The Gearbox Entertainment Company and Embracer Group announced today that they successfully closed on their up to $1.3 billion merger agreement. Embracer and Gearbox announced in February...
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SXSW 2021 Gaming Award Winners Announced
South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals has announced the winners for the eighth annual SXSW Gaming Awards, recognizing the most creative and influential titles, teams and...
Square Enix Unveils Digital Showcase Series
SQUARE ENIX® today announced the debut of a new video program called SQUARE ENIX PRESENTS, a series of shows in which the company will reveal new games, updates and news directly to the...
Zynga Acquires Echtra Games
Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA), a global leader in interactive entertainment, today announced that it has acquired Echtra Games, a cross-platform game studio composed of a development team whose...
THQ Nordic Acquires The Guild 3 Dev Purple Lamp
THQ Nordic today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Vienna-based studio Purple Lamp, effectively making it a 100% subsidiary of THQ Nordic GmbH. The studio worked on titles...
The Game Awards 2020 Nominees Announced
The Game Awards, the video game industry’s biggest annual year-end celebration, today announced its 2020 nominees with The Last Of Us Part II, Hades and Ghost of Tsushima leading...
The Game Awards Nominations Announcement Date
Nominations for this year’s The Game Awards, the video game industry’s annual year-end celebration, will be announced on Wednesday, November 18 at 9 am PT via The Game Awards’ official...
The Game Awards Returns this December with Free Live...
On December 10th, the global gameverse is set to deliver its biggest celebration yet. The Game Awards, the video game industry’s annual year-end celebration, will return live on Thursday...
Blizzard Co-Founder Announces New Dreamhaven Game...
Mike Morhaime, former CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment, and a host of industry veterans today announced Dreamhaven, their new game company based in Irvine, CA. Dreamhaven will...
Todd Howards Talks About Microsoft’s Purchase of...
Bethesda Game Studios’ Todd Howard has spoken out about his thoughts regarding Microsoft’s $7.5 Billion acquisition of Zenimax Media (which includes Bethesda Softworks and its...