Thursday, 19 December 2024

Game News Round-Up

Daily curated games-industry news digest for 19 December 2024.

General3 stories

Crush 40 singer sues Sega over Sonic Adventure 2's 'Live and Learn' theme song

  • Frontman Johnny Gioeli claims Sega has spent 23 years using the hit song 'Live & Learn' in dozens of media outside Sonic Adventure 2 without properly compensating him for it. As he is not a gamer, he was unaware of its continued use in Sonic media. A fan raised the issue to him.
  • Sonic 3 (the movie) is unaffected as a deal was agreed for its usage there
  • Johnny Gioeli apparently owns the master recording and composition rights of the song
Game Developer

The Sims creator Will Wright discusses his forthcoming AI life sim Proxi

  • Proxi is a dreamlike life sim where players seemingly train an AI to create worlds from their memories. Players record a memory through text, known as a "mem", which the game interprets and forms into an animated scene using assets created by the developers (and eventually players too).
  • These scenes can then be edited by players to tweak the details. Then players "train your Proxi's mind with each new memory" by placing them on a memory timeline and mindmap to create connections.
Eurogamer
Business3 stories

Moon Beast Productions nets $4.5 million to 'redefine' ARPGs

  • The San Francisco studio was formed by a pair of former Diablo leads in 2021
  • The investment round was led by 1AM Gaming with backing from 1UP Ventures, The Mini Fund, Overwolf, Versus Ventures, and a network of angel investors such as Gaingels, Cohh Carnage, and Mark Pincus.
Game Developer