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Sega announces Sonic x Angry Birds crossover event for five of its mobile games
I hope you like Sonic the Hedgehog and Angry Birds because both franchises are getting a heap of limited time content via five – yes, five – Sega mobile game crossovers. And they’re happening right now. An announcement trailer posted to the official Sonic the Hedgehog YouTube channel confirms that…
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Turtle Beach acquires PDP – creator of the Victrix Pro BFG and Riffmaster controllers
Gaming accessory manufacturer Performance Design Products (PDP) has officially been acquired by the Turtle Beach Corporation. A statement on Turtle Beach’s corporate web portal announces that the San Diego-based company acquired PDP for $118 million. It also asserts that the “combined company anticipates total revenues of $390 to 410 million…
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Starbreeze CEO Tobias Sjögren abruptly leaves studio following Payday 3’s rough launch
Starbreeze CEO Tobias Sjögren has departed the studio as the company searches for “different leadership”. In a press release shared online on March 12 (via Game Developer), the Payday 3 developer announced that after three years as CEO, Tobias Sjögren will be stepping down from the role. Board member Juergen…
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The latest Helldivers 2 patch reduces the spawn rate of Chargers and Bile Titans on higher difficulties
Arrowhead Game Studios has released a new Helldivers 2 patch that reduces the number of heavily armored targets that spawn on higher difficulties. Patch 1.000.102 is now live on PC and PlayStation 5 and aims to make further balance changes for the third-person online shooter, as well as fix a…
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Star Wars Jedi director announces Giant Skull – a new AAA studio focused on narrative-driven single-player games
Stig Asmussen, best known for directing Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, has announced his brand-new studio, Giant Skull. Giant Skull is a AAA studio that will focus on creating narrative-driven single-player action-adventure games “set in captivating worlds”, according to the press release. The team is…
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Final Fantasy 16’s producer reveals a desire to direct another major title for the series ‘if the opportunity arises’
Final Fantasy 16‘s producer Naoki Yoshida has said that he would like to direct another major title for the series if the opportunity were offered to him. Following almost 10 years of work on the critically acclaimed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Final Fantasy 14, where he still currently…
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