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Studio Rocksteady will be ending development work on the troubled Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League next month.  In a blog post , the studio announced that after Season 4 Episode 8 of post-launch content, it would be no longer bringing new content to the super villain game. That is in January.  “That will serve as the last seasonal Episode for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League,…

Polish developer People Can Fly is cutting over 120 jobs.  In a post on LinkedIn , CEO Sebastian Wojciechowski ( pictured ) wrote that the company was making its second wave of layoffs this year due to some of its projects being cancelled or downsized, as well as “external market pressures”.  People Can Fly has axed Project Victoria and reduced the team working on Project Bifrost. These…

Leslie Benzies’ Build A Rocket Boy has acquired UK developer and publisher PlayFusion.  No figure has been placed on the deal, which sees the CEO and CTO of the latter – Mark Gerhard – join Build A Rocket Boy as co-CEO. He will be focusing on the studio’s pipeline of content as well as its user generated content tools.  “We’ve always admired PlayFusion’s creativi…

Hero shooter Marvel Rivals has managed to attract over 10 million players so far. That’s according to the title’s official Twitter account , which announced the milestone three days after the free-to-play title’s initial December 6th release.  “We want to extend our heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you,” a post on the Marvel Rivals Twitter read. “Let’s ignite the battle togeth…

Newly-launched action RPG Path of Exile 2 has shot to the top spot on Steam.  Grinding Gears new Early Access release was the highest-grossing title on the platform last week, rising up seven spots. The title had already shown up in the charts on the back of supporter packs that the studio was selling ahead of its Early Access launch.  Both Counter-Strike 2 and the Steam Deck drop down…

US publishing giant Electronic Arts has made another 23 accessibility patents available for developers to use.  Among the patents being rolled out are intelligent personalised speech recognition, the ability to generate express speech audio from text and generating in-game speech in a player’s voice. That’s on top of using machine learning to change voices to an appropriate age, changing a g…

Indie games platform Itch.io has reportedly been taken down by pop culture brand Funko. That’s according to the company’s official Twitter account , which claims that the toy firm has used an AI-powered brand protection software called Brand Shield. This in term, Itch.io alleges, has resulted in its domain being disabled on the back of “some bogus phishing report” that the service sent to its dom…

Dark Math Games has landed a seven-figure investment.  GI.biz reports that the studio – founded by former staff from Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM – have secured the funding for its first project, XXX Nightshift. Estonia investor MM Grupp has provided the cash; the financial firm was also an investor in Disco Elysium.  “We’re thrilled to include an experienced investor that und…

Service firm PTW has set up shop in Charleston, South Carolina.  This new outfit is going to be designed for ‘next-gen testing’ in addition to other games services. The office will be led by studio head Bernhard Rieder, who will be reporting into PTW’s VP of operations for the Americas, Sebastien Bisch.  This follows PTW acquiring Florida-based developer Ghostpunch for $13 million earli…

French publishing giant Ubisoft is reportedly in discussions with Tencent about a potential buyout of the Assassin’s Creed firm.  Reuters reports that the two are in talks about a deal that would not reduce the Guillemot family’s controlling stake in the company. The Guillemots have also been speaking to other investors about a management buyout.  Tencent is reportedly weighing up wheth…

Indie publisher Reforged Studios has made its third development acquisition of this year in Yellow Lab Games.  There’s no indication how much the company paid for the South African developer, but it has been confirmed that the studio will continue to operate independently, per GI.biz . Yellow Lab’s in development roguelite RPG Metavoidal is set to launch on Steam in Q1 2025.  This comes…

Friday the 13th: The Game and Predator: Hunting Grounds maker IllFonic is making cuts to its staff.  In a post on LinkedIn , CEO and co-founder Charles Brungardt wrote that it has had to do this on the back of the state of the industry.  A more likely candidate is that the studio’s most recent release – Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game – has not been able to attract…

The CEO of Tantalus and Keywords Australia, Tom Crago, is leaving his position.  In a statement to GI.biz , the exec said that he was leaving the company to engage with new pursuits. In addition to being the chief exec of Tantalus, Crago is also an entrepreneur, author, artist and restaurant owner, per his website.  Crago has played a big role in expanding Tantalus as it was acquired by…

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Chivalry developer Torn Banner Studios is laying off some of its staff. In a post on LinkedIn, CEO and creative director Steve Piggott announced that it was having to make some job cuts as part of a restructuring effort at the developer. There’s no word as to how many jobs specifically are affected. Piggot did say that employees that are impacted will be given severance and be able to keep their…