Publishing

Epic Games acquires 3D content library and publishing platform Sketchfab

In Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality News July 21, 2021 – Epic Games, a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of its ‘Unreal Engine’ 3D engine technology, has today announced that it has acquired Sketchfab, a 3D content library and publishing platform. Sketchfab allows users to discover, edit, buy, and sell 3D content directly through its web-based service, and is home to 4 million 3D assets, according to the company. Its technology has integrations across every major 3D creation tool and publishing platform and is compatible across all major browsers

Doki Doki Literature Club Plus Surpasses 500k Copies Sold in 2 Weeks

Developed by Team Salvato, Doki Doki Literature Club was originally released for free on Steam and quickly became a huge hit in the horror game genre. Just last month, it was announced that the game would be re-released as Doki Doki Literature Club Plus, with redone HD visuals, as well as new story content in the form of side stories that fleshed out the four girls even further. Announced via a press release today, DDLC Plus has been a pretty massive success for both Team Salvato and publisher Serenity Forge

Tencent acquires Sumo Digital for $1.3 billion, adds Stunlock Studios

Chinese multimedia giant Tencent has fully acquired two groups that it previously held a stake in: Sumo Group and Stunlock Studios. Sumo is a British video game holding company that manages multiple subsidiaries, including Sumo Digital. Tencent previously held an 8.75 percent stake in the company that it purchased in 2019 but is now fully acquiring the entire group in a $1.27 billion deal.  This is a premium acquisition for Tencent, specifically with Sumo Digital, which has experience working on multiple big franchises and games like LittleBigPlanet 3, Hitman, Team

‘Undetectable’ Cheat Makers Cease Production at Request From Activision

Cheat developer creators have halted the construction of their software and removed it from their website. The undetectable cheat created a buzz in the gaming community that would basically allow for external software to act as an aimbot for the user. The aimbot cheat is to act as an assistant for players with the cheat code going unnoticed because it does not alter the video game files; making it undetectable for the anti-cheat software. User Use101 mentions on Userviz site reads:Team, This statement was not required. However, at the request

Activision Goes After YouTube Ad Promoting Undetectable CoD Cheats for Console

Call of DutyPhoto courtesy of Activision Activision has apparently gone after a YouTube Ad promoting undetectable Call of Duty cheats for console. Because of the legal action, the original post has been taken down saying, "no longer available due to a copyright claim by Activision Publishing, Inc.”You can see the original video in the tweet below. It shows off a typical aim hack. Ladies and gentlemen, I present you the next generation of cheating now available on console, and has been for a while but lately its been becoming more

Robocop: Rogue City, Ad Infinitum, WRC 10 & Many More Games Shown off at Nacon Connect 2021

Earlier today during the Nacon Connect 2021 livestream, we got a look at a handful of new games and trailers from the French video games publisher and hardware manufacturer. You’ll be able to find all of the trailers from the event down below along with a video of the full livestream. To start out the show, Benoit Clerc, head of publishing at Nacon introduced the stream and led into the new trailer for Vampire the Masquerade Swansong. Big Bad Wolf Studio showed off some beta gameplay for the new game.

Roblox partners with Sony Music to connect artists with money-making activities in the metaverse

Video game platform Roblox announced this morning it has partnered with Sony Music Entertainment on a deal that will allow the two companies to work together to create music experiences for the Roblox community, including opportunities that would give Sony Music artists a way to reach new audiences and generate revenue. The announcement follows last month’s news of a $200 million lawsuit filed by a group of music publishers who alleged Roblox was allowing creators to build virtual boomboxes inside their games that streamed copyrighted music without artists’ permission or

Hideo Kojima and Xbox are Reportedly Progressing on a Publishing Deal

Top GamesHideo Kojima and Microsoft have reportedly signed a letter of intent to work out the details on a publishing agreement for a future Xbox game. / Bryan Bedder/Getty ImagesHideo Kojima and Microsoft have reportedly signed a letter of intent to come to an agreement on a publishing deal for a brand-new Xbox game, according to GamesBeat.While news surrounding the award-winning Japanese video game designer, director, producer and writer's negotiations with Xbox has been out and about throughout the past year, this report reveals that after "months" of discussions, the

Kojima-Xbox Deal Edges Closer to Completion – Rumour

Rumours of a partnership between Hideo Kojima and Microsoft started emerging earlier this year, and it’s looking like the deal between the two parties is close to being finalized. GamesBeat journalist Jeff Grubb, who was the one who originally broke the story, recently said that an agreement between the two was close to being completed, and in a new report, he provides more details. According to Grubb, Kojima Productions and Xbox have signed a letter of intent for a publishing deal of an Xbox game. While the deal still hasn’t