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Report: Take-Two will either sell or shut down Private Division
Report: Take-Two will either sell or shut down Private Division
The publishing label is reportedly at risk of vanishing entirely.
June 3, 2024
Obituary: Geoff Follin, video game composer, passed away at 58 years old
Obituary: Geoff Follin, video game composer, passed away at 58 years old
Follin and his brother Tim were well-known for their music in '80s and '90s games like Silver Surfer and The Incredible Crash Test Dummies.
June 1, 2024
Toys for Bob teams with Microsoft on first indie game
Toys for Bob teams with Microsoft on first indie game
Microsoft will publish Toys for Bob's next project, which the studio stressed was still too early in development to fully talk about.
June 1, 2024
Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem to lose multiplayer and dev support in September
Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem to lose multiplayer and dev support in September
Wolcen Studio says sizable 'foundational hurdles' prevent it from further iterating on the dungeon crawler, so it's moving on to other projects.
June 1, 2024
Bloober Team's publishing deal with Private Division reportedly gutted
Bloober Team's publishing deal with Private Division reportedly gutted
Take-Two's recent reductions and cuts at Private Division means Bloober is on the hunt for a new publisher for its next original project.
June 1, 2024
Fallout 76 nets 20 million players as Todd Howard assures franchise will continue
Fallout 76 nets 20 million players as Todd Howard assures franchise will continue
Bethesda's shared world post-apocalypse will remain the Fallout franchise's newest entry, at least until it unveils a new game project years from now.
May 31, 2024
Arkane Austin bids farewell with Redfall's final update
Arkane Austin bids farewell with Redfall's final update
The last update for Redfall closes the book on the vampire shooter and the studio behind it.
May 31, 2024
Panic recovers stolen Playdates worth $400,000 after lots of 'detective work'
Panic recovers stolen Playdates worth $400,000 after lots of 'detective work'
'Guess what got hastily dumped at a random restaurant this morning? Welcome back stolen Playdates!'
May 31, 2024
Report: Twitch terminates Safety Advisory Council to replace them with streamers
Report: Twitch terminates Safety Advisory Council to replace them with streamers
'Looking ahead, the Safety Advisory Council will primarily be made up of individuals who serve as Twitch Ambassadors.'
May 31, 2024
The good within: Designing a memorable horror game protagonist
The good within: Designing a memorable horror game protagonist
The survival horror genre has no shortage of leads who share the player's eagerness to go through hell and back to achieve their goal of living to see another day.
May 31, 2024
MultiVersus returns with over 114K concurrent players at launch
MultiVersus returns with over 114K concurrent players at launch
WB's IP fighter came back with Steam player numbers not too far behind the peak of its open beta back in 2022.
May 30, 2024
Balatro dev gives look at first prototype, Joker Poker
Balatro dev gives look at first prototype, Joker Poker
LocalThunk shows how 2024's breakout deckbuilder evolved in the course of its three-year development.
May 30, 2024