NetEase closes a fifth Western studio: Just two years after it was founded, Bad Brain Game Studios will shut down for good next week

NetEase closes a fifth Western studio: Just two years after it was founded, Bad Brain Game Studios will shut down for good next week

Just three days after Greg Street confirmed that Fantastic Pixel Castle is closing due to the loss of NetEase funding, yet another NetEase-backed studio says it’s suffered the same fate. Bad Brain Game Studios, founded in 2023 and headed up by former Ubisoft Toronto lead producer Sean Crooks, announced today that it will close its…

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PlayStation Blogcast 349: Out of This World

Email us at blogcast@sony.com! Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify, Google or RSS, or download here This week, Tim and Kristen get hyped up for the upcoming launch of Death Stranding and double down on their love of The Outer Worlds by interviewing the team from Obsidian. Listen in! Stuff We Talked About The Outer Worlds Audica…

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The Overwatch League is officially dead: Activision Blizzard is ‘transitioning’ away from its groundbreaking esports league as teams reportedly vote to withdraw

Earlier this year, Activision Blizzard expressed doubt about the long-term future of the Overwatch League, and said its efforts to maintain the city-based pro esports league “may prove unsuccessful.” That has turned out to be the case, as Activision confirmed today that the Overwatch League as we know it is finished. Announced in 2016, the…

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Director Gore Verbinski said he ‘loved’ working on the BioShock movie and ‘was going to dive deeply into the Oedipal aspect’: ‘Every year I hear something about the project, but I’m not sure any studio is quite willing to go where I was headed’

Videogame adaptations to film and television are the new hotness—haven’t you heard? Markiplier’s Iron Lung flick just took the box office by storm, Yoshi’s laying eggs on the silver screen, and the best choice-driven fantasy RPG ever made is getting an HBO show that’ll do all the choosing for you. If you’re a videogame enjoyer…

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Chrome 45 Brings Promise of Less Memory Usage

Memory hog no more? Google’s Chrome browser for the desktop has a reputation for being a memory hog, though with the release of Chrome 45, Google promises big improvements in that area. You can also expect faster page loads, smoother scrolling, and longer battery life, according to Google. There are a number of improvements to…

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