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Take-Two revenue up 4% year-on-year Grand Theft Auto parent company Take-Two has reported a four per cent increase in its net income.  The company brought in $1.35 billion for the three months ending September 30th, while net bookings clocked in at $1.47 billion, a two per cent increase. 81 per cent of net bookings was recurrent consumer spending, which rose six per cent year-on-year. Take-Two’s net loss, meanwhile, dipped 39…

If it ain’t Broken….Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars is a big deal in the world of graphic adventures. Ever since its release on PC in 1996,……

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Curve Games expands China operation Indie publisher Curve Games is ramping up its Chinese business.  In a post on LinkedIn , the company said that it was setting up a business development unit to bolster what it already has in the country. Curve says that this will “more than double” its resources in China. Furthermore, the company says that it has inked a deal with Tencent’s TiMi studio group.  “There is an excitin…

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Take-Two has sold Private Division US publishing giant Take-Two has sold off its Private Division indie publishing label.  The company announced this during its most recent financial report, but is yet to say how much it sold the publisher off for or who owns it now. Speaking to GI.biz , CEO Strauss Zelnick said that it would be revealing Private Division’s new home “relatively soon”.  As for why Take-Two has opted to pa…

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Square Enix is moving away from platform exclusivity Japanese games firm Square Enix has said that it is moving away from any platform exclusivity strategy.  That’s according to Final Fantasy 14 producer Naoki Yoshida, who told 4Gamer – translated by Eurogamer – that the company was planning to release titles over more platforms more regularly.  The industry vet said that the company wants people “to play it a lot on other pla…

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Don't Nod staff to strike Workers from French developer Don’t Nod are striking this week.  The STJV union has announced that staff from the Parisian studio will be forming a picket line on Friday, November 8th from 2pm, GI. biz reports . This follows 69 Don’t Nod workers being at risk of being made redundant as part of a restructuring plan at the company.  Staff are demanding that the studio drops this redundanc…

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Valve introduces recording function to Steam PC games giant Valve has introduced a new game recording feature to Steam.  In a post on its website , the company detailed this functionality, which will allow players to record and replay gameplay, as well as clip and share this to other people. This tech not only works on PC but also the company’s Steam Deck hardware.  The functionality – dubbed Background Recording mode &ndash…

Garena has partnered with Tencent to publish tactical FPS game Delta Force on Android, iOS and PC. 

TiMi Studio Group’s Team Jade is developing……

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Atari has acquired Transport Tycoon Legacy games brand Atari has acquired Transport Tycoon from its creator, Chris Sawyer.  No figure has been placed on the deal, which will allow Atari to publish the title digitally and physically. That’s on top of the potential for new entries in the series to be created, as well as exploring merchandising and branding opportunities.  Transport Tycoon was initially released in 1994; the…

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Radical Forge secures $3.4m in funding Game developer Radical Forge has secured a £2.6 million ($3.4 million) investment from Mercia Ventures’ Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II fund.  The cash is going to be used to create 15 new roles at the Middlesbrough-based studio, take on more work as well as release its own project, Southfield, in early 2025. This follows a small number of layoffs earlier in the year.  Merc…