Marvel Snap dev says it has a new publisher to ensure TikTok shutdown ‘never happens again’
- New publisher is U.S.-based Skystone Games
Thursday, 30 January 2025
Game News Round-Up
Daily curated games-industry news digest for 30 January 2025.
General4 stories
Quantic Dream’s Beyond: Two Souls is getting a TV series adaptation
- Elliot Page's Pageboy Productions has acquired the rights to make a Beyond: Two Souls TV Show
Sony announces plan to shift away from offering PS4 games through PlayStation Plus
- Starting in 2026, "PS4 games will no longer be a key benefit" of the monthly PlayStation Plus line-up
- This move won’t affect the PS4 monthly games that players have already redeemed from PlayStation Plus, which will still be accessible as long as they remain a member.
- Roughly tracks with the same timeframe of PS3 games becoming deprecated from the service
Sony is dropping the PSN account requirement on PC, but having one will now unlock in-game content
- However, Sony will now be offering in-game content unlocks to incentivize players to use a PSN account, which also offer players trophies and friend management
Free Games / Subscription1 story
February’s PlayStation Plus Essential games have been revealed
- Payday 3 (PS5), High on Life (PS4/5) and Pac-Man World Re-Pac (PS4/5)
Business3 stories
Capcom financial results
- For the nine months ended December 31, 2024:
- Net sales: ¥88.9 billion ($572.7 million), down 16% year-on-year
- Operating income: ¥31 billion ($199.9 million), down 35% year-on-year
- Net income: ¥23 billion ($148.2 million), down 33% year-on-year
BioWare's "agile, focused" approach sees jobs cut and others redeployed across "EA teams"
- Mass Effect team "doesn't require support from the full studio"
Xbox revenue fell 7% in Q2 as hardware sales dropped 29%
- Xbox content and services revenue increased 2% year-over-year, fueled by growth in Game Pass.
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has attracted over four million players since its release in December.
Rumors1 story
Rumour
Bend Studio cuts contractors following live-service game cancelation
- With its project scrapped, a former Bend contractor alleges the studio has ended all ongoing contracts, save for a 'select few' who were given full-time roles.