Studios

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May

By Seasoned Gaming

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Xbox Shuts Down Key Bethesda Studios

In the latest round of highly disappointing news for the gaming industry, IGN is reporting that Xbox is making further cuts to their first-party organization. This time, the cuts seem to be wholly aimed at Bethesda studios. In an internal email secured by IGN, Head of Xbox Studios, Matt Booty,…

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18

Aug

By Seasoned Gaming

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The Full Details on Embracer Group’s Acquisition Spree

Out of seemingly nowhere last night, Embracer Group announced a wealth of acquisitions. Already the proprietors of a number of studios producing a wide-range of games, their acquisitions this morning include small gaming companies and classic gaming IPs, to Middle Earth Enterprises and the rights to everything Lord of the…

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12

May

By Seasoned Gaming

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Dead Space : Release Date and Livestream Details

The team at Motive held their latest live stream to give fans a look at the upcoming Dead Space reboot. Today, members from the art teams joined the presentation to highlight how they are crafting the reboot from a tension perspective. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAXLkdbSiVg Perhaps most exciting is that release date was…

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08

Sep

By Seasoned Gaming

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PlayStation Adds UK-Based Firesprite to their First-Party Studios

This morning, Head of PlayStation Studios, Hermen Hulst, announced the latest addition to the first-party family. Firesprite is based in the UK, with many of the staff having formally come from Sony Interactive Entertainment's Liverpool studio. Managing Director of Firesprite, Graeme Ankers, issued the following statement: Today is an incredibly…

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29

Jun

By Seasoned Gaming

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PlayStation Announces the Acquisition of Returnal Developer Housemarque

In the continued expansion of the gaming industry and major publishers locking down talented developers, PlayStation just added another to their already talented roster. This morning PlayStation announced that Housemarque (Returnal, Nex Machina) has become an official first-party developer in the roster of PlayStation Studios. Via a post on the…

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01

Feb

By Seasoned Gaming

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Google Shutting Down First-Party Stadia Development, Focusing on Third-Party Agreements

In a surprise announcement today, Google announced that it is closing down all of their first-party development. This includes their two studios in Los Angeles and Montreal which includes about 150 staff members. What makes this more surprising, is just nine months ago in March of 2020, Stadia announced it…

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09

Jul

By Seasoned Gaming

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Xbox Game Studios Continues to Grow with No Plan to Slow Down

Xbox Game Studios has grown exponentially over the past couple of years and with the upcoming games showcase on July 23rd, we'll begin to see the fruits of the expansion. But thanks to an excellent new article from our friends at Gamesindustry.biz, we now have some further insight into not…

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12

May

By Seasoned Gaming

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PlayStation Announces PlayStation Studios with Video Animation

As we've seen over the past couple of years now, having a strong internal suite of studios is very important to the major platforms. Just as Xbox Game Studios created a new visual representation of their brand that opens first-party titles, Sony has followed suit. Here is the opening for…

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14

Jan

By Seasoned Gaming

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Head of Xbox Speaks on E3, First Party Development, and the Possibility of More Studio Acquisitions

We've been waiting for 2020 to fully kick into gear and it seems we're now getting to that point. After Sony announced yesterday that they would once again not be attending E3, Phil Spencer took to Twitter to re-affirm their commitment to E3 and their fanbase: https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/1216943255163531264?s=20 As we mentioned…

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