February 1, 2017 (Rockville, MD) – ZeniMax® Media Inc. – parent company to video game publisher Bethesda Softworks – today announced that it has acquired Escalation Studios, located in...
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Fig Raises $7.84 million in Series A Financing
San Francisco, CA, January 18, 2017 — Loose Tooth Industries Inc. (d/b/a “Fig”), the only crowdfunding platform and publisher that sells SEC-qualified shares tied to individual game...
Fig Releases Top Crowdfunded Videogames Infographic
The folks at game crowdfunding site Fig have released a nifty infographic showing off the top crowdfunded games of 2016. You can read their full blog post for additional details! Check out...
Bigben Interactive Acquires Test Drive Brand
Lesquin (France), December 14th, 2016 – Bigben Interactive has announced the acquisition of the rights to use and develop the TEST DRIVE brand from the Atari group and announces its project...
THQ Nordic Acquires All NovaLogic IPs
October 24, 2016: Today, THQ Nordic announced that an asset purchase agreement with NovaLogic Inc. containing all games and/or projects owned by NovaLogic Inc has been closed. In essence...
Turtle Rock Ceases EVOLVE Support
In this post on the official Turtle Rock forums, the developer has announced it is ceasing its support of EVOLVE. Here’s the letter: Seems like the greater things you aspire to, the...
Razer Acquires THX
IRVINE, Calif. – Razer™, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, today confirmed it acquired the majority of the assets of THX Ltd. and have brought onboard the management and...
Ubisoft Closes Casablanca Studio
Paris – June 9, 2016 – Today, Ubisoft announced it will close its Casablanca studio. The studio will cease production on June 13. Employees were informed last week, and Ubisoft is providing...
Techland Moves Into Global Publishing
June 2nd , 2016 – Wroclaw, Poland/ Techland, the Poland-based company best known as the developer of many fan-favorite games including Dying Light, Dead Island, and the Call of Juarez...
Starbreeze Acquires PAYDAY Franchise for $30 Million
STOCKHOLM (May 30, 2016) – Starbreeze AB, an independent creator, publisher and distributor of high quality entertainment products, today announced its agreement with 505 Games to acquire...