-gen console players are complaining about the game’s poor performance not to mention the bugs, glitches, and crashes that abound in the game across all platforms. CD Projekt Red apologized for not showing [...]
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Cyberpunk 2077 is now the record-holder for the biggest PC launch of all-time, taking the place of World of Warcraft Shadowlands just shortly after Blizzard Entertainment announced the expansion’s record-breaking sales earlier this week. According to the statistics shared by CD Projekt Red, Cyberpunk 2077 sold over 8 million units via pre-orders, more than 4.7 million of which were for [...]
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The past year may have dealt humanity a huge blow with the COVID-19 pandemic but video games have helped gamers the world over stay connected and keep busy while quarantines and travel restrictions were in effect. The annual The Game Awards showcases the best new games of the year on all major platforms. And, like all gaming events in 2020, [...]
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When news of Daybreak’s acquisition by Enad Global 7 broke out, the community was naturally worried about the future of Daybreak titles namely: EverQuest, EverQuest 2, DC Universe Online, and PlanetSide 2, as well as Dungeons & Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online which EG7 finally confirmed to be part of Daybreak’s current roster of live games. In [...]
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Enad Global 7 continues to gobble up development studios as they announce their full acquisition of Daybreak Game Company (formerly Sony Online Entertainment) to the tune of $300 million. Daybreak owns a number of smaller studios and sub-studios and have a number of popular MMOs under their belot including EverQuest, EverQuest 2, PlanetSide 2, and DC Online Universe. According to [...]
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Swedish video game cooperative, Enad Global 7, has just announced their plans to acquire Canadian game developer Piranha Games. The acquisition of Piranha Games will give EG7 control over current MechWarrior games, including MechWarrior Online, and future games in the franchise. According to the announcement, the move is “in line with EG7’s previously communicated strategy to perform complementary acquisitions to [...]
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2020 may have thrown a number of unexpected events at us but if there’s one thing we can rely on, it’s the annual Steam seasonal sales. The Autumn Sale is now live just in time for Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday and will run until December 1st at 10am PST. This year’s Autumn Sale offers incredible discounts on some [...]
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4A Games, the developers of the Metro series of games, is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Metro 2033 with a few announcements. The first one is that the studio is now working on bringing Metro Exodus to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S and X next year. According to 4A, fans of the game should expect increased resolution, higher [...]
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