Former Tekken Boss Establishes New Studio Under SNK Corporation

Sega Explains Why Exactly It Cancelled Its “Super Game”

Market competition and business conditions ended the project. Yesterday, Sega Sammy’s latest financial results revealed Sega’s “Super Game” had been officially cancelled. It didn’t elaborate on this, but a Sega representative has now shared some details about this project with Game File, and the reasoning behind its cancellation. Read the full article on nintendolife.com

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Lies of P studio is hiring an ‘AI Creator’ for future projects but says the role will not be ‘directly involved’ in the development of the sequel

The sequel to Pinocchio soulslike Lies of P that was announced in 2023 is now in “full production,” as revealed by the latest earnings results posted by developer Neowiz. That’s great news if you’re a fan of the game, but behind-the-scenes moves at the studio have some of those fans a little less than happy…

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Sega has canceled its live service ‘Super Game’ due to ‘intensifying market competition,’ and I really, really hope it’s a sign that the industry is finally correcting itself

In 2021, Sega published an annual report touting the strength of its business and a new “priority strategy” for the coming five years: the creation of a “Super Game,” which would “stand head and shoulders above normal games.” The plan, at the time, was for that game with global appeal to launch by March 2026….

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After his shock retirement last year, legendary former Tekken boss has landed at one of Japan’s biggest fighting game publishers

Katsuhiro Harada spent 20 years as the figurehead of Tekken before his sudden “retirement” in December. He’s long been synonymous with Bandai Namco’s fighting series and it was honestly a shock—even to me, a non-fighting game guy—when he left. But it turns out Harada hasn’t left development nor fighting games: less than half-a-year since his…

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Elon Musk, Sam Altman and the world’s billionaires are terrified of the Google AI genius behind a 25-year-old computer game, because they think he might actually end up controlling god

I’ve been keeping an eye on the various documents released as part of the ongoing Musk vs Altman legal fight, which centres around OpenAI changing to a for-profit structure and Elon Musk’s belief he was deceived by Sam Altman. The documents, which consist mainly of emails and text exchanges between the various figures involved, turn…

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Path of Exile’s overwhelming complexity isn’t the real reason new players pass on it, director believes: ‘I think that PoE 1’s being such an old game is in itself the accessibility problem’

Talk to a Path of Exile player and they’ll tell you they’re still a new player after 3,000 hours. By all accounts, PoE is the most action RPG you can find. It has over a decade of systems layered on top of each other, a web of complexity that you’d probably only understand if you…

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