All News tagged with 'Industry News'

PlayStation Studio Insomniac Games, the developer of Marvel's Spider-Man and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, has reportedly contested a company-wide email from Jim Ryan — but is unable to talk about it publically.

Posted 5 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 30

Atlus has a new survey running this weekend. Use your feedback about its range of games — including Persona 5, Shin Megami Tensei, and Dragon's Crown — across PS3, PS4, and PS Vita well by asking for PS5 updates.

Posted 9 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 1

PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan has reportedly sent an email to staff acknowledging the leak of a draft US Supreme Court opinion to overturn Roe v Wade, and thus overturn women's right to an abortion.

Posted 9 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 30

The new Need for Speed is being developed by Criterion of Burnout fame. EA has merged the team with Codemasters Cheshire, who previously worked on Dirt 5 with a few ex-Evolution employees who worked on OnRush and Driveclub.

Posted 10 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 6

Ubisoft is releasing several "premium games" for PS5 and PS4 over the 2022-2023 fiscal year, including the elusive Skull & Bones and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.

Posted 10 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 0

Capcom's financial results have yielded new information about the rest of its game releases for 2022 and early 2023. Exoprimal, Pragmata, Street Fighter 6, and Resident Evil could be on the table.

Posted 11 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 0

EA has confirmed that four unrevealed games are set to release in Q4 FY23 as part of its end of the financial year 2022, including a non-FIFA sports game, a "major IP", a partner title, and a secretive remake.

Posted 11 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 3

Sony's financial results for FY21 are in, revealing that PS5 and PS4 exclusive game sales are doing extremely well thanks to Horizon Forbidden West and Gran Turismo 7. However, PS Plus subscriptions are down on last year.

Posted 12 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 3

Sony's $3.6 billion acquisition of Bungie is currently being investigated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The deal for the Destiny and Halo developer to sit astride from PlayStation Studios was announced in January.

Posted 16 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 9

The Summer Game Fest is set to replace E3 2022 this year as the event date has been confirmed. The day is Thursday, June 9th at 11am PT/2pm ET/6pm BST.

Posted 16 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 0

Embracer's $300 million deal for Square Enix's three western studios brought them Tomb Raider and Deus Ex as well, but it might also grab two of the biggest Marvel IP pending approvals: The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy.

Posted 19 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 6

This year alone, Sony has acquired Bungie as a siloed live-service team and Haven for PlayStation Studios. Now, the company appears to remain intent on further expansion after a job posting for a director of corporate development.

Posted 19 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 3

Square Enix is selling its three major western studios: Crystal Dynamics, Eidos, and SE Montréal, along with its associated IPs, including Tomb Raider and Deus Ex, to Embracer Group for a paltry $300 million.

Posted 19 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 4

The PlayStation game preservation project was announced by a new senior build engineer. Now, it has been reigned in as he clarified his role in the potential PS1, PS2, PS3, and PSP emulation rumours that started circulating.

Posted 25 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 2

Two new reports suggest that Assassin's Creed and Far Cry creator Ubisoft is attracting early takeover interest from "several" private equity firms.

Posted 27 days ago by Sean Carey 4

Sony is apparently looking to integrate in-game advertisements for PlayStation software to help 'encourage' developers of free-to-play games. Apparently, this is still in the decision-making process.

Posted 1 month ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 14

CD Projekt Red has confirmed the news that the single-player Gwent spinoff, codenamed Project Golden Nekker, won't be on consoles.

Posted 1 month ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 1

David Jaffe — the outspoken creator of God of War, Twisted Metal, and Drawn to Death — has claimed he received and rejected an offer from Chinese mega-corporation Tencent to direct a $100 million game.

Posted 1 month ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 5

Epic Games has secured $2 billion in funding from Sony and the company behind The Lego Group (Kirkbi) "to advance the company’s vision to build the metaverse and support its continued growth."

Posted 1 month ago by Sean Carey 1

An Unknown Worlds job listing for a senior narrative designer has revealed that the next game "in the Subnautica universe" is "early in development."

