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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…

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CHARTS: Black Ops 6 spends second week at No.1 on Steam The latest Call of Duty, Black Ops 6, was the biggest seller on Steam once again last week.  The title launched on October 25th and appears to have been a hit for Microsoft, who told investors last week that it was the most successful entry in the franchise to date, as well as bringing in more Game Pass subscribers than any other launch to date.  Counter-Strike 2 once again has to settl…

Introducing Support Virtual Agent Support Virtual Agent is an AI-powered feature built to help Xbox players more efficiently solve their support-related gaming issues, and it is rolling out to select Xbox Insiders on support.xbox.com today. Support Virtual Agent can quickly access information from support.xbox.com to answer questions relevant to Xbox console and game support issues. […]

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ProbablyMonsters lays off Battle Barge staff Developer incubator ProbablyMonsters has laid off staff in its BattleBarge team.  Game Developer reports that “around 50” members of staff have been made redundant, according to a former employee on LinkedIn. Other staff have corroborated the news.  In a statement, ProbablyMonsters said that this was a “realignment to support smaller, more nimble teams and projects.” The company continu…

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Respawn blocks Linux users from Apex Legends Linux users can no longer play Apex Legends.  Developer Respawn has blocked access for the operating system after determining that it was being used for a lot of the cheating within its battle royale smash hit, according to a post on the EA forums . This change also means that Steam Deck owners will no longer be able to play Apex Legends as Valve’s hardware by default runs Linux. “To elimina…