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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie gets April 8, 2022 release date

Paramount Pictures announced today that Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie will come out on April 8, 2022. The first Sonic movie came out on February 14. After redesigning its CG lead character following online backlash, the movie became a surprise hit. It was one of the last major theater releases before the pandemic started, and it ended up grossing about $320 million worldwide. Spoilers for that…
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Ubisoft has its strongest quarter in company history

Ubisoft has posted its financial results for the third quarter of 2020-2021, boasting its best quarter ever. The period ended on December 31. During the three months, Ubisoft released huge games, including Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, Immortals: Fenyx Rising, and Watch Dogs: Legion. The popular Just Dance franchise also debuted its latest entry. Ubisoft reported net bookings of about $1.212…
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Electronic Arts acquires Glu Mobile for $2.4 billion

Electronic Arts is getting into the Kim Kardashian business. At least, that is the case if its deal to grab mobile gaming behemoth Glu Mobile goes through. EA announced its plans today to acquire Glu in a deal worth $2.4 billion. The companies expect the acquisition to close…
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Component shortages hit PS5, will Battlefield go free-to-play, and more | GB Decides 182

The gaming industry dropped a load of financial news over the last week. That has left the GamesBeat Decides crew to talk about PlayStation 5sales, component shortages, and more on this week’s episode. Join GamesBeat editors Mike Minotti and Jeff Grubb as they tackle the week’s news and discuss whether Battlefield 6 will have any free-to-play components. Mike is also weirded out by a…
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ZeniMax Media CEO Robert Altman passes away at 73

ZeniMax Media chairman and CEO Robert Altman has passed away at the age of 73. The leader of the parent company of video game publisher Bethesda Softworks was in the midst of selling Bethesda to Microsoft for $7.5 billion. Microsoft’s purchase of Bethesda for so much money…
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Call of Duty just had its best year ever

As part of its earnings report today, Activision Blizzard revealed that the Call of Duty had its strongest year ever in 2020. The series had over 100 million monthly average players during the year, and net bookings were at about double what they were in 2019. Call of Duty has been an annual franchise for over a decade, and each installment becomes one of the best-selling games (if not the…
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