Tag: Embracer Group

Vertical Slice 253: Toys for SpongeBob

Published 08/03/2024

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Vertical Slice 253: Toys for SpongeBob

00:00 / 1:18:54

Στην Ανατολή ξεκουράζονται, στη Δύση ακόμη τρίβουν, η Sony κοιτά προς Ινδία και η Microsoft σχεδόν πετυχαίνει με το Xbox Partner Preview.

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Xbox and Best Buy Launch Stunning SpongeBob-Inspired Special Edition Xbox Bundle
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
Banishers: Ghosts Of New Eden
505 Games
- 505 Games shutter offices in France, Germany, and Spain
Remedy
- Remedy acquires full Control rights from 505 Games for €17m
SEGA και transmedia
- SEGA appoints former Disney and Scopely executive Justin Scarpone to lead global transmedia strategy
Warner Bros. Discovery
- Warner Bros. addressing “volatile” AAA console space with live services, mobile free-to-play
- “It‘s kind of depressing”: WB Discovery pulls indie game for “business changes”
Embracer Group
- Saber Interactive
  - Report: Saber Interactive buys itself back from Embracer in $500m deal
- Gearbox Software
  - Sources: Borderlands Studio Will Escape The Most Divisive Company In Gaming
Activision Blizzard και Toys For Bob
- We’re Going Indie!
Αυξήσεις στην Capcom
- Capcom increasing all salaries by around 5%, 28% rise for new graduate hires
Epic Games
- Ransomware group admits its Epic Games ‘hack’ was a hoax
- DMA be damned, Apple cuts off path to Epic Games Store, Fortnite on EU iPhones
Οικονομικά αποτελέσματα
- NetEase
  - NetEase revenue rises 7.2% to $14.6bn in 2023
DirectSR
- DLSS? FSR? Microsoft aims to end the PC gaming upscaling wars with “DirectSR”
India Hero Project
- Revealing 5 India Hero Project games coming to PlayStation
Xbox Partner Preview
- Xbox Partner Preview | March 2024: Every Announcement and Trailer We Showed

Vertical Slice 250: Κορμί θανατηφόρο

Published 16/02/2024

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Vertical Slice 250: Κορμί θανατηφόρο

00:00 / 1:37:46

Τραβάμε μαλλιά με: Take Two, Embracer Group, Ubisoft, SEGA, Sony και Microsoft. Φιλική συμμετοχή: Μιλτιάδης Έβερτ.

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Vertical Slice 248: Luben Vezo

Published 02/02/2024

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Vertical Slice 248: Luben Vezo

00:00 / 1:29:49

Η Microsoft πετυχαίνει ανεπιτυχώς, η διάλυση του Embracer Group συνεχίζεται και ο Hideo Kojima σώζει το State Of Play.

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Palworld
- Palworld Becomes the Biggest 3rd Party Game Pass Launch Ever – Xbox Wire
True Ending
- True Ending 116: WarioWare: Move It! | Review
Αποτελέσματα
Απολύσεις
- Xbox
  - Activision Blizzard
- AirShip Syndicate
  - Report: Airship Syndicate lays off 12 staff
- Embracer Group
  - Nimble Giant Entertainment
    - Nimble Giant Entertainment reportedly reduces staff by 28
  - Black Forest Games
    - Black Forest Games reportedly cuts 50% of employees
  - Eidos Interactive
    - Report: Deus Ex title killed after Embracer Group’s cuts at Eidos
- SEGA
  - Sega of America to lay off 61 employees
- GameSpot
  - GameSpot lays off portion of staff
Tencent
- The world’s biggest gaming company reportedly feels its position is under threat
Ubisoft
- Inside Ubisoft – From Low Morale To Internal Tensions – Insider Gaming
DMA
State Of Play
- Everything revealed in the January 2024 State of Play
- Death Stranding 2 and new Kojima stealth game headline PlayStation’s State of Play
Square Enix
- A Final Fantasy 6 remake would take ‘twice as long’ as FF7, says producer

Vertical Slice 247: Your game is boring

Published 26/01/2024

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Vertical Slice 247: Your game is boring

00:00 / 1:39:53

Κακός χαμός με το Palworld, καλός χαμός με τις τάσεις του 2024 στη βιομηχανία, συνεχής πόνος με απολύσεις και άλλες χαριτωμένες παρενέργειες γεννημένες στις σχολές διοίκησης κλόουν.

