Facebook acquires Beat Saber developer Beat Games
Facebook has acquired Beat Saber developer Beat Games, the company announced. While Beat Games will join Oculus Studios, it will continue to operate as an independent studio, as well as continue to ship content and updates for Beat Saber across all currently supported platforms. “Beat Games’ accomplishments are already impressive, but Facebook and the Beat Games team know that there is so much more that …
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Project xCloud preview adds over 50 games.
and more additional device and input types The Project xCloud preview has added more than 50 games, as well as additional device and input types including the DualShock 4 controller, and in 2020 will reach Canada, India, Japan, and western Europe, Microsoft announced. Project xCloud is Microsoft’s service that allows users to stream Xbox games from the cloud to an Android …
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Sega acquires Two Point Studios
Sega has acquired Two Point Hospital developer Two Point Studios, Sega Europe announced. The acquisition is the first to stem directly from Sega Europe’s Searchlight program, which is an internal initiative intended to identify new talent and intellectual property opportunities. “It’s a landmark step for Two Point Studios and we’re thrilled to be joining the Sega family,” Two Point Studios co-founder Mark Webley …
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PCPS4XBOX ONE Rage 2 launch trailer
Publisher Bethesda Softworks and developer Avalanche Studios and id Software have released the launch trailer for Rage 2. Here is an overview of the game, via Bethesda Softworks: About Dive headfirst into a dystopian world devoid of society, law, and order. Rage 2 brings together two studio powerhouses—Avalanche Studios, masters of open world insanity, and id Software, the gods of the first-person shooter—to …
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The Game Awards 2018 teases “biggest lineup ever in terms of new game announcements”
Nominees to be announced on November 13. The Game Awards 2018 will feature the “biggest lineup ever in terms of new game announcements,” producer Geoff Keighley said both in a tweet and in a VentureBeat interview. “Most of the major publishers will be sharing news on what they’re doing in the future,” Keighley said. “It’s a big event for the industry. I’m really …
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Square Enix shifts Luminous Productions focus to “large-scale, high-quality AAA game titles” and books extraordinary loss
Approximately $33 million lost. Square Enix has shifted the focus of its March-established subsidiary Luminous Productions to the development of “large-scale, high-quality AAA game titles, which best leverages Luminous Production’s strengths.” The shift in focus has resulted in Square Enix booking an extraordinary loss of 3,733 million yen (approximately $33 million) for the six-month period ended September 30, 2018. Here is the full press …
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Square Enix acquires 20 percent stake in Bulkhead Interactive, new IP in development
Square Enix has become a 20 percent shareholder in Derby-based studio Bulkhead Interactive, the developer behind The Turing Test and Battalion 1994. In addition to Square Enix Collective continuing its collaboration with Bulkhead Interactive on Battalion 1994 throughout its Early Access period and into its full launch in early 2019, Bulkhead Interactive will also begin work on creating a new intellectual property for Square …
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Nintendo: Upcoming Maintenance
Nintendo has put out notice of its upcoming scheduled maintenance starting this week and will be performed the week after. This would impact the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch consoles in general, as well as a few online-based activities and transactions. The schedule and effects are as follows: Affects: Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS November 6 2018 4:50 PM PT – …
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Huawei VS Nintendo!
Healthy comparing and competition between companies in the gaming space has produced many innovations in gaming. But where most consumers, who are a fan-base for each gaming area, tend to get pissed off is when one gaming stream tends to overstep in overestimating their product over something completely different. Perfect example for today is mobile company Huawei, comparing their all …
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Diablo III: A Devilish Bundle Coming Up!
From the people that brought us Starcraft in all its glory, Blizzard Entertainment, comes the critically acclaimed action role-playing game Diablo III: Eternal Collection for the Nintendo Switch! And it won’t be coming alone! In an announcement by Blizzard Ent., the Eternal Collection for the Nintendo Switch is the definitive version of the game. In ‘gaming mathematics’, this means we …
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