34BigThings announces shift back to full independence
34BigThings has announced it will go back to being independently owned after breaking away from Embracer Group.
Why dressing up as Star Wars characters is giving way to time inside games | Tim Willits interview
Saber Interactive owns 13 game studios and it has 3,500 game developers. And believe it or not, this is not a big game company....
Embracer Group will split in two as it spins out Middle-earth-related Fellowship Entertainment
Embracer Group said it will split itself in two as it spins off Fellowship Entertainment, a division that includes Middle-earth Enterprises (with The Lord...
Developers reveal more details on two Tomb Raider games
Amazon Game Studios and Crystal Dynamics unveiled trailers for two Tomb Raider adventure games at The Game Awards last Thursday. And we heard more...
RedOctane Games of Guitar Hero fame returns to music rhythm games | exclusive interview
RedOctane Games, a music rhythm gaming company that started the Guitar Hero craze, is back as a new game studio. Today marks the official...
Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors will step down as CEO; deputy Phil Rogers will take his place
Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors is stepping down as CEO while his deputy CEO Phil Rogers will take over the top job in August. Wingefors...
Eidos-Montreal lays off staff, citing inability to transfer them to new projects
Eidos-Montreal announced today via LinkedIn that it was laying off 75 employees, adding the company to the ever-growing list of game developers and publishers...
A new generation of J.R.R. Tolkien games is coming | Lee Guinchard exclusive interview
In his office, Lee Guinchard has a bunch of paraphernalia honoring J.R.R. Tolkien and his works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings....
Gaming M&A activity in Q1 2024 outpaces all quarters in 2023 | Drake Star
Financing for gaming companies is on an upward trend for the first quarter of 2024 according to Drake Star Partners. Both mergers and acquisitions...
At a loss: The fallout of Embracer’s months-long restructuring
Last week, the Embracer Group announced that it was finished with its internal restructuring program. These cost-cutting measures resulted in the loss of about...