Google is going to great lengths to bring more publishers and their games to Google Stadia following the closure of their internal video game development studio. The tech giant reportedly payed publishers “tens of millions of dollars” for each game ported into the cloud-streaming platform. According to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, sources claim that Google paid Ubisoft $20 million to port [...]
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Here’s the latest update in the Epic Games vs. Apple legal battle. After months of motions, subpoenas, lobbying, and posturing, both parties will finally be going to court on May 3. According to MacRumors, the trial date was set by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, the US District Judge overseeing the case, during a management conference earlier this week. Judge Rogers [...]
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Following the recent string of acquisitions within the game industry, Zynga has just announced today that it has acquired Echtra Games, the studio behind Torchlight 3. While Torchlight 3 is the only game that the studio has released so far, Zynga says that its Max Schaefer and his team’s impressive resume that bolstered the company’s interest in Echtra Games. Max [...]
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Netflix follows up the Dota: Dragon's Blood unveiling last month with the first full trailer for the upcoming Dota-inspired anime series. The new trailer teases bits and pieces of the plotline and gives us a look at some of the show’s locations and main cast of characters, including Mirana, the Princess of the Moon; Luna, the Moon Rider; and Carl, [...]
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With just a few months until the promised Battlefield 6 holiday 2021 release, Electronic Arts is under pressure to deliver a polished game, especially with the Cyberpunk 2077 fiasco fresh on every gamer’s mind. To accomplish this, the publisher has given DICE extra manpower by pulling Criterion Games developers working on Need for Speed and reassigning them to Battlefield 6. [...]
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It looks like the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, physical event will be cancelled for the second year in a row due to health and safety concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a report by VG24/7, the Los Angeles Convention and Tourism Development Commission has confirmed the cancellation of the on-site event but are now working with the Entertainment [...]
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It looks like Valve will have no choice but to hand over their data and cooperate with Apple in their ongoing legal dispute with Epic Games no matter how tedious the task is. According to Law360, California magistrate judge Thomas Hixon has ordered the company to provide the Steam sales, pricing, and other data requested by Apple in a subpoena [...]
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Following BioWare’s announcement that they will be ceasing development on Anthem Next, the studio now reveals that they will be doing away with the planned multiplayer content for the next Dragon Age game. According to Bloomberg, Electronic Arts executives have given BioWare the green light to remove multiplayer from the upcoming game to focus on what the studio is known [...]
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Since 2017, there have been rumors that Blizzard Entertainment is working on a Warcraft mobile game. Those rumors were confirmed earlier this month when the company’s executives revealed that multiple Warcraft mobile games are already in advanced stages of development during their Q4 2020 investor call. The announcement was further validated with a tweet from Clayton Chod, a 3D environment [...]
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In Apple’s latest move against Epic Games, the tech giant is attempting to pull Valve into the mess with a subpoena requesting a ridiculous amount of Steam sales data to use in their ongoing legal battle. According to the joint discovery letter filed last week in the District Court of Northern California, Apple asked Valve in November 2020 to provide [...]
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