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10 votes
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Pop star Zara Larsson says she's made a seven-figure sum by selling merchandise on the video game platform Roblox
9 votes -
Activision Blizzard settles with federal employment agency for $18 Million
14 votes -
Paradox Interactive CEO steps down over 'differing views on the company's strategy'
8 votes -
Curt Schilling’s failed game studio finally sends last paychecks
7 votes -
Diablo IV game director out at Blizzard
7 votes -
Blizzard turned game developers into rock stars. Misbehavior followed
11 votes -
Activision Blizzard are being sued by their investors now
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How the founder’s toxic culture tore apart Fullbright, the studio behind Gone Home
11 votes -
New leadership at Blizzard
16 votes -
How Blizzard's reputation collapsed in just three years
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Activision Blizzard hires union-busting firm as workers start to come together
25 votes -
Inside Blizzard developers’ infamous Bill ‘Cosby Suite’
15 votes -
Activision Blizzard employees are walking out in protest
16 votes -
Activision Blizzard sued by California over ‘frat boy’ culture
36 votes -
Sega sued for ‘rigged’ arcade machine
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Epic Games paid developers about $11.7 million for the games they gave away for free on the Epic Store from December 2018 to September 2019
14 votes -
Microsoft reducing Windows store cut to just twelve percent
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Humble Bundle is removing the "choose where your money goes" sliders, intending to switch to a choice between giving 5% or 15% to charity
13 votes -
Epic Games has completed a $1 billion funding round at a $28.7 billion valuation, including another $200M investment from Sony
8 votes -
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney is very excited about the Epic Games Store losing a ton of money
7 votes -
Sony Interactive Entertainment and new esports venture RTS have jointly acquired the Evolution Championship Series (Evo) fighting game tournament
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Epic Games acquires Fall Guys developer Mediatonic
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Embracer Group acquires Gearbox Entertainment (Borderlands), Aspyr Media (Civilization VI), and Easybrain (mobile puzzle games)
These are large acquisitions, but Embracer Group already owns a lot: The Group has an extensive catalogue of over 200 owned franchises, such as Saints Row, Goat Simulator, Dead Island, Darksiders,...
These are large acquisitions, but Embracer Group already owns a lot:
The Group has an extensive catalogue of over 200 owned franchises, such as Saints Row, Goat Simulator, Dead Island, Darksiders, Metro, MX vs ATV, Kingdoms of Amalur, TimeSplitters, Satisfactory, Wreckfest, Insurgency and World War Z amongst many others.
With its head office based in Karlstad, Sweden, Embracer Group has a global presence through its six operative groups: THQ Nordic GmbH, Koch Media GmbH/Deep Silver, Coffee Stain AB, Amplifier Game Invest, Saber Interactive and DECA Games. The Group has 57 internal game development studios and is engaging more than 5,500 employees and contracted employers in more than 40 countries.
Articles about each of the new acquisitions on GamesIndustry.biz:
15 votes -
Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing business focus
24 votes -
Klei Entertainment has agreed to a deal for Tencent to purchase a majority stake in the company
9 votes -
Roblox raises $520 million at $29.5 billion valuation, cancels their plans for a traditional IPO and will go public via direct listing instead
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Electronic Arts reaches agreement for recommended acquisition of British racing game developer Codemasters for approximately $1.2 billion
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EverQuest studio Daybreak Games acquired by EG7
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A case for the possible sale of Wizards of the Coast
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Sex, lies and video games: Oomba was a startup designed to make a lot of money from the games industry — instead, everyone played each other
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Roblox files for IPO - Kid-focused, user-generated content platform has not yet turned a profit despite skyrocketing DAUs, bookings
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Take-Two Interactive reaches agreement for recommended acquisition of British racing game developer Codemasters for almost $1 billion
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How Sierra was captured, then killed, by a massive accounting fraud
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Speedrun.com acquired by Elo Entertainment (owner of Dotabuff & co.), founder steps down
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Despite brute-forcing its way to dominance in many other industries, Amazon is having difficulty getting a foothold in games
11 votes -
Esports tournament organizers ESL and DreamHack have merged
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What happened to twelve of gaming's biggest studios after they were sold
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Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda, id Software, Arkane Studios, and more
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Ubisoft fires former Assassin’s Creed Valhalla creative director following an investigation
8 votes -
Epic Games closes a $1.78 billion funding round, with the company's valuation now at $17.3 billion
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The storefront conundrum - Thoughts about where to sell a text-based indie game
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Sony Corporation invests $250 million in Epic Games
9 votes -
2K Games breaks gaming's de facto $60 (USD) price ceiling, announces MSRP for next-gen NBA 2K21 as $70
21 votes -
Kongregate is no longer accepting new games, will shut down almost all of their chat/forums in three weeks, and is laying off employees
26 votes -
Mixer’s sudden shutdown has streamers scrambling to reboot their careers on Twitch
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Ready at Dawn (developer of VR games Lone Echo, Echo Arena, Echo Combat) has been aquired by Facebook's Oculus Studios
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Microsoft is shutting down their Mixer livestreaming service on July 22 and encouraging users to switch to Facebook Gaming
36 votes -
Riot Games investigating exec who blamed George Floyd’s murder on his "lifestyle"
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RuneScape developer Jagex acquired for $530 million by Macarthur Fortune Holding
9 votes