Author: Ed Nightingale
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Disney Games appoints Blizzard and Ubisoft veterans to its leadership team
Disney Games has added three games industry veterans to its leadership team, following the announcement of its collaboration with Epic on a new “games and entertainment universe”. The three execs share experience from across Blizzard, Ubisoft, and Marvel Games. In addition, Disney’s head of gaming Sean Shoptaw has been promoted to executive…
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Saber Interactive boss defends Embracer’s acquisition strategy after “bittersweet” split
Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch has defended Embracer’s acquisition strategy, following its split from the Swedish conglomerate. Last month Embracer sold its Saber assets and the companies separated. In a new interview with IGN, Karch said it was his suggestion that Saber leave Embracer, which he described as “bittersweet”. Embracer…
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Cosmic horror fishing game Dredge gets film adaptation
Cosmic horror fishing game Dredge is getting a live-action film adaptation. Developer Black Salt Games is partnering on the adaptation with production company Story Kitchen, which was launched in 2020 by Sonic the Hedgehog film producer Dmitri M. Johnson and other film industry veterans. “We are excited to partner with such an…
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Dead Space remake directors join Battlefield development
A new team at EA’s Motive Studio will work alongside the Battlefield studios to create the next phase of the shooter franchise. The team will be led by Dead Space remake directors Philippe Ducharme and Roman Campos-Oriola. The news was shared in a new blog post from Motive general manager Patrick…
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Surprise! The Automatons return to Helldivers 2
Did you really think Helldivers 2 players had wiped out the Automatons for good? Nope. Arrowhead teased at the weekend “the galaxy is free once more” after players eradicated the bots and contained the bugs, leaving players guessing as to what could be next. Just days later and the Automatons have…
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Activision bans further 27,000 Call of Duty accounts for cheating
Over 27,000 Call of Duty accounts were banned over the weekend for cheating across Warzone and Modern Warfare 3, according to Activision. Upgraded detection systems of the Ricochet anti-cheat system are behind this wave of bans, with further security updates to come. The news follows the recent release of Warzone and Modern…
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Noita receives surprise second Epilogue update with new features and modding capabilities
Physics-based roguelite Noita has received a second Epilogue update that adds a whole host of new features, tweaks, and modding capabilities. The previous Epilogue update was three years ago and was meant to be the last major update for the game. Now Noita Epilogue 2 Update is available, however old save…
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Sonic the Hedgehog films aiming to be “Avengers-level events”, says franchise producer
The Sonic the Hedgehog films are aiming to be “Avengers-level events”. That’s according to Sonic franchise producer Toby Ascher, who spoke to Paste about the decision to create the forthcoming Knuckles TV show spin-off, starring Idris Elba. “We got really excited about the idea of expanding our characters in our world into…
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Sonic co-creator Yuji Naka accuses Dragon Quest producer of lying during insider trading trial
Yuji Naka, co-creator of Sonic the Hedgehog, has returned to social media after an extended hiatus to accuse Dragon Quest producer Yu Miyake of lying during Naka’s insider trading trial last year. In March 2023, Naka pleaded guilty to insider trading following his arrest in November 2022. He was then sentenced to two-and-a-half…
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Palia developer lays off 35% of staff before life sim hits full release
Palia developer Singularity 6 has laid off 35 percent of its staff just months after the game entered early access. Workers from the studio began sharing news of layoffs at the end of last week, which Singularity 6 then confirmed in a statement to IGN. “Following Palia’s release on Steam, we evaluated…