Amber Studio, an agency for specializing in game development, has acquired Colombian developer Madbricks for an undisclosed fee. Both companies have previously worked together, which laid the foundation for this acquisition. It’s also the start of the agency’s push to “expand its global workforce” by integrating third-party studios that hail from “emerging markets.” CEO Mihai …
Global commerce platform provider Xsolla has announced the hiring of Cathleen Nilson as its new chief financial officer. Nilson, who has over two decades of experience in the technology industry, joins the company after a one-year stint at Kami Vision, which specializes in video-based generative AI. Prior to that, she served as CFO at Turing.com …
Former developers from Irrational Games’ Australia team spoke with PCGamer about the studio’s attempt to revive 2K’s strategy series XCOM with a first-person shooter. This shooter predates Firaxis’ 2012 reboot XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and Irrational co-founder and Australia leader Jon Chey, said was something of a tradeoff. He noted 2K “injected a lot more resources” …
