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Eleon Game Studios has partnered with Funcom to publish its co-op space survival sandbox game Empyrion. The indie studio tried but failed to raise funds for the game via Kickstarter in 2014, but surprisingly still managed to launch the game to positive reviews in August 2020. Now, its managed to secure support from the Conan Exiles and Dune: Awakening developer. [...]
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Funcom has announced a new open world survival MMO titled Dune: Awakening during the first day of this year's Gamescom event. Dune: Awakening sounds like an ambitious project, combining survival game elements from their previous title Conan Exiles with a massive world shared by thousands of players. Set in the barely habitable desert planet of Arrakis, players will find survival [...]
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Good news for Dune fans desperately waiting for news on Funcom’s promised Dune MMO. The studio has just announced that its partnered with German developer NUKKLEAR to work on the game as co-developers. The bad news is that it looks like it’s not going to be a full-fledged MMO as most of us had hoped. “In 2019, Funcom announced that [...]
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Fans eagerly-awaiting news of Funcom’s upcoming DUNE survival MMO will be happy to know that the studio has decided to expand the game’s scope. This is largely due to Tencent’s backing when it took over the studio earlier this year. “It was already an ambitious project when we first announced it last year, but the scope has expanded further during [...]
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Chinese technology and entertainment giant, Tencent, has bought out Funcom and now has complete ownership of the Norwegian video game development studio. Funcom announced back in January that Tencent had made an offer to buy all of the studio’s shares, and it looks like the deal finally went through. “Following the completion of the voluntary offer, Tencent became the owner [...]
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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 [...]
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Chinese tech giant Tencent will become even bigger as they enter into a share purchase agreement with Norwegian video game company Funcom. According to the official press release, Tencent has agreed to purchase 29% of Funcom’s shares making Tencent the company’s largest shareholder once the deal pushes through. Tencent also owns shares in many of the world’s top game companies [...]
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Funcom has just published their fourth quarter financial report and investors couldn’t be happier. The Norwegian video game developer reveals 2018 to be their most profitable year ever. According to CEO Rui Casais, the studio’s success is largely due to the official launch of Conan Exiles in May last year. “2018 is our best year to date. A year marked [...]
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Funcom has been busy gearing up for the May 8th launch of their Early Access title Conan Exiles. The buy-to-play survival game has been available for purchase for PC since January 2017, but the full retail release will be the first time PlayStation 4 players will have a chance to try the game. The Funcom team has created several videos [...]
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Secret World Legends Game Director Romain “Tilty” Amiel has left Funcom after 11 years with the Norwegian game development company. Amiel bids the Funcom community farewell on the official forums: “Today was my last day at Funcom. After almost 11 years (8 of these on TSW!), I’ve decided to follow up on other opportunities. My top priorities over the last [...]
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