Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser’s new studio is making an open world action-adventure game ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Saints Row’s reboot was likely the lowest selling in franchise history ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Final Fantasy 16 and Foamstars all sold less than expected, Square Enix president says ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Two Joy-Con drift lawsuits have been dismissed after five years ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Square Enix confirms US, EU layoffs as part of restructuring ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Sony reportedly forms studio with former Deviation Games devs [~2 months ago they layoff 8% of Playstation workforce] ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Sony reportedly forms studio with former Deviation Games devs (founded by two veteran Call of Duty developers) ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Mark Hamill will voice The Joker in Multiversus ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Not really my type of game but hearing Conroy and Hamill together would be nice.
EA plans to release two unannounced games this fiscal year ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Activision rejected Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 in favour of supplementary Call of Duty work, it’s claimed ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Samus didn’t appear in Fortnite because Nintendo wanted her to be a Switch exclusive ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
$70 games ‘will go the way of the dodo’, believes Saber CEO. The former interim Embracer COO believes developers will move to reduce risk and costs ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Opinion: Phil Spencer, long cast as Xbox’s saviour, may be remembered as the man who killed it ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Resident Evil 9 could be an open world game, it’s claimed ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Switch emulator creator settles Nintendo lawsuit for $2.4m ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
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Two indie Steam games were disguised as Helldivers 2 to scam players ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
A ransomware gang claims to have hacked nearly 200GB of Epic Games internal data ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Embracer is reportedly selling Saber Interactive for $500 million, including its Star Wars: KoTOR remake | VGC ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Sold to a group of private investors. $500M sounds like too much money, but whatever keeps those people employed and making games, I guess.
Sources: Nintendo Switch 2 will now launch in 2025 ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Phil Spencer has reportedly reassured employees Microsoft ‘won’t stop making Xbox consoles’ ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Hogwarts Legacy has officially cleared Zelda as 2023's best-selling game worldwide ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Gameplay of a cancelled Call of Duty title from Tony Hawk’s studio Neversoft has leaked online | VGC ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Cancelled Call of Duty - Call of Duty: Future Warfare (NX1)
New Deus Ex game reportedly cancelled amid layoffs at Eidos Montreal | VGC ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Update: The Embracer-owned studio has confirmed plans to lay off almost 100…