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Supercell set to absorb Merge Mansion as Metacore acquisition nears close

The Finnish mobile giant is folding Merge Mansion into its live games lineup, with the deal expected to close by the end of September 2026.

Gamers Shrug Off $100 Price Tag as 90% Pick GTA 6 Ultimate Edition Over Standard $80 Version

Gamers Shrug Off $100 Price Tag as 90% Pick GTA 6 Ultimate Edition Over Standard $80 Version

Gamers in the US and Europe are overwhelmingly choosing the $100 Ultimate Edition of GTA 6 over its cheaper $80 standard version, with around 90% of pre-orders going for the pricier copy.

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Games industry analyst says Meccha Chameleon's June revenue on PC was second only to Fortnite

Games industry analyst says Meccha Chameleon's June revenue on PC was second only to Fortnite

It's the perfect business stratagem: first you Meccha game, then you Meccha lot of money.

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We need games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Balatro, and Peak as a cure for the "fear" in the industry, say experts

"Courage is a consistent factor of most hit titles," says Rami Ismail

Meta sends more mixed signals about its future in VR with more layoffs at Reality Labs, while its director of games told GDC, "We've a lot going on – new hardware, new audiences, new games"

Meta is laying off even more of its VR division, even while its director of games was heard at GDC this month with an optimistic outlook for the future.

"It would've been impossible to make a good game": MindsEye CEO and Rockstar vet blamed for impossible design demands, on "temporary leave" as company forces monitoring software on devs in hunt for "saboteurs" blamed for flop

Not a lot of good news coming from Build A Rocket Boy

Delphi Interactive Wants to Break the “Publisher Industrial Complex” With New FIFA Game

The publisher is talking a big game.

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'We could have, at that point, put out a s*** game': Former Deep Silver comms boss says Dead Island 2 released 8 years late because an earlier version 'would have killed the franchise' if it wasn't binned

'We could have, at that point, put out a s*** game': Former Deep Silver comms boss says Dead Island 2 released 8 years late because an earlier version 'would have killed the franchise' if it wasn't binned

Dead Island 2's original developers have said the cancellation was "catastrophic."

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio already has "great ideas for the next game" after its debut release "smashed our forecasts pretty fast"

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio already has "great ideas for the next game" after its debut release "smashed our forecasts pretty fast"

Expedition 33's producer "can't wait to dig more into the ideas we already have"

Analyst claims Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is selling twice as fast as any other recent JRPG has on Steam—and it's got me wondering what the secret sauce is

Analyst claims Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is selling twice as fast as any other recent JRPG has on Steam—and it's got me wondering what the secret sauce is

Looks like PC gamers love Clair Obscur (hi, I'm PC gamers).

Take-Two is selling Outer Worlds publisher Private Division because it says it's in the "business of making great big hits" like Grand Theft Auto — but was Xbox the buyer?

Take-Two is selling Outer Worlds publisher Private Division because it says it's in the "business of making great big hits" like Grand Theft Auto — but was Xbox the buyer?

Grand Theft Auto owner Take-Two Interactive has sold off the Private Division publishing label to an unknown party, including the rights to its upcoming games.

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Seven of the top ten most wishlisted games from Not-E3 are coming to Game Pass on Xbox and PC

Seven of the top ten most wishlisted games from Not-E3 are coming to Game Pass on Xbox and PC

Gamesindustry.biz reports that seven of the top ten most wishlisted games are coming to Game Pass, here's what that list entails!

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Legendary strategy studio responsible for Company of Heroes and Age of Empires 4 goes independent as Sega cuts 240 jobs across 3 developers

Legendary strategy studio responsible for Company of Heroes and Age of Empires 4 goes independent as Sega cuts 240 jobs across 3 developers

Relic Entertainment is going solo

Ubisoft director says gamers will get more comfortable 'not owning' games, and he's not wrong

Ubisoft director says gamers will get more comfortable 'not owning' games, and he's not wrong

But it's probably premature to panic over the total death of game ownership.

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Former Activision-Blizzard employee sues the company for none of the reasons you'd expect by now, accuses Bobby Kotick of saying it had 'too many old white guys'

"Activision placed profits over people by terminating the older, higher paid executives".

Nintendo Switch 2 Could Fix the Original's Biggest Design Flaw, Analyst Says

Industry consultant Dr. Serkan Toto predicts that the Nintendo Switch 2 could be releasing in 2024, and make some big changes like leaving Joy-Cons behind.

Nintendo Switch 2's price might be the most interesting thing about it

Expert believes Nintendo's next-gen console could just be an iterative update

The ESA insists E3 isn't dead despite the city of Los Angeles saying otherwise

It's "currently having conversations" about E3's future.

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Blizzard appeals the NLRB’s Blizzard Albany union decision – again

Following the NLRB’s decision to proceed with the Blizzard Albany QA union vote, Blizzard is asking the Board to hear its side of the story

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Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga had the UK’s biggest Lego launch ever

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