(Bloomberg) — Niantic Inc., the company behind the 2016 hit Pokémon Go, is in talks to sell its video-game business to Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely Inc., according to several people familiar with the discussions. Most Read from Bloomberg A deal could be announced in coming weeks. The price being discussed is about $3.5 billion, according to...
The Living Lands are in trouble. A terrible illness has swept the land. Known as the Dreamscourge, the sickness first impacts people in their dreams, giving them visions of natural terrors and confusing their thoughts. Over time, the Dreamscourge invades its victims’ waking thoughts, resulting in confusion, madness, violence, and eventually death. The only outward...
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Throughout many games, players will often find themselves in the company of a rag-tag band of adventurers, dedicated to completing the mission whatever the cost. These followers, A.I.-controlled assistants with their own weapons, abilities, and behavior, can serve as a welcome aid in particularly tough battles that may require more than what the player alone...
A ransomware gang claims to have hacked Epic Games, saying it has nearly 200 gigabytes of internal data. As reported by Cyber Daily, the gang, which goes by the name Mogilevich, posted a message on its darknet leak site giving more information on its claimed leak of the Fortnite and Epic Games Store company. “We...
On one of those expansive Saturday mornings only found in childhood, my father led 10-year-old me into a newsagent in Twickenham and invited me to pick out a magazine. I narrowed it to two options. In one hand I held one of those publications that gives you a different bit of a model aircraft carrier...
Highlights Grand Theft Auto, Spyro, Mario Kart, The Sims, Pokemon, and Animal Crossing are all great video game franchises to introduce new players to gaming. These franchises offer a variety of experiences, from open-world action to easy platforming challenges, making them accessible to players of all ages and interests. Whether it’s the freedom and variety...
The job cuts represent about an 8% reduction of Microsoft’s 22,000-person gaming workforce, the memo, obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, notes. Those impacted worked on teams for Activision Blizzard as well as Xbox and ZeniMax — which are also owned by Microsoft. “As we move forward in 2024, the leadership of Microsoft Gaming and...
Former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata outlined a “blue ocean” strategy with selling the Nintendo Wii, which is to say it was designed to tap into the “ocean” of potential customers outside the usual gamer sphere. Well, it turns out there’s an untapped blue ocean of people who wanted Pokémon with guns, because the survival-crafting Poké-like...
After a phenomenal year that was 2023, 2024 also looks to be a promising year for video games. Titles like Dragon’s Dogma, Prince of Persia, and Final Fantasy are making a comeback, and many new IPs are going to make an entrance. Here’s a list of all the video games releasing in 2024. Note: The...
