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13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim is an Underrated Masterpiece

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2020, despite all of its delays and other issues, was quite the hyped year. Even without all of the acquisitions and next-gen console launches, it offered some seriously big releases like The Last of Us Part 2, Ghost of Tsushima, Demon’s Souls, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and so on and so forth. Of course, it also saw the release of some stellar indie games like Streets of Rage 4, Spelunky 2, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Hades and The Pathless. Among all of these titles were a number

Embracer Group is in “Late-Stage” Acquisition Talks with Over 20 Companies

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And in discussions are various stages with over 150 companies in total. Embracer Group has been on a veritable spending spree for some time now, and it seems like every few months, they end up picking up multiple new studios to add to their lineup of internal developers. Just recently, they acquired four more studios, bringing that total number of internal studios to a whopping 68. And it doesn’t seem like they have any plans of slowing down any time soon. In the company’s recent quarterly earnings call (via @EmbracerInvest

‘It’s Trash’: Glow Up Games CXO Latoya Peterson on the State of Diversity in Games

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Latoya Peterson is tired of the games industry ignoring Black women, and now she's ready to do something about it. | Photo courtesy of Glow Up GamesThe video game industry is as prone to systemic oppression as any other. Developers of color, and perhaps particularly Black developers, face an uphill battle for employment, let alone creative expression. With this series of features, DBLTAP hopes to highlight the creations of Black developers working to tell their own stories through games in this monthly series. Check out our previous entries here.Issa Dee

Epic acquires games, media, and entertainment development platform ArtStation

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Epic Games has acquired ArtStation, a platform that’s focused on helping people in games, media, and entertainment develop and share their portfolios, browse a marketplace, and look for jobs.  Epic is making this move to push growth for the creative community through supporting a team and platform that has a history of supporting those creators.  For now, ArtStation will continue to run its operations as a completely independently branded platform. The first real change will be the ArtStation and Unreal Engine teams working more closely together. This more focused collaboration

Sony Investing ‘Aggressively’ in First-Party Studios, Exclusives

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Top GamesSony aims to step up its exclusive PlayStation offerings this year. | Photo courtesy of Insomniac Games/SonySony plans to put another $183 million into its first-party studios in addition to building out partnerships with third-party studios.Sony chief financial officer Hiroki Totoki detailed the plan during Wednesday's Sony earnings call."In terms of costs, we plan to increase development, personnel and other costs in our in-house studios by approximately [$183 million] year-on-year as we further strengthen out in-house produced software," Totoki said.Comments from Sony CFO on PS5 hardware and engagement:- Demand

Sony CEO Promises More Exclusive Games for PlayStation 5

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Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan wants everyone to know the company is bringing lots of exclusive games to the new PlayStation 5. In a recent interview with Nikkei, the PlayStation head honcho says the company is bringing as many new games to the console as it can, and may also be acquiring other game developers in the future. The interview, which is behind a paywall, has been translated by VGC. Ryan specifically says, “We have been quietly but steadily investing in high-quality games for PlayStation, and we will make

Sony May Combine Exclusive Games, Video Streaming in Fight Against Game Pass

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Top GamesSony is betting big on exclusives like Horizon Forbidden West to get players into the PlayStation ecosystem. | Photo courtesy of Guerilla Games/SonyXbox Game Pass's growing popularity has Sony looking to bolster its new user acquisition strategies. The company appears ready to double down on exclusive games, and it's testing a new TV and movie streaming perk for PlayStation Plus Subscribers.Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan says the PlayStation 5 will have more exclusive games than any previous generation of Sony console.Sony: PlayStation Plus Video Pass is a test

Overwatch League preseason power rankings

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After what feels like forever, the Overwatch League is finally back for its fourth season. While everyone will still compete under COVID-19 conditions, the league has had time to learn from last year’s model and improve the structure. The regions have changed slightly, which should result in some interesting matches once the top teams reunite for the four tournaments that cap off each chunk of qualifier weeks. But the question most people really care about is which team will stand atop the rest by the end of the season, and