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U.K. regulators finally approve Microsoft’s $68.7B acquisition of Activision Blizzard

September 22, 2023
The United Kingdom’s antitrust agency has finally given preliminary approval to Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The Competition and Markets Authority issued a statement today saying it has give preliminary approval. The next step is for the CMA to gather third-party feedback, after which the CMA will reach a final decision. That means the merger is all but a done…
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Ubisoft is making The Division 3 with Massive Entertainment

September 22, 2023
Ubisoft revealed today that Tom Clancy’s The Division 3 is in the works. Massive Entertainment, the series’ longtime developer, is leading work on the new project while supporting The Division 2. Longtime creative head Julian Gerighty is also returning to the franchise…
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Spectarium raises $5.3M to develop cross-platform ARPG, Myths

September 20, 2023
Spectarium has raised roughly $5.3 million (€5 million) in seed funding to develop its first cross-platform action RPG, Myths. Finnish developer’s debut title will leverage AI to customize the dungeon-crawling gameplay and setting to each player’s tastes. While the world will remain rooted in ancient mythologies, the storyline, encounters, themes and setting will change dynamically. The…
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Last Epoch is an action RPG being built by Redditors

September 20, 2023
Eleventh Hour Games is working on an ambitious action role-playing game called Last Epoch. The developers’ ambition is to create a title that can beat the best RPGs of all time. There is nothing unusual about that, except that the founding team for the company is a group…
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Xbox Game Pass gets Payday 3, Party Animals in late September

September 20, 2023
Xbox Game Pass is getting its second wave of titles in September, which features several day one launch titles. While it’s not as weighty an addition as the one earlier this month — which included Starfield and Lies of P — the new additions do include the upcoming…
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Nintendo’s winter, PlayStation’s fall, Xbox’s MasterCard | Kaser Focus

September 16, 2023
Nintendo and Sony both apparently conspired to have their big September shows on the same day — while I was out of the office, no less. I managed to watch the Direct in the morning (while at the DMV) and I was struck by just how much the company is leaning into Mario this time around. Not surprised, of course — it’s Mario, after all, and the brand is hotter now than ever. But in the next…
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Nintendo reveals Paper Mario, F-Zero titles at September Direct

September 14, 2023
Nintendo today held its September Direct, in which it revealed several games that are coming to the Switch in the upcoming months, as well as a few titles from further along in the calendar. The major announcements include several remakes of older games, including Paper…
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EA and Star Wars game director Stig Asmussen part ways

September 14, 2023
Stig Asmussen, who served as game director for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and its sequel Jedi: Survivor, is leaving Electronic Arts. Both titles were critical and commercial successes. Fallen Order shipped over 20 million copies while the sequel was the best selling game of April 2023. Asmussen was a key leader at EA’s subsidiary studio Respawn Entertainment and it’s not clear what prompted…
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