Game News Round-Up

Fortnite x Marvel: Absolute Doom detailed at D23

• Fortnite x Marvel: Absolute Doom will begin on August 16. The battle pass will include Marvel characters such as Doctor Doom and Gwenpool

Max Payne 1 & 2 Remake is in full production, Control 2 is now in a playable state

• Condor, Control 2 and Max Payne 1 & 2 are currently in production.

Borderlands movie earned $4m on its opening day

• $4m from a $115 production budget
• Lionsgate has "financially shielded itself" and recouped 60 percent of its production costs through international pre-sales

PlayStation is introducing user reviews on the PS Store

• PlayStation.com is emailing players and inviting them to share their thoughts on a handful of games, including Helldivers 2, Fortnite, Resident Evil 4, and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
• Specific players have been invited for specific reviews for now. Unclear if this feature will be rolled out to the masses at this time.

Doom Eternal gets official mod support on PC with new mod browser and idStudio creation tools

Kingmakers secures movie adaptation ahead of its release

• Partner Story Kitchen says it will "tell a unique story and establish the IP"

Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango Gameworks has been acquired by Krafton and will remain open

• Unclear specifically how many staff will be coming along as part of the deal, seeing as the studio was originally shut down in late May.
• Hi-Fi Rush is the only IP coming along with the deal. The Evil Within series and Ghostwire Tokyo remain with Microsoft.
• Krafton said that the acquisition will have no impact on the availability of Tango's previous releases, and that they will remain available where they are currently.

Arkadium launches publishing arm

• Company establishes $1 million fund to support browser-based developers

Remedy Financial Results

• Q2 2024:
• Revenue: €10.3 million (up 16.2%)
• Operating loss: €3.2 million (compared to operating loss of €4.8 million for same quarter last year)
• H1 2024:
• Revenue: €21.1 million (up 33.7%)
• Operating loss: €5.3 million (compared to operating loss of €10.4 million in 2023)

Unity Q2 Results

• Total revenue: $449 million (down 16% year-over-year)
• Create Solutions revenue: $129 million (up 4%)
• Grow Solutions revenue: $296 million (down 9%)
• Net loss: $126 million (compared to $193 million for same quarter last year)