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EA alum Adolf Kristjansson is Starbreeze's new CEO Former Electronic Arts executive Adolf Kristjansson is the new chief executive officer of Swedish games firm Starbreeze.  The company announced the news to investors, saying that he would be replacing interim CEO Mats Juhl who took the position back in May 2024. Kristjansson has worked in the European games industry since 1999 when he was the MD of Tæknival / BT, which was a distributo…

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has launched the Accessible Games Initiative, a cross-industry effort to provide clear information……

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Report: Ubisoft in talks with Microsoft, EA to sell IP AJ Investments, the Slovakian finance outfit, has once again got Ubisoft in its sights.  In a statement – reported by IGN – the minority shareholder claimed that the French publishing giant has been in discussions about selling some of its intellectual properties to suitors, including Microsoft and Electronic Arts. Furthermore, AJ Investments CEO Juraj Krúpa has said that…

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CHARTS: Monster Hunter Wilds drops to No.2 in second week Counter-Strike 2 is back at the top of the Steam charts this week, replacing Monster Hunter Wilds.  Capcom’s action RPG dropped to second place during its second week on sale having sold north of eight million copies so far. Split Fiction, the new co-op romp from Hazelight and Electronic Arts, has debuted in third following its March 6th release. That title shifted one million copies in its…

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French Apex Legends voice cast goes to war over AI The actors behind the French Apex Legends cast have reportedly refused to sign an agreement that would have seen their voices used to train AI.  That’s according to Pascale Chemin, who voices Wraith in the French edition of the battle royale, who took to Twitter claiming that a publisher – almost certainly Electronic Arts – had added a clause into their contract that would have s…