An innovative 2D and 3D platformer based in and around the pages of a picture book, The Plucky Squire is the first project from All Possible Futures, the indie development studio set up by former Pokémon artist James Turner.
PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series S/X on 17th September
It'll also be a day one launch via PlayStation Plus, for anyone signed up to Sony's subscription service.
DDM's Games Investment Review reports "sizeable uptick" in investments, recovering ground lost in 2023
DDM suggests the half-yearly uptick suggests in just the first half of 2024, investments totalled $8.1bn – almost doubling the $4.5bn investment volume seen for the whole of 2023.
However, though Q2 was "great for games investments," the report authors say M&As reached $845m across 40 transactions, which is "a drastic decline QoQ" (-59% in value and -5% in volume over Q1’s $2.1bn across 43 transactions).