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The launch of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has contributed to a 331 per cent increase in revenue at French publisher Pullup Entertainment.  In its financials for the quarter ending September 30th , the company reported overall revenue of €200.1 million ($217 million), an 4.3 times the €46.4 million ($50.4 million) it made last year. Looking at just catalogue sales – i.e….

Innersloth’s publishing arm Outersloth has partnered with the creator of Slay the Spire, Casey Yano.  In a post on its website , the organisation said that Yano and another “beloved” indie developer who wants to remain anonymous. This news comes alongside word that Outersloth has secured funding from the aforementioned developers, though it’s not clear how much has been put in. The label has…

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Co-op romp It Takes Two has shifted more than 20 million copies since its 2021 debut.  That’s according to developer Hazelight, which took to Twitter to reveal the milestone and thank the game’s fanbase. At last official count in March, It Takes Two has shifted 16 million units, meaning that the game has sold four million copies in the last seven months. Not bad.  “You’re the best…

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French video games union Syndicat des Travailleurs et Travailleuses du Jeu Vidéo (STJV) has called for a strike at Parisian developer Don’t Nod.  In a post on its website , the organisation said that leadership at the Life is Strange studio’s leadership was using the economic situation as a smokescreen to let staff go. This comes in the wake of Don’t Nod saying that it was implementin…

Hitman maker IO Interactive will be publishing MindsEye from Build A Rocket Boy, according to GI.biz .  This is the Danish firm’s debut in third-party publishing having self-published the Hitman IP since 2017. MindsEye is a new action thriller from Build A Rocket Boy, a triple-A outfit formed by Rockstar veteran and Grand Theft Auto co-creator Leslie Benzies.  “We ourselves expected to…

French publishing giant Ubisoft will not be closing down free-to-play shooter XDefiant in the near future.  That’s according to the game’s executive producer Mark Rubin, who took to Twitter to shoot down rumours that the title will not be closed down after its fourth season. This follows a Twitter user @just4leaks2 claiming to have heard from numerous sources that XDefiant could be on the ch…

Valorant firm Riot Games has laid off 27 members of staff from its League of Legends team.  In a post on Twitter , the studio’s co-founder Marc Merrill said that it was making these cuts to ensure the long-term success of its smash hit MOBA. Riot confirmed to GI.biz that 27 workers were losing their positions on the League team, while another five staff have been laid off on its publishing t…

Japanese firm Bandai Namco has made job cuts to its games division.  Bloomberg reports that since April, around 200 members of staff have been moved to ‘oidashi beya’ or ‘expulsion rooms’, areas that Japanese companies use to pressure employees into leaving  a company. Bandai Namco Studios has denied that such a policy exists under its roof.  “Our decisions to discontinue gam…

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Tech giant Microsoft has settled an antitrust case that was brought against it by gamers concerned with the company’s purchase of Activision Blizzard.  That’s according to The Hollywood Reporter , which says that the two sides of the lawsuit have both filed to have it dismissed with prejudice. In English, that means that neither side can refile the case now. Previously, the case was brought…

Rare boss Craig Duncan is taking over from Alan Hartman as the head of Xbox Game Studios.  GI.biz reports that Hartman is retiring from Microsoft in November, just 12 months after he took on the position initially . Duncan joined Rare in 2011 as studio head having previously worked at the likes of Sumo Digital and Midway.  In his new position, he will be overseeing all of Microsoft’s fi…

Atlus’ recently launched Metaphor: ReFantazio was the third-highest-grossing title on Steam last week.  The medieval role-playing game launched on October 11th and has already shifted over one million copies across all platforms to date. Metaphor: ReFantazio owes a lot to Atlus’ Persona franchise – in particular the fifth entry – as well as the medieval fantasy setting of titles…

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