Reuters reported that Sony is in talks to buy Kadokawa Corporation, the company that owns FromSoftware, Spike Chunsoft and many other Japanese companies. If successful, it would be a big step for Sony and would attract big names Elden Ring, Dark soulsAnd Danganronpaand be a counterattack against Microsoft’s recent major purchases. The most sought-after Elden ...
photo: Michael San Diego, The Washington Post, Picture: Hello games, The Pokemon Company / Kotaku, Nintendo, The Pokemon Company / Kotaku, Sony, The Pokémon Company / Kotaku, SEGA, Screenshot: Xbox/Bungie Whether you believe the art you consume should be a distraction from the real world or a reflection of it is up to you and ...
At startup, New world broke records and built a massive player base of over a million concurrent players. But like my high school bully, this massive monstrosity of an MMORPG somehow managed to quickly reach its peak and disappear from the face of the earth. Despite the lackluster response after the first month, Amazon Game ...
It has been rumored to be in or around development for years an increasingly broken one Bungie, Destiny: Ascension was a poorly kept secret for a few months. But now it’s official: NetEase is announcing the mobile game today and the first close alpha begins next month. Diablo IV – Bear Bender build Why NetEase ...
As 2024 began, Helldivers 2 was barely visible on most people’s game release radars. It quickly became the biggest hit of the year, becoming both a top seller and a cultural phenomenon. And in an era of hyper-consolidation, it made Arrowhead Studios an obvious acquisition target for game publisher Sony. Months later, co-founder Johan Pilestedt ...
Picture: Sony Sony has named existing company veterans Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino as the new heads of PlayStation. Hulst will take over and lead a new Studio Business Group, while Nishino will lead the Platform Business Group. The role moves replace former Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan, who retired earlier this year, and ...
Rockstar has updated its PC launcher files to include text that appears to reference an as-yet-unconfirmed PC port of 2010s Red Dead Redemption. It’s just the latest evidence that the open-world cowboy sim could soon be coming to PCs after a decade of console exclusivity. Tears Of The Kingdom’s Newspaper Questline and the State of ...
Last week started with a shock when Microsoft announced that it would be closing a number of studios, including Tango Gameworks, which was responsible for the very popular studio HiFi RushMany people ask themselves what a studio has to do these days to be considered successful enough. Also one of the most anticipated games of ...
Picture: Bethesda Softworks Earlier this week, Xbox announced that this would be the case Closure of several studios As part of its $7.5 billion purchase of Bethesda, the company acquired Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog Games and Roundhouse Studios, among others, with the latter being integrated into another team. Together the studios produced games ...
