Wednesday, 22 May 2024

Game News Round-Up

Daily curated games-industry news digest for 22 May 2024.

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PlayStation London Studio has officially closed its doors

  • Founded in 2002 and based in Soho, London, the first-party studio worked on The Getaway series and was responsible for the Singstar franchise.
  • It also developed numerous games for PlayStation’s EyeToy camera, Wonderbook, and PlayStation VR titles VR Worlds and Blood & Truth.
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IGN Entertainment acquires Eurogamer, GI, VG247, Rock Paper Shotgun and more

  • New owner makes redundancies across the Gamer Network portfolio
  • Gamer Network’s publications are GamesIndustry.biz, Eurogamer (including six local language editions), Rock Paper Shotgun, VG247 and Dicebreaker.
  • The business also holds shares in Outside Xbox, Digital Foundry and Hookshot (which operates Nintendolife, PushSquare, PureXbox and Time Extension).
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