crystal dynamics
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Despite Historic Crashes, Video Games Aren’t Over NFTs Just Yet
We were so close. As the NFT market suffered one meteoric crash after another, and as some crypto-based games lost money by the hundreds of millions, it seemed for a second there that the gaming industry might come to its senses. But no. This week alone saw two major parties unveiling a commitment to smushing…
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Square Enix Will Hold On To A Few Western-Made Franchises
Yesterday, Square Enix announced that it was selling its Western studios, like Crystal Dynamics — and much of the intellectual property (IP) connected to those studios, like the Tomb Raider franchise — to Swedish holding company Embracer Group for $US300 ($416) million. But while this move seems to signal Square Enix shifting away from Western-developed…
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Square Enix Selling Tomb Raider, Deus Ex & Thief Studios (And Their Games As Well)
The Embracer Group, a planet-swallowing mass of video game publishers that already includes the likes of Gearbox and THQ Nordic, tonight announced a deal to purchase a number of storied studios and properties from Square Enix.
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Former Staff Say Poor Management And High Turnover Are Bogging Down Perfect Dark Reboot
The highly-anticipated Perfect Dark reboot at Xbox studio The Initiative may be in a bit of trouble. According to a troubling new report from VGC, extraordinarily high staff turnover has become a problem at The Initiative. According to VGC, as many as half of the studio’s core development team have left the company. Among those now…
