Game News Round-Up

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 getting an animated sequel in Amazon's new Secret Level series

• Clive Standen to voice Titus
• Secret Level is a new 15-episode animated anthology series from the creators of Netflix's Love, Death & Robots, with each episode featuring "original stories set within the worlds of some of the most beloved video games". Those games include Armored Core, Concord, Crossfire, Dungeons & Dragons, Exodus, Honor of Kings, Mega Man, New World: Aeternum, Pac-Man, Sifu, Spelunky, The Outer Worlds, Unreal Tournament, a variety of PlayStation Studios games, and Warhammer 40K.

Sea of Thieves temporarily yanks nearly all its big new stealth features following "significant issues"

• Just days after the launch of Sea of Thieves' stealth-focused Season 14, developer Rare has yanked nearly all its new features - including the ability to crouch and don disguises - acknowledging "significant issues" arising from their addition to the game.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Collector’s Edition price cut by $50

• Following Ubisoft's cancellation of the game's season pass and early access

Inflexion Games' UK division is reportedly closing down

• Audio director Jon Newman confirmed the cuts on LinkedIn, saying: "It is with a heavy heart that I am sharing the sad news that the UK subsidiary of Inflexion Games is closing, and with it, the roles of the audio team based here in the UK as well as others in the UK are affected."
• Inflexion Games worked on Nightingale and was previously owned by Improbable

Indie horror Crow Country tops 100,000 sales

Bungie creative team joins PlayStation to support live service games

• Bridget O’Neill, who previously served as senior director of Bungie Creative Studios, discussed the restructuring in a LinkedIn update this week: “Today was my team’s last day at Bungie, but not our last day working on Destiny (and Marathon), Bungie Creative Studios is joining PlayStation Studios to build the foundation for a creative team that can support all PlayStation live service games. As part of this move, I am taking on a new role as Senior Director of Creative at PlayStation Studios.”
• The studio previously said it would integrate 155 roles into Sony Interactive Entertainment

Netflix has shut down its triple-A ‘Team Blue’ studio

• The studio had the overwatch executive producer and a God of War art director among its ranks

Before I get messages about the Prince of Persia story floating around - it is being misreported. Ubisoft Montpellier does not seem to be closing down - the project has concluded and the team is being moved onto to different projects. The headline that the team has been closed is not an accurate headline.