Spectre Divide to end service within 30 days, developer Mountaintop to close
Free-to-play three-versus-three tactical first-person shooter Spectre Divide will end service within the next 30 days …
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Scopely to acquire Niantic games business
MONOPOLY GO! and Stumble Guys developer Scopely will acquire Niantic’s games business, including Pokemon GO, …
Hopetown Kickstarter campaign launches March 17; teaser trailer
The Kickstarter campaign for “psychogeographic” RPG Hopetown will launch on March 17, developer Longdue announced. …
Chrono Trigger celebrates 30th anniversary; various projects beyond the game world planned
The timeless RPG Chrono Trigger, which first launched for Super Famicom in 1995, celebrates its …
Silent Hill Transmission set for March 13 featuring Silent Hill f
Konami will host a Silent Hill Transmission broadcast on March 13 at 3:00 p.m. PT …
Nippon Ichi Software UNTITLED// new titles presentation set for March 14
Nippon Ichi Software will host the “Nippon Ichi Software UNTITLED//” new titles presentation on March …
Humble Games Showcase 2025 set for March 12
Humble Games will host Humble Games Showcase 2025 on March 12 at 9:00 a.m. PT …
Game publisher Acclaim returns with focus on indie studios and classics
A team of industry veterans has united to bring back video game publisher Acclaim after …
Secret Mode splits from Sumo Group
Sumo Group has sold publishing subsidiary Secret Mode to financial investor Emona Capital, the companies …
Rockstar Games to acquire Video Games Deluxe
Rockstar Games will acquire Sydney-based development studio Video Games Deluxe, which it will rename Rockstar …
Keiji Inafune left LEVEL-5 in mid-2024; LEVEL-5 Osaka Office established to take over LEVEL5 comcept operations
Keiji Inafune left LEVEL-5 in mid-2024, the company announced in a post on its newly …
B.B. Studio changes name to Bandai Namco Forge Digitals
B.B. Studio, the Bandai Namco Entertainment development studio behind the Super Robot Wars series as …
Visions of Mana director Kenji Ozawa establishes Studio Sasanqua
Visions of Mana director Kenji Ozawa, who previously worked for Bandai Namco and NetEase Games’ …
Bandai Namco trademarks Once Upon a KATAMARI, Gekishin Squadra
Bandai Namco Entertainment filed trademarks for “Once Upon a KATAMARI” on February 27 in Europe, …
Elminage ORIGINAL: Priestess of Darkness and The Ring of the Gods coming to console this summer in Japan
Mebius will release a console version of Elminage ORIGINAL: Priestess of Darkness and The Ring …