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NetEase has agreed to acquire Quantic Dream for an undisclosed sum. In a press release issued by the Chinese company, it was stated that the Paris-based studio behind such narrative games asHeavy Rain,Detroit: Become HumanandBeyond: Two Soulswill continue to operate independently after the deal. The acquisition will mark another step inNetEase‘s plans for growth, most notably because it would makeQuantic Dreamthe first NetEase studio based in Europe. The news comes in the wake ofallegations of a toxic workplace culturethat the studio has been struggling to shake off, as well as a recentXfirereport which claimed the company was struggling to attract talent in the face of fierce competition, and that as a result its upcoming Star Wars Eclipsewill likely not be released until at least 2027....

Rare employees are seemingly still unlocking Achievements behind the scenes for an unannounced Xbox port of GoldenEye 007. Earlier this year, it was first spotted that developers were seeminglyplaying an Xbox versionof the classicN64shooter, as their progress was being logged on tracker sites. Now,TrueAchivements– a site that syncs and tracks Achievement activity – has logged further recent activity, showing that a Gamertag associated with aRareengineer unlocked another GoldenEye Achievement this week....

Sony will make Guerrilla Games’ Horizon Zero Dawn free for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 console owners today. As part of Sony’s Play at Home initiative, the first-party title will be available for free download betweenApril 19 at 8:00pm PT / April 20 04:00 BST / 05:00 CEST and May 14 at 8:00pm Pacific Time / May 15 04:00 BST / 05:00 CEST. The free version is the Complete Edition of Horizon, which includes the Frozen Wilds expansion, various weapon and outfit packs, a digital art book andPS4theme....

The Resident Evil 3 remake development team has revealed it made changes to the game specifically to link it to sequel Resident Evil 4. In a new interview with thePlayStation Blog, interview answers credited to the development team claim that the original design of RE3’s Nemesis was changed to better place him within the series’ timeline. Zombies infected by Nemesis with parasites were deliberately made visually similar to the Plagas-infected Ganados in order to connect RE3 with RE4, the development team said....

Electronic Arts has fully unveiled Star Wars Zero Company, the single-player turn-based tactics game developed by Bit Reactor in collaboration with Respawn Entertainment. Set for release in 2026 forPC,PlayStation 5, andXbox Series X|S, Zero Company is described as “a gritty and authentic story” set in the twilight of the Clone Wars. Players take on the role of Hawks, a former Republic officer who commands an elite squad of operatives from across the galaxy, who must set aside their differences to take on an emerging threat that will consume the galaxy if left unchecked....

Don’t be fooled by Autonaut’s colourful conceit and bouncy soundtrack. Although it’s stuffed with adorable animations and a deceptively simple premise, beating at the heart ofAutonautsis a complex, satisfying, and deeply involved colonisation simulator with oodles of opportunities sure to keep you up until the wee hours. Thankfully, it eases you in gently enough. To build you need wood, and to chop down trees you require an axe. Bind a stick and stone on your workbench, however, and hey presto, you’re a lumberjack....

It’s fair to say that, with the release of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, the comeback story will be practically complete. Cyberpunk 2077joins the ranks ofNo Man’s Skyand Final Fantasy 14 as a byword for a game that launched in flames and needed a colossal apology tour to make things right. Even withthe huge 2.0 updatethat was released to all players alongside Phantom Liberty, Cyberpunk 2077 is still not what many players had hoped it was going to be....

Such was Capcom’s confidence in the 2019 Resident Evil 2 remake’s inevitable success that it began work on a similar reboot of the third game long before the second was finished. As far as gambles go it was a fairly low one – it was clear early on that the Resi 2 remake was going to be special – but it paid off nonetheless because nowResident Evil 3is here, a mere 15 months after the launch of its predecessor, and the quality level is similarly high....

A blockbuster family movie just isn’t worth its salt if it doesn’t have an accompanying toy line, and The Super Mario Bros Movie is certainly covered in that regard. Luckily forNintendo, it didn’t need to look too far to secure a toy deal – for nearly a decade the company has been licensing out its IP to toy manufacturer Jakks Pacific, which has been releasing a steady stream of action figures ever since its US-only World of Nintendo line (please re-release it in the UK, Jakks)....

Riot Games has officially revealed Valorant, the tactical shooter formerly known as Project A. The 5v5 character-based FPS will be released forPCthis summer and is shown off in a new alpha gameplay video, which was captured from an internal developer playtest, at the top of this page. The game is billed as “tactical shooter meets hypernatural powers” on its newly launchedwebsite. “Shooting inValorantis precise, consequential, and highly-lethal – we want you to win on your skill and strategy alone,” it says....

Shenmue 3 has performed “fine” financially but has proved to be a “a core niche product”, according to the parent company of publisher Deep Silver. Speaking during an earnings presentation on Wednesday,Embracer GroupCEO Lars Wingefors claimed the YsNet title’s performance showed it’s not a mass market product. “Shenmue 3is an IP and a product I love and, you know, I think financially it’s fine and I’m glad that the core fans are pleased,” he said....

Electronic Arts has expanded closed Skate playtesting to consoles. Following over two years of availability onPC, Skate playtests are now also available onXbox Series X/S,Xbox One,PS5andPS4. The news was confirmed in a post on the game’s X account. Players canregisterfor the chance to participate in playtests here. if you haven’t been selected yet to participate in the playtest, hang tight. we will continue to invite new players who are registered as we go....

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has claimed that the high-end PlayStation 5 model will break even beginning in June 2021. Having launched in November 2020, PS5 is priced at $500/€500/£450 for the standard edition and $400/€400/£360 for the digital edition, with the only difference between them being the former’s inclusion of a disc drive. Speaking during an investor relations event on Thursday, SIE president and CEOJim Ryansaid the PS5 cost of goods will match the average wholesale price in June, before the hardware becomes profitable in the following months....