Category - Industry News

Keighley Announces Summer Game Fest

May 1, 2020 – This Summer, get ready to see the future of video games when Summer Game Fest brings fans a season of breaking news, in-game events, and free playable content. Designed from the ground-up as a first-of-its-kind, all-digital...

E3 2020 Canceled Due to COVID-19 Concerns

WASHINGTON – MARCH 11, 2020 – After careful consultation with our member companies regarding the health and safety of everyone in our industry – our fans, our employees, our exhibitors and our longtime E3 partners – we have made the difficult...

Wizard World forms Virtual Event/Conference...

LOS ANGELES, March 11, 2020 – Wizard Entertainment, Inc. a leading international producer of pop-culture themed consumer events, today announced the formation of “W Events” as a new operating unit. W Events is commencing production of...

2K to Partner with NFL For Non-Simulation...

New York, NY – March 10, 2020 – The National Football League (NFL) and 2K today announced a multi-year partnership encompassing multiple future video games. The partnership marks the return of football-themed games to 2K’s stable of notable...

2K Silicon Valley Officially Called 31st...

New York, NY – February 11, 2020 – 2K announced today that 2K Silicon Valley, the label’s wholly-owned development studio founded in February 2019 and led by video game industry veteran Michael Condrey, will officially be known as 31st Union...

THQ Nordic Opens Bratislava Studio

Vienna, AUSTRIA, Bratislava, SLOVAKIA, February 6th, 2020 – THQ Nordic today announced the incorporation of its new studio Nine Rocks Games in Bratislava, Slovakia. The team will be working on a game in the shooter/survival genre. More...

Focus Home and Blackbird Interactive to Team...

January 22, 2020 – Focus Home Interactive, publishers of World War Z, Greedfall, A Plague Tale: Innocence, and many more, are delighted to announce their partnership with Blackbird Interactive, creators of Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak and...

Tencent Announces Cash Offer to Purchase...

OSLO, Norway – Jan 22nd, 2019 – Tencent has today announced a voluntary cash offer to acquire all shares in Norwegian game developer Funcom. Tencent, a leading Internet company with a strong online games operation, is a shareholder in many...

Corsair Acquires SCUF Gaming

FREMONT, CA – December 16th, 2019, 7am PST – CORSAIR®, a world leader in high-performance gaming peripherals and enthusiast components, is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire high-performance controller pioneer SCUF Gaming “SCUF®”...

New 2K Studio Formed to Helm Next BioShock...

New York, NY – December 9, 2019 – 2K today announced the founding of Cloud Chamber™, the newest, wholly owned game development studio under the Company’s publishing label. A collective of storytellers eager to push the frontlines of...