On the same day it officially became a PlayStation studio, Bungie filed a lawsuit against a Destiny 2 player it accused of persistent cheating and making threats against its employees. The developer claimed Luca Leone violated the game’s Limited Software License Agreement (LSLA) on multiple occasions. It’s seeking $150,000 in damages and an injunction preventing Leone from…
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Esports company Misfits Gaming Group announced that it’s making new moves to invest…
Sony completes $3.6 billion deal to buy Bungie
July 16, 2022
The developer behind Destiny is now a part of the Sony universe. Sony Interactive Entertainment officially closed on a $3.6 billion deal today to buy the independent game studio and publisher Bungie, according to tweets from both Bungie and PlayStation Studios. Under the…
Company of Heroes 3 debuts for Steam on November 17
July 15, 2022
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Company of Heroes 3 will debut on Steam on November 17. The title is the latest real-time strategy World War II game coming from Relic Entertainment and Sega.
The companies also released a free North Africa operation…
EA's new 'Skate' is a free-to-play live service game
July 15, 2022
It’s been just over two years since we learned that EA was working on the first entry in the Skate series since 2010’s Skate 3. Although the publisher isn’t quite ready to announce the release window, it revealed some more details, including the fact the…
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The all-new Roblox Innovation Awards are coming as an in-person ceremony on September…
Nintendo has acquired the Japanese CG production company Dynamo Pictures and plans to rebrand it as “Nintendo Pictures,” the company announced. Its aim with the new subsidiary is to develop visual content using Nintendo IP and focus on “the planning and production of visual content including CG animation.” Dynamo worked with Nintendo before on the Metroid: Other M game also…
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Roll20 and OneBookShelf announced today they’re merging in a single TTRPG-focused entity.
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2022 is the year of Kirby. Nintendo revealed the trailer for Kirby’s Dream Buffet, a…
Nintendo Japan will provide employees in same-sex domestic partnerships with the same benefits it offers to those in heterosexual unions, even though Japanese law does not currently recognize gay marriages. The company announced the policy in a July 12th update to its corporate social responsibility guidelines that was spotted by Go Nintendo (via Variety).
A new section titled “Introduction of a…