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Rose and Camellia
- Nintendo Switch slapping game reveals “brass knuckle” Joy-con attachments – AUTOMATON WEST
Palworld
- Palworld Early Access Steam sales top eight million in less than six days
True Ending
- True Ending 115: Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora | Review
Crunchyroll Game Vault
Απολύσεις και λοιπά
- Games industry leaders braced ‘for up to two years of pain’
- Riot Games
  - Riot lays off 530 staff, Riot Forge shutting down
- Embracer
  - Embracer’s Gothic and Elex studio Piranha Bytes is reportedly facing closure
- People Can Fly
  - People Can Fly reduces its workforce
MSI Claw
- MSI Announces the Claw: A Handheld PC Game Console with Intel’s Meteor Lake Inside
Αλλαγές στη Focus
- Focus Entertainment’s Q3 revenue dips 43% and it announces a rebrand
Πρόστιμο σε Sony
- Sony fined €13.5m by French antitrust regulator
Square Enix
- A New Year’s Letter from the President | SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS
- Outline of Financial Results Briefing by SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS held on Nov. 7, 2023
The State Of The Gaming Industry
- GDC & Game Developer: The State of the Gaming Industry in 2024
- GDC 2024 State Of The Game Industry: Devs Discuss Layoffs, Generative AI, and More | News | GDC | Game Developers Conference
Game Industry in 2024
- Newzoo: Forecasts and Gaming Trends for 2024
- Newzoo: Global games market expected to grow to $189bn in 2024
Fast Travel
- Dragon’s Dogma 2 director says he doesn’t like fast travel because it can mean a game is boring

Vertical Slice 243: Παππάτζα

Published 22/12/2023

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Vertical Slice 243: Παππάτζα

00:00 / 2:01:59

Σοκ και δέος χάρη στο hack της Insomniac Games, κλαθμός και οδυρμός για live service games, οπότε πάλι καλά που ετοιμάζει θεματικό πάρκο Pokémon η Nintendo.

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True Ending
- True Ending 109: Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior | Gamescom 2023 Preview
Transmedia
Netflix Games
- What’s Next for Netflix Games
Embracer Group
Tencent
- Team Kaiju
  - Tencent closes shop on Team Kaiju
Activision Blizzard
- Microsoft announces more Xbox leadership changes as Activision’s Bobby Kotick departs
Boosteroid
- Boosteroid takes on GeForce Now with cheaper 4K120 game streaming
Πωλήσεις Persona 5
- Persona 5 series sales top 10 million
PS5
- PlayStation 5 Achieves Milestone of 50 Million Units Sold to Consumers
Akatsuki
- Announcement of Capital and Business Alliance Agreement with Sony Group and Koei Tecmo Holdings, and Notice of Disposition of Treasury Shares via Third-Party Allotment
Ψηφιακή ιδιοκτησία
- “ULTRA UNVEILS FIRST-EVER TRADABLE DIGITAL VIDEO GAME REDEFINING OWNERSHIP OF GAMING CONTENT “
Η βιομηχανία το 2023
- GamesIndustry.biz presents… The Year In Numbers 2023
Insomniac Games
- The BIG PlayStation leak
- The catastrophe of the Insomniac hack goes way beyond leaked games
Ακύρωση The Last Of Us Online
- AN UPDATE ON THE LAST OF US ONLINE
Live games
- What the heck is happening with live service games?
- A Retreat from Live Service Games?

Vertical Slice 241: (Don’t) Believe The Hype

Published 08/12/2023

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Vertical Slice 241: (Don’t) Believe The Hype

00:00 / 2:04:22

Keighleyιές ναι, κοιλιές όχι.

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Greek Game Dev
- “SeaOrama: World of Shipping Charting a Course to Launch on PC! “
- Skaramazuzu στο Steam
Tranmedia
- Halo
  - Halo The Series | Season 2 First Look Trailer | Paramount+
- Fallout
  - Fallout – Teaser Trailer | Prime Video
- Twisted Metal
  - Season 2
FTC και Activision Blizzard
- FTC appeals to block already-completed Microsoft-Activision deal
Απολύσεις
- Rovio
  - Rovio closes Studio Lumi
- EA
  - EA lays off Codemasters staff
- Embracer Group
  - Insurgency developer New World Interactive affected by layoffs
Xbox working with unknown partners on mobile store, says Phil Spencer
Steam Link can now wirelessly stream VR games to your Meta Quest headset
Starbreeze και D&D
- Starbreeze to develop and publish game based on the Dungeons & Dragons® IP
PC gamers
- Ultra & Atomik Research: How PC Gamers Discover and Purchase Games
Fortnite
- Introducing LEGO® Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival: New Epic Games Launching This Week in Fortnite!
PlayStation και Discovery
- PlayStation deleting users’ purchased TV shows without refunds
- PlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership sucks
Bungie
- Bungie Devs Say Atmosphere Is ‘Soul-Crushing’ Amid Layoffs, Cuts, and Fear of Total Sony Takeover – IGN
GTA VI
- Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1
The Game Awards
- THE GAME AWARDS 2023: Official 4K Livestream (Monster Hunter, Alan Wake, Light No Fire)

Vertical Slice 240: Storytelling. Philanthropy. Ultraviolence.

