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Absurd Ventures has announced the launch of a new studio called Absurd Marin, made up by the former Ascendant Studios team. Based in San Rafael, California, the developer will be led by Ascendant founder and game director Bret Robbins. When asked about more details about the staff, a spokesperson for the studio told us it’s…
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Embracer Group has confirmed it will retain Metro developer 4A Games and Pinball FX creator Zen Studios as the sale of Saber Interactive progresses. Saber was one of Embracer’s operating groups until it was sold to Beacon Interactive – a new company founded by Saber co-founder Matthew Karch – for $247 million in March. In…
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Mobile hit Flappy Bird is set to return a decade after being taken offline. As reported by IGN, The Flappy Bird Foundation Group – an organisation of “passionate fans” – announced it had acquired the Flappy Bird trademark from US company Gametech Holdings, which itself secured the trademark from the game’s creator Dong Nguyen. The…
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Industry veteran and No More Heroes creator Goichi ‘Suda51’ Suda believes games companies are still putting too much stock in how their games perform on Metacritic. In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Suda and his fellow Japanese legend Shinji Mikami discussed the myriad reasons that titles like their own, with their distinct style and flavour, have…
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The majority of the Annapurna Interactive team have walked out after talks with its parent company had collapsed. The publisher formed in 2016 as a division of Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures, and has had a few hit releases, including Stray, What Remains of Edith Finch and the Outer Wilds. However, with Annapurna Pictures shifting its…
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A number of US Latino-serving organisations have banded together to form the Latino Representation in Gaming Coalition (LRGC). The organisation says that as 72% of US Hispanics aged 13 and older self-identify as gamers, and Latinos are 32% “more likely than other populations to consider gaming their main source of entertainment”, the industry should “see…



