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…
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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…
Image: @colin_k / @micro_proseMicroProse has announced that it is handling publishing duties on Cfinger Games’ promising Desert Strike-inspired PC title…
Metaphor: ReFantazio is in rarified company, garnering a 10 out of 10 review score from GameSpot. That makes for a pretty good reason to want to……
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…
If you grew up with a fondness for point-and-click adventures, you may remember Shadowgate. Originally released as part of ICOM…
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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…
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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…
Sony has been updating Concord game files on Steam’s back-end, leading to speculations that it’s preparing for the game’s return as a……
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…
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