Published 01/12/2023

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Vertical Slice 240: Storytelling. Philanthropy. Ultraviolence.

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Όλοι κλείνουν τα 25 εκτός από εμάς.

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Vertical Slice 239: No Girlfriend Since Birth

Published 24/11/2023

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Vertical Slice 239: No Girlfriend Since Birth

00:00 / 1:24:46

25 χρόνια Half-Life, Nvidia σε άλλον πλανήτη, λίγη συννεφιά στη Sony και απόδειξη πως ακόμη και η Annapurna βγαίνει για ψώνια πλέον.

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gamedevGR
- Abtos Covert στο Steam
Roblox και Synapse
- Exploit Prevention Update
Cloud Gamine
- Samsung Gaming Hub Adds Boosteroid Cloud Gaming, Expands Game Streaming to Millions More Devices Globally
- Nvidia GeForce Now Adds Microsoft Store, PC Game Pass, and Ubisoft+ Integration
M&A
- Annapurna Interactive acquires South African support studio 24 Bit Games
Sony
- PlayStation rebrands Savage Game Studios as Neon Koi following exec departures
NetEase
- NetEase launches Worlds Untold
Focus Entertainment
Αποτελέσματα τριμήνου
- Embracer Group
  - Embracer confirms 900 layoffs following net sales upswing
  - Embracer debt reduced to $1.4 billion as restructure continues
- Nvidia
  - Nvidia’s revenue triples as AI chip boom continues
The Witcher 3 mod editor
- CD Projekt is working on a mod editor for The Witcher 3
The Last Of Us Part II Remastered
- The Last of Us Part II Remastered coming to PS5 on January 19, 2024
25 χρόνια Half-Life
- Half-Life
- Half-Life: 25th Anniversary Documentary
Motesolo: No Girlfriend Since Birth
- Motesolo: No Girlfriend Since Birth console version official trailer

Vertical Slice 237: Ποροπομπέιρο

Published 10/11/2023

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Vertical Slice 237: Ποροπομπέιρο

00:00 / 1:36:43

Η Nintendo γελάει από συνήθεια, η SEGA πλέει σε πελάγη ευτυχίας κι η Blizzcon μαζεύει ό,τι hype βρει.

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The Meating
True Ending
Transmedia
- Development of a Live-Action Film of The Legend of Zelda to Start
- ‘Legend Of Zelda’ Live-Action Pic In Works At Sony With Wes Ball Directing, Nintendo Co-Financing
M&A
- Sony
  - Sony Interactive Entertainment to Acquire iSIZE
Microsoft και Inworld AI
Απολύσεις Ubisoft
- Ubisoft Montreal hit with layoffs amidst larger company reductions
Απολύσεις Embracer Group
Fantastic Pixel Castle
- NetEase Games establishes new studio Fantastic Pixel Castle to develop AAA MMO
Crunchyroll Game Vault
- “THE GAME VAULT IS OPEN! CRUNCHYROLL DELIVERS FREE GAMES TO MEGA AND ULTIMATE FAN MEMBERS”
Αποτελέσματα τριμήνου
BlizzCon
- Diablo IV will get its first expansion and WoW Classic will revisit Cataclysm
- Activision Blizzard “transitioning” away from Overwatch League

Vertical Slice 236: Welcome to the desert of the mainstream

Published 03/11/2023

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Vertical Slice 236: Welcome to the desert of the mainstream

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Το Xbox κόβεται σε ένα μάθημα, περνάει σε ένα άλλο, η Bungie μικραίνει και η συζήτηση για το αν το κυνήγι των γραφικών κρατά πίσω το game design προχωρά ακάθεκτη.

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Amnesia: The Bunker | Halloween Update Trailer
Amnesia: The Bunker | How to unlock Halloween Update features
True Ending 61: Amnesia: The Bunker | Review
True Ending
M&A
- Atari και Digital Eclipse
  - Atari enters into an agreement to acquire Digital Eclipse
  - Atari to acquire preservation and restoration studio Digital Eclipse for up to $20 million
- Devolver και Secret Era
  - Devolver Digital to acquire Astroneer dev System Era for up to $40 million
Απολύσεις
- Embracer Group
  - Animation studio Digic Pictures laid off 35 staff this past summer
- Bungie
Αποτελέσματα τριμήνου
Twitch και Switch
- Nintendo Switch’s Twitch app to be delisted and shut down January 2024
Xbox accessories
Αναδιάρθρωση Xbox
- Microsoft reorgs its Xbox and marketing teams to prepare for an AI and gaming future
- Read Phil Spencer’s full Microsoft memo on the new Xbox leadership changes