Embracer sells Borderlands maker Gearbox to Take-Two Interactive for $460 million (www.gamedeveloper.com)
In today’s episode of “watch Embracer crash in slow motion”
Sega sells off Relic Entertainment, will axe 240 jobs (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Canada-based studio Relic Entertainment, which recently released Company of Heroes 3, did receive some good news in the midst of these layoffs. The company announced on X (formerly Twitter) that it is becoming an independent studio thanks to the help of “an external investor” who went unnamed.
Xbox Cloud Gaming adding mouse and keyboard support (www.eurogamer.net)
No Man's Sky Orbital Update brings full ship customisation and a complete space station overhaul (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom devs explain why it was a much bigger overhaul than you'd think (www.eurogamer.net)
TIL you can remove tags such as horror from itch.io using ?exclude=tg.horror in the url. (itch.io)
Its a query parameter. Completely changes the site.
Phil Spencer wants Epic Games Store and others on Xbox consoles (www.polygon.com)
Judas First Details: How Ken Levine Is Building on BioShock With 'Narrative LEGOs' (www.ign.com)
Orange Pi Neo Linux gaming handheld starts at $499 with Ryzen 7840U, Ryzen 8840U at $599 (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Hope it is successful.
Report: A Marvel 6v6 Overwatch-Style Shooter Is Coming (www.forbes.com)
Playstation: Introducing Community Game Help, a new enhancement for Game Help powered by user-generated content (blog.playstation.com)
Social MMO Sky: Children Of The Light is heading to Steam early access in April (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
I briefly played this on my phone and thought it was a really neat concept. Not sure how exactly it’s a live service game because it felt like a one and done experience.
World of Warcraft Subscription Numbers Are Higher Now Than at Expansion Launch in a Franchise First (www.ign.com)
Woah. I didn’t realize WoW was still this popular.
Power-mad modder puts Sonic the Hedgehog at the heart of the most tedious game ever made, so you can speed boost to the end in 3 straight hours instead of 8. (www.pcgamer.com)
Will Smith Zombie Game No One Has Heard Of Bombs (kotaku.com)
Back with a Vengeance: The Best of Boomer Shooters (www.humblebundle.com)
New Humble Bundle supporting child’s play and the Trevor project
Larian Started Work on Baldur's Gate 3 DLC, Then Canceled It: "The Studio Was Elated" (www.ign.com)
Final Fantasy XVI The Rising Tide DLC Announces April 18 2024 Release Date, Free Update, Secret Boss, And New Endgame Content (noisypixel.net)
During the Final Fantasy XVI Pax East 2024 panel, The Rising Tide, the second (and last) DLC of Final Fantasy XVI has been announced: www.youtube.com/live/aR6arpX94Bg...
Fights In Tight Spaces devs announce fantasy follow-up Knights In Tight Spaces (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
How 2001 PC Game Majestic Almost Transformed The Gaming Industry (retrododo.com)
While the game is nearly forgotten today, its DNA can be seen all across the gaming industry, with many of its innovations now commonplace.
Horizon Forbidden West is now available on PC (store.steampowered.com)
Releases for €60 in my local currency, so far it seems on a technical level it’s done well enough, FPS seems stable except during cutscenes (oddly enough, a lot report dropping to 30 or lower)....
Path of Exile 2's beta delayed from June 'until later in the year' (www.pcgamer.com)
There is one uncleared level remaining in Super Mario Maker, with 18 days to go before the servers shut down (www.issmmbeatenyet.com)
UPDATE: Ahoyoo has confirmed that Trimming the Herbs was uploaded with TAS tools, meaning that The Last Dance was the final legitimate level all along! Congrats to kazeihinn on the Last First Clear! The journey continues in Super Mario Maker 2…...
AMD updates FSR, and this time it actually looks good (www.pcgamesn.com)
Obsidian's Alpha Protocol is available again thanks to GOG (www.destructoid.com)
