Thursday, 23 May 2024

Game News Round-Up

Daily curated games-industry news digest for 23 May 2024.

General1 story
Business2 stories

Relic partners with investment firm to go fully indie again

  • The Vancouver studio split from Sega Europe in late March and has now secured funding to stay indie for the foreseeable future.
  • It's entered a partnership with investment firm Emona Capital that will let it "return to its roots."
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Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead names former Paradox exec as new CEO

  • Former Paradox Interactive chief business development officer Shams Jorjani has joined the Swedish studio to oversee business operations
  • Outgoing CEO Johan Pilestedt will remain with the studio as chief creative officer and explained the switch will enable him to spend more time with the dev team.
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