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Daybreak Games Establishes Three New Mini Studios As Part Of Their ‘Franchise First’ Initiative

January 23, 2020 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Daybreak Games is planning to divide and conquer their current and future projects with their new “Franchise First” initiative. As part of the initiative, Daybreak has established three new “franchise business units” a.k.a. mini-studios: Darkpaw Games, Rogue Planet Games, and Dimensional Ink Games. “Building on the success of the teams that introduced genre-defining games and franchises including DC Universe Online, [...]

Take A Look At The SuperData Game Revenue Rankings For December 2019

January 23, 2020 Marc Marasigan Comments

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The SuperData worldwide game revenue rankings for December 2019 is now up. Here’s where some of our favorite online games stand. League of Legends still owns the top spot on PC with Dungeon Fighter Online coming in 2nd and Crossfire in 3rd. World of Warcraft falls from the 5th spot to 8th this month as newcomer Red Dead Redemption 2 [...]

California State Agencies File Objections To Riot Games’ $10M Sexual Harassment Settlement

January 23, 2020 Marc Marasigan Comments

Last year Riot Games was slapped with a sexual discrimination class-action suit following Kotaku’s exposé of the prevailing “bro culture” in the studio. Riot Games agreed to a $10 million settlement in August 2019, the details of which were released in December later that year and is now awaiting approval by the court. Apparently, the drama doesn’t end there. According [...]

Tencent Acquiring Funcom, Makers of Conan Exiles and Anarchy Online, for $148M

January 22, 2020 Omer Altay Comments

Tencent is at it again. They're expanding their vast gaming empires with yet another acquisition. This time around they're purchasing Funcom, the Norweigan game developer best known for Conan Exiles and Anarchy Online, for $148M. While the deal was just announced and hasn't closed yet, Funcom's board of directors unanimously approved the detail and encouraged shareholders to vote in favor [...]

Lord Of The Rings Online Players Gather To Pay Tribute To Christopher Tolkien Who Passed Away At Age 95

January 18, 2020 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Christopher Tolkien, the son of J.R.R. Tolkien, has passed away at the age of 95. Fireworks lit up Middle-Earth’s night sky last night as Lord of the Rings Online players flew kites to pay tribute to J.R.R.’s son and the guardian of his works. “I’ve just recently heard that Christopher Tolkien has died,” tweeted Corey Olsen, a.k.a. the Tolkien Professor. [...]

ArcheAge Players Awarded With $420K As Settlement For Four-Year Consumer Class-Action Lawsuit

January 15, 2020 Marc Marasigan Comments

Back in 2015, three ArcheAge players filed a class-action lawsuit against Trion Worlds for allegedly violating California’s Consumers Legal Remedies Act, Unfair Competition Law, and False Advertising Law when the company failed to provide the advertised 10% cash shop discount to founders pack owners. The suit also claims that the company also violated California’s illegal lottery law when it sold [...]

Valve’s Annual Steam Winter Sale Is Now In Full Swing

December 20, 2019 Marc Marasigan Comments

Get your wallets out because Valve’s annual Steam Winter Sale is now live along with a winter-themed minigame. This year Valve is granting as much as 75% discount on popular game franchises including Call of Duty, Dragon Ball, Fallout, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, Saints Row, The Elder Scrolls, The Witcher, and more. A whole host of MMOs are also on [...]

Undead Labs Head And Founder Jeff Strain Launches A New Studio And Game Development Academy

December 17, 2019 Marc Marasigan Comments

Former ArenaNet co-founder and Undead Labs Studio Head and Founder Jeff Strain has just founded a new game development studio and a broad-discipline game development academy in New Orleans, Louisiana. The new studio and academy aims to discover new talent in relatively unknown areas and give them opportunities to build a career in the game industry. “As anyone who has [...]

The Game Awards 2019 Winners And Nominees

December 13, 2019 Marc Marasigan Comments

Here’s a full rundown of the winners and nominees during last night’s The Game Awards 2019: Best Community Support Winner: Apex Legends Nominees: Destiny 2, Final Fantasy XIV, Fortnite, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Best Audio Design Winner: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Nominees: Control, Death Stranding, Gears 5, Resident Evil 2, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Best Score & Music [...]

Epic Games Is In The Middle Of A Legal Battle Over Another Fortnite Dance Emote

December 11, 2019 Marc Marasigan Comments

Epic Games is on the verge of another legal battle over another Fortnite dance emote. This time around, it’s the Halloween-themed “Pump It Up” emote that’s taking the flak from the Dancing Pumpkin Man himself, Matt Geiler. Geiler is threatening to sue the studio for “stealing” his groovy dance moves if they don’t comply with the cease and desist order. [...]

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