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A new job listing from Netflix has confirmed the company is searching for a game director to work on a new triple-A PC game at its LA studio, led by former Overwatch producer Chacko Sonny. The game is said to be a live service shooter, as the applicant must have a deep understanding of directing live operations. "We’re looking for a creative and highly-skilled Game Director to help us forge ...read more
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Whether or not Call of Duty will become exclusive to Xbox when (or if) Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard is completed has been a major sticking point for Sony, and it’s that very point that has led to authorities looking at the proposed deal with much greater scrutiny. Sony has now provided its own statement to the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), in ...read more
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It looks like Riot Games is planning to bring Valorant to consoles. A new job listing has apparently been posted by Riot Games on the Hitmaker website, and it seems the developer is looking to hire a game design manager specifically for consoles. The job description discusses the importance of anticipating the needs of players on "all relevant platforms," and Riot is looking to hire someone with ...read more
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EA has partnered up with the Epic Games Store to giveaway one of its published Star Wars games, that being the 2020-released starfighter combat entry Squadrons. The latest promotion will last for a week and replaces the previous Evil Dead: The Game and Dark Deity freebies. Developed by Motive Studios, Squadrons offers a space combat experience set in the Star Wars universe. Both a ...read more
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Elon Musk has brought on George Hotz to serve as a Twitter intern for the next three months. Hotz made a name for himself more than a decade ago when he hacked a PlayStation 3 and published exploit information. That led to a lawsuit from Sony, but the two parties settled when Hotz agreed to cease doing so further. These days, Hotz is a software engineer working on vehicle automation, but he ...read more
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A new report claims that the FTC, one of the most powerful agencies in the United States, will block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision. Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that it had intended to purchase Activision for just shy of $70 billion, making it the biggest deal in the history of gaming. Immediately, this got a lot of pushback from regulators, politicians, and gamers. Many feared ...read more
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Microsoft and Sony don’t expect to launch next-gen consoles until 2028 at the earliest, newly published documents have suggested. Both companies discussed potential launch timing for new consoles in statements published on Wednesday as part of UK regulator the Competition and Markets Authority’s ongoing investigation into Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The ...read more
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Bandai Namco has released a new trailer featuring gameplay for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot's fourth DLC. Titled Alone Against Fate, the gameplay trailer features the protagonist of the DLC, Bardock, fighting dozens of Kanassens mid-air. The trailer features a gauge counting up to the 145 Kanassens Bardock must defeat, and he does some very flashy, high-octane moves to do so. The trailer shows ...read more
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Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has claimed it’s confident that the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will seek to prohibit Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The UK regulator recently expanded its investigation into the $68.7 billion deal due to a number of antitrust concerns, which it outlined in a statement published in mid-October. Notably, it ...read more
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Deep Silver and developer Dambuster Studios have announced when the gameplay reveal for Dead Island 2 will be taking place. Earlier this year, Dead Island 2 finally re-emerged after having been announced all the way back in 2014. Planned to launch in early 2023, this new unveiling of the dormant post-apocalyptic game was only done via a CG trailer. And while fans have wondered what Dead Island 2 ...read more
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