Ubisoft is reportedly talking to Tencent about creating a new business entity to manage Assassin’s Creed and other big games

A Bloomberg report says struggling publisher Ubisoft is looking for investors for a new business venture that will take control of some of its most valuable gaming properties, including Assassin’s Creed. The report says Ubisoft has contacted potential investors including Tencent about acquiring a minority share in the new venture. Nothing is finalized at this…

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‘It really truly changed my life in every possible way’: Lady Dimitrescu actor says her Resident Evil Village role was just as transformative for her as it was for roughly half the internet in 2021

Lady Dimitrescu first appeared in a January 2021 teaser trailer that quickly cemented Resident Evil Village’s place in the public consciousness as “the game with the big vampire lady.” She swept the hearts, minds, and creative outputs of hordes of fan artists with such ferocity that I’m still not sure whether I could safely do…

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Possibility Space owners sue NetEase for $900 million over allegations it spread ‘false and defamatory rumors’ of fraud at the studio that ultimately forced it to close

The strange tale of the sudden 2024 closure of Possibility Space has taken another turn, as studio owners Jeff and Annie Strain have sued NetEase over allegations that it spread “false and defamatory rumors” about another Strain-owned studio, Crop Circle Games, in order to silence concerns about NetEase’s compliance with US laws on foreign investment….

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Fragpunk review

What if, while playing a competitive shooter, you could force your opponents to fire their weapon every five seconds, even when they’re trying to camp in a corner? What if you could instantly teleport them back to their spawn when they take damage? What if you could toss aside a weapon to turn it into…

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Rise of the Ronin review

Need to know What is it? A PC port of Team Ninja’s Edo-era action RPG that landed on PS5 last year. Expect to pay: £40 / $50 Release date: Out now Developer: Team Ninja Publisher: Koei Tecmo Reviewed on: NVIDIA RTX 3060, Intel Core i7-10875H, 16 GB RAM Steam Deck: Unknown Link: Official site Rise…

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2024 was Steam’s ‘best year ever’ of users buying newly released games—but I wouldn’t celebrate the end of the forever game era just yet

Yesterday, Valve published its yearly “Steam Year In Review” blog post, a retrospective highlighting Steam feature additions and customer data trends from 2024. Calling 2024 “a year of growth,” Valve said Steam’s number of peak concurrent users is nearly twice what it was in March 2020—and last year, all those users were playing more new…

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The Bazaar could be the future of autobattlers, if it stops strangling itself to death with its own microtransactions

If you’ve heard of The Bazaar, it’s probably not for a good reason. Any excitement around its recent launch into open beta seems to have been almost entirely overshadowed by community outrage about its newly introduced microtransactions. The pot has only been stirred further by creator (and former professional Hearthstone player, esports team owner, and…

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