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… Thanks to the Xsolla Publishing Suite, all the things for payments, storefronts, publishing, marketing, and distribution are within a single ecosystem. …
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Microsoft agrees to pay $250m to settle lawsuit over Activision Blizzard deal
…Microsoft and Kotick had both denied the allegations. Microsoft said it settled to avoid the "distraction of litigation," while AP7 considered the payment "fair." A preliminary settlement filed last week in Delaware…
Razer acquires StreamElements assets
… As this was an asset purchase and not a full company acquisition, Razer gets StreamElements' technology, brand, and operations while Live Momentum stays on the hook for the business's prior debts, including payments still owed to creators before the deal closed. …
Atari acquires Crossy Road developer Hipster Whale
…The deal includes an initial payment of $29.3 million, comprising $26 million in cash and $3.3 million in newly issued Atari ordinary shares. An additional earn-out of up to…
Valve responds to NY Attorney General lawsuit: "We have serious concerns with the alterations the NYAG claims are necessary to make to our games"
… Transferability is a right we believe should not be taken away, and we refuse to do that." Valve added: "The NYAG also proposed to gather additional information beyond what we normally collect in the course of processing payments about each game user on the off-chance someone in New York was anonym… …
"Product visibility needs a more cohesive and structural approach" – How VaultN aims to unify the digital distribution ecosystem
… If they wish to pass it on, they can." Migura clarifies that VaultN does not handle payments; it only manages key or unit distribution. …
"I literally built an investment firm that wouldn't have funded my own pitch" – Why the money isn't reaching the games that need it
…Indeed, one idea was to normalize the three-game deal structure, with the notion that this would provide better "portfolio math" – the equations and frameworks used by investors to calculate returns – as…
Bombshell judgment demands Krafton immediately reinstate ousted CEO and return his authority over Subnautica 2
…Krafton undertook 'Project X' to either force a deal on the earnout or execute a 'takeover' of the studio. Terminating the Founders was one tactic explored and ultimately chosen by Krafton to…
"These guys are really nice" – Why the developer of PlateUp has joined forces with Yogscast Games
…But he had read warnings in various indie spaces about how publishers could be predatory. "And I was going through this deal with Simon being like, 'These guys are really nice, everything…
The Warner Bros. acquisition: a timeline of events so far
…The new deal offered a $2 billion payment if regulators rejected it. Ellison also allegedly offered Zaslav the role of co-CEO and co-chairman of WBD and PSKY. October 13, 2025…