…In practice, it requires acquisitions, equity arrangements, or full studio buyouts . Individual extraction rarely works. The capability is embedded in systems, not individuals. "Chinese acquirers are buying functioning organisational units, because they…
…Unlike teams that were added to the Xbox first-party family through big acquisitions, Double Fine, Undead Labs, and others were added through one-off purchases of previously independent studios. The only…
…lawmakers said the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) must review the acquisition over fears it could incentive layoffs, offshoring, studio closures, and other cost-cutting measures. Read more about: EA Top Stories Labor…
…Nishino’s comments about AI being used to assist its development studios in streamlining their work are fine. Hopefully, this will lead to those same studios getting more time to create PlayStation…
…Before joining Rovio, Dela Pena was head of user acquisition at Mega Studio and held similar roles at Gameloft, Funstage, and Playlab Games. Yolanda Zhang | Senior product manager (Diablo Immortal), Blizzard Entertainment…
The Canadian developer of Dead by Daylight, Behaviour Interactive, has bought The Fun Pimps, the Texas-based studio behind 7 Days to Die . The two companies won't reveal the value of…
…Sucker Punch senior staff designer and Legends lead Darren Bridges told Kotaku that while the studio had always planned to add the multiplayer co-op mode to the open-world PS5 exclusive…
…By connecting teams, we can help them support developers more effectively and bring more ambitious projects to market. Is the company still in acquisitive mode? If so, what sort of businesses would…
…Longer-term, Bungie plans to invest in better voice chat moderation and explore in-game protections for stream sniping, including name privacy options. Avoiding the Cycle: Frontier cheating spiral The studio continued…
…beyond claims that it is "rebuilding" its video game pipeline following its acquisition by Paramount Skydance. Its full Studios segment – which includes gaming – saw revenue tumble 14% year-on-year. We've…