Posted 1 month ago by Heidi Nicholas 1

Epic Games and Lego will be collaborating on a new metaverse project that looks to create a safe environment for children and families, they have announced.

Posted 1 month ago by Tom West 7

Secret Mode has announced it has entered into a partnership with Her Majesty's Spiffing developer, Billy Goat Entertainment, to work on a "brand new, high-energy action game."

Posted 1 month ago by Tom West 0

After George R.R. Martin's work on Elden Ring, which was a huge hit, Bandai Namco has now apparently expressed interest in working with author Brandon Sanderson.

Posted 1 month ago by Heidi Nicholas 3

PlayStation Plus is getting a revamp, with the middle tier — called 'Extra' — granting access to over 400 PS4 and PS5 games. A small bunch of games have been revealed, and PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has teased what to expect.

Posted 1 month ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 11

Sony has only just bought another developer, Haven, but PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has already teased that more are on the way. The notoriously business-first CEO wants to feed PlayStation's "virtuous cycle" of top-tier games.

Posted 1 month ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 7

The Entertainment Software Association has confirmed that there will be no digital or physical event for E3 this year, but that there are plans for a "reinvigorated showcase" in 2023.

Posted 1 month ago by Heidi Nicholas 1

According to a Bloomberg report, Sony could reveal Spartacus — the codename for its rumoured subscription service — even as early as next week.

Posted 1 month ago by Heidi Nicholas 27

Focus Entertainment and Different Tales have announced a partnership that will offer players a game that "promises an immersive and benevolent experience."

Posted 1 month ago by Tom West 1

Sony has announced it has acquired Haven Studios, the Canadian-based team headed up by industry veteran Jade Raymond.

Posted 2 months ago by Sean Carey 6

Netflix's latest announcement is for an upcoming Tekken anime show, titled Tekken: Bloodline, which will be released later in 2022.

Posted 2 months ago by Heidi Nicholas 0

Epic Games has announced it will donate all Fortnite proceeds for the next two weeks to humanitarian relief organisations, helping those affected by the war in Ukraine.

Posted 2 months ago by Sean Carey 1

Gran Turismo 7 reviews were positive, but off-track Polyphony Digital's racer hasn't been successful. The price of microtransactions has been criticised and the game has been offline for 24 hours. The director has addressed both.

Posted 2 months ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 10

EA has confirmed it won't hold an EA Play Live event in 2022 and will instead showcase its upcoming games throughout the year "when the time is right."

Posted 2 months ago by Sean Carey 0

Dino Crisis influence was all over Exoprimal when that first trailer dropped, but now we know that that DNA runs much deeper in Capcom's new game than first thought. The game dev talent is, in fact, partially shared.

Posted 2 months ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 2

Gamescom is returning in August as an in-person event, after two years of digital-only offerings. The event will run between August 24th and August 28th and includes the Gamescom goes green initiative.

Posted 2 months ago by Tom West 1

Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo 7 sounds like it will not be released in Russia in the near future, as Sony appears to have quietly pulled it from the storefront.

Posted 2 months ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 9

EA has announced it will remove all Russian football teams from FIFA 22 as well as Russian and Belarusian teams from NHL 22.

Posted 2 months ago by Sean Carey 6

Mykhailo Fedorov, deputy prime minister of Ukraine, shared a letter on Twitter addressed to Xbox, PlayStation, and more, asking for Russian and Belorussian accounts to be blocked.

Posted 2 months ago by Heidi Nicholas 40

Ubisoft is predominantly based in France, but it does have a substantial studio in Ukraine's capital Kyiv. With Russia's war on Ukraine, Ubisoft has now detailed what it's doing to protect its employees in the country.

Posted 2 months ago by Sean Carey 1

The Dead by Daylight board game will arrive on Kickstarter later this month, as announced by Level 99 Games, which says it "brings the authentic Dead by Daylight experience to life on your table."

Posted 2 months ago by Heidi Nicholas 0