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Atlus’ latest Japanese RPG title, Metaphor: ReFantazio has sold over one million copies since its debut.  That’s according to tweets from both Sega Japan and Atlus West, which indicate that this is the fastest selling Atlus game to date. The game launched on October 11th on PC, PlayStation and Xbox platforms.  “Atlas’ completely new fantasy RPG “Metaphor: ReFantasio” has surpassed 1 mil…

Tech giant Microsoft is reportedly expanding its cloud games offering.  The Verge reports that the Xbox firm is planning to test streaming of titles that aren’t part of the existing Game Pass subscription service. Internally this is known as Project Lapland; Microsoft has been planning to scale its streaming servers to accommodate the thousands of games that will be available.   This te…

French firm Microids has opened a brand new third-party publishing division.  The venture is already teaming up with Kwalee to release The Precinct from Fallen Tree Games. This new publishing arm has seven staff which it already employed.  “We are delighted to announce the creation of our Third-Party Publishing division, which will allow us to extend our expertise to new partners while…

Former staff who had worked on Disco Elysium have founded a brand new developer called Longdue.  GI.biz reports that the venture is based in the UK and features talent not only from ZA/UM but also Bungie, Rockstar and Brave At Night. Robert Kurvitz and Aleksander Rostov are not involved in the project.  “As a long-time gamer myself and massive fan of all types of RPGs, gaming is obvious…

PC games giant Valve has introduced an upfront warning for its Steam users that they are not purchasing a game but instead are buying the license to access a game.  The new warning was spotted by Engadget and appears to be brought in ahead of a new California law coming into effect in 2025. Said legislation – AB 2426 – forces digital marketplaces to be more clear about what they…

Neverwinter and Star Trek Online maker Cryptic Studios appears to have made another round of layoffs.  Game Developer reports that a number of staff have taken to LinkedIn to post that they had been hit with these job cuts and that they wouldn’t be working there beyond October 31st. There’s no official confirmation as to how many people have been affected by this move.  Cryptic Studios…

Football organisation FIFA is teaming up with Japanese firm Konami as its esports partner.  This deal will mean the FIFAe World Cup will still take place. Previously, FIFA – predictably – teamed up with Electronic Arts for this but seeing as that relationship has soured and ultimately fallen apart, perhaps it’s unsurprising that the football firm is looking elsewhere.  Konam…

Ex staff from the likes of Bethesda, BioWare and Naughty Dog have founded a new developer called Near Studios.  GI.biz reports that the venture is being led by CEO and creative director Heather Cerlan who is fresh from her stint as lead 3D artist at Skydance New Media and has worked at Naughty Dog, Bethesda and EA in the past.  Near Studios; other co-founder and game director is Jason R…

French developer Quantic Dream has announced that 2018’s Detroit: Become Human has sold over ten million copies to date.  That’s according to the studio’s CEO, Guillaume de Fondaumière, who said emphasised that this milestone is across both the game’s original home on PlayStation and PC.  “The entire Quantic Dream team is joining me to proudly announce that Detroit has now sold i…

Ex-Humble Games employees have set up a brand new indie publisher called Good Games Group.  The venture is to be led by Alan Patmore ( pictured ) and Mark Nash, who previously led Humble Games. Good Games Group is also going to be working with some of the developers that Humble had previously teamed up with.  This comes just three months after Humble Games let all 36 members of staff go…

The conference celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, providing networking opportunities, fantastic talks and, of course, a host of fringe events. With over 1,300 individuals taking part in this two-day event, it was a packed conference. One of the fringe events that took place at the event was The Very Big Indie Pitch, both Mobile Edition and PC + Console Edition.  If you aren’t familia…

UK developer Creative Assembly has confirmed that it is working on a sequel to 2014’s critically acclaimed Alien: Isolation.  The news comes via creative director Alistair Hope in a post on the studio’s official Twitter account , in which he revealed that a follow-up to the survival horror hit is in the works. He does note that the project is in early development.  “On the 10th an…

Pre-orders for the upcoming Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero were the second highest-grossing title on Steam last week.  The title is set to launch on October 10th and is something of a spiritual successor to the Budokai series of fighting games based on the Dragon Ball franchise from the PlayStation era. Based on the performance of 2018’s FighterZ from Guilty Gear maker Arc, there’s clearly an a…

Over three million people have played the free-to-play MMO Throne and Liberty.  That’s according to publisher Amazon Games, which unveiled the figure one week after its initial release on October 1st. The title was developed by Korean giant NCSoft.  The company adds that Throne and Liberty has been watched for 11 million hours on Twitch and that players have spent 24 million hours in th…

Elden Ring and Armored Core maker FromSoftware has increased that it will be increasing the average basic salary of its staff by around 11.8 per cent.  In a press release – spotted by Game World Observer – the developer said that the starting salary for new graduates joining the company would be rising from ¥260,000 ($1,750) to ¥300,000 ($2,000). This will be coming into…