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Slitherine acquires Combat Mission maker Battlefront

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Slitherine acquires Combat Mission maker Battlefront War games specialist Slitherine has bought Battlefront, the maker of the Combat Mission series of titles.  No figure has been put on the deal. Slitherine says that this acquisition means good news for the Combat Mission franchise thanks to its increased resources and expertise in the genre.  The Combat Mission series debuted 25 years ago and has sold over one million copies across 20 di…

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PTW has bought Ghostpunch Games

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PTW has bought Ghostpunch Games Services giant PTW has acquired developer Ghostpunch Games.  No figure has been put on the figure, which sees the South Florida-based studio’s executive producer Hugh Falk become the site boss for PTW Fort Lauderdale. Meanwhile, technology chief Alejandro Garcia-Tunon is becoming director of co-development.  Ghostpunch was founded in 2015 and features talent that previously worked at th…

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Techland says short standalone titles may be “the future of games”

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Polish developer Techland has said that shorter, standalone titles may end up being the future of the games industry.  Speaking to GI.biz , Dying Light franchise director Tymon Smektała said that he expects this type of project to become more common. Techland recently announced a new standalone entry in the Dying Light franchise, called The Beast. Smektała says that this type of game makes…

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Newzoo: Minecraft tops PC MAU rankings for July

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Newzoo: Minecraft tops PC MAU rankings for July Mojang’s smash hit Minecraft boasted the highest monthly active users figure for the month of July.  That’s according to Newzoo’s rankings for the US, UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy, which shows that the blockbuster came in ahead of Roblox in second place. Minecraft was last month’s No.1, too, while Roblox rose up one position month-on-month.  Fortnite fell one place to No.3, whil…

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CHARTS: Black Myth: Wukong debuts at Steam No.1

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CHARTS: Black Myth: Wukong debuts at Steam No.1 Surprising no one, Game Science’s Black Myth: Wukong was the biggest selling game on Steam last week.  The action RPG debuted on August 20th, and its pre-orders had been ranking highly in the top-grossing chart for some time. Black Myth launched to positive reviews and has shifted over ten million copies to date across all platforms.  Counter-Strike 2 and PUBG: Battlegrounds still sit i…