Pokemon Go developer Niantic confirmed this afternoon that Scopely had bought him $ 3.5 billion. If you are not aware, Scopely is part of the Saudi Arabia group. Writing on the official website Pokemon Go, Ed Wu Project leadership for the popular Pokemon Go, he said that the move would be a “positive step for ...
Andy Gavin, who co-founded Naughty Dog with Jason Rubin in 1986, is a surprisingly prolific LinkedIn poster who recently shared some memories of the company's early days. He posted about it this week the studio's financial condition over the yearsIt details how much it cost to develop some of Naughty Dog's early games, and how ...
The legendary saga sees a new future opening up ININ Games and YSNET have announced that the rights to publish the third installment of a beloved franchise, Shenmue III were transferred to ININ Games. The goal is to deepen the relationship with Yu Suzuki and his studio after the collaboration with Air Twister and thus ...
News culture This animated series acquired by Netflix reveals the first images of the second season… which will never happen! Published on November 10, 2024 at 10:10 p.m Share: The trailer for the next season of the animated series “Scavengers Reign” is available and yet you will never see the episodes as Netflix has decided ...
Firewalk Studios’ Concord was shut down shortly after launch, and there’s been a lot of talk about whether it would have a chance to return, and more importantly what would happen to its developers. Well, we now know the answers to both questions—Concord is gone forever, and Firewalk is shut down. Sadly, it seems likely ...
Last May, the world of video games surprised us with one of the worst news What to expect from Xbox. The Microsoft division suddenly announced the final theoretical closure of two studiesbeing the first Arkane Austincreators of Red fall Or Prey (2017). But the closure that struck us the most was the second, that of ...
You may recall that a few months ago, Microsoft’s Xbox team announced that it was shutting down multiple studios. One of them was Tango Gameworks, the development studio behind Hi-Fi Rush. It was the latest in a series of unfortunate layoffs and closures that have plagued the video game industry this year. Well, we have ...
Pete Parsons, CEO of the Destiny 2 developer, appears to have spent more than $2 million on classic cars and motorcycles through auction site Bring A Trailer since Bungie was acquired by Sony for $3.6 billion in February 2022. Many of the account’s purchases occurred in the months before and after Bungie’s massive layoffs. Parsons ...
Star Wars Outlaws promises to be an exciting new addition to the Ubisoft and Massive catalog, but according to creative director Julian Gerighty, its existence stems from a conversation at the 2018 E3 gaming expo. The interview, which was written up by gamesindustry.biz reporter Christopher Dring, took place at a cafe near The Orpheum Theater’s ...
This week’s news that Microsoft is shutting down a number of studios, including Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin, left a particularly bad taste in almost everyone’s mind. It’s the latest development in the takeover saga – which appears to be one of the hottest things happening in the video game industry right now. Post-acquisition cuts ...
