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LEGO 2K Drive & NBA 2K Dev Visual Concepts Austin hit by layoffs

LEGO 2K Drive & NBA 2K Dev Visual Concepts Austin hit by layoffs

Image: 2K The video game industry continues to suffer from layoffs, with Visual Concepts Austin becoming the latest studio hit with cuts, Game developer reports (via Eurogamer). 2K Games and Take-Two division based in Austin, Texas already reportedly laid off a certain number of staff as early as September 2023and the game developer spotted this ...

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Sega buys Angry Birds Company for 5 million

Sega buys Angry Birds Company for $775 million

Japanese gaming publisher Sega announced on Monday that it will buy the company behind the smartphone one-hit wonder Angry Birds for $775 million. It’s the latest major gaming acquisition, and one of the strangest yet. Comments on Grand Theft Auto 6: A Dramatic Read We got a first taste of the deal a report from ...

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Leaked GTA 6 footage will be deleted by Take-Two

Leaked GTA 6 footage will be deleted by Take-Two

Rockstar and Take-Two are still doing everything they can to contain it Grand Theft Auto VI Leak.picture: Rockstar Games Goat Simulator 3 Developer Coffee Stain North has ended up under the thumb of Grand Theft Auto Publisher Take-Two after running an ad for its open-world mayhem simulator that used footage from this year’s Grand Theft ...

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Square Enix, Roblox Worst Game Companies for Climate Goals

Square Enix, Roblox Worst Game Companies for Climate Goals

AfterClimate, a research and advisory firm “with a mission to decarbonize the gaming industry,” have this week published the results their Game Industry Net Zero 2022 Snapshot.” It is a report that takes an in-depth look at how most of the world’s largest video game companies are responding to the impending climate crisis. The good ...

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Tencent acquires massive stake in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Maker

Tencent acquires massive stake in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Maker

picture: Ubisoft Tencent has poured another small fortune into one of the biggest gaming companies. Ubisoft announced on Tuesday that the Chinese conglomerate would increase its investments in the Assassin’s Creed Manufacturer by almost $300 million through an elaborate series of financial maneuvers. Rather than directly buying Ubisoft shares, Tencent is acquiring a 49.9 percent ...