
Paradox Acquires Harebrained Schemes Following Successful Battletech Launch
Paradox Interactive has extended its roster of juicy PC-focused developers once more, announcing today that it has acquired Harebrained Schemes. The S...

THQ Nordic acquire Gothic and Elex studio Piranha Bytes, also has 80 games in development
THQ Nordic, the all-consuming glutton that it is, has acquired yet another studio - Piranha Bytes. The German developer rose to prominence with the Go...

Up For Debate - Are eSports Actually Sports?
And so we come to a particularly thorny and well-contested issue - are eSports really sports? It’s a complex topic, but one which can be eternally dis...

Razer Buys Out OUYA In Massive One Billion Dollar Deal
In a bit of a head-scratching move, OUYA founder Julie Uhrman has confirmed the recent reports that high-end peripheral manufacturer Razer has bought...

THQ Nordic has acquired Remnant: From the Ashes and Darksiders 3 developer Gunfire Games
Stop it THQ Nordic, there’ll be no studios left which you don’t own soon. They’ve only gone and snapped up yet another development studio. This time T...

Ashes of Creation Kickstarter Fully Funded in 12 Hours, 'Rebirth' of Sandbox MMORPGs
Intrepid Studios, an outfit with experienced talent honed in the likes of Star Wars Galaxies, EverQuest, PlanetSide and Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, has...

Serious Sam developers Croteam acquired by Devolver Digital, more games on the way
A long time ago there was a little known team of developers known as Croteam, who created the cult franchise of Serious Sam, back then Devolver Digita...

Xbox One X Uses Checkerboard Rendering to hit 4K in Games Such as Assassin's Creed Origins
In case you didn’t notice, Microsoft made quite the song and dance about the Xbox One X being “a true 4K console”, during E3 2017. Those were the word...

The Wayward Realms is a brand new open-world Fantasy RPG from ex Elder Scrolls developers
OnceLost Games was founded back in 2019 by Julian LeFay and Ted Peterson, who were both lead developers on the Elder Scrolls Arena and Elder Scrolls D...

Labour MP to Ask UK Government Whether Gaming Loot Boxes Should be Classed as Gambling
The thorny issue of loot boxes in games could be taken all the way to parliament here in the UK, with Labour MP David Zeichner submitting two question...