Atlus’ newest RPG, Metaphor: ReFantazio, is off to a great sales start. According to Sega, the title has already sold 1 million digital and physical copies less than a day into its launch on PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, and Xbox Series X|S. That makes it Atlus’ fastest-selling title in its 35-year history, a record …
French developer Studio Black Flag has declared bankruptcy, and the studio has shut down. The studio, which was working on Orphan Age before its end, explained “communications broke down” between it and its publisher. Without present or future funding, the country’s government has shut it down, effective immediately. Black Flag had its concerns about potentially …
Crystal Dynamics revealed the long-running Tomb Raider franchise has eclipsed sales of 100 million copies in its almost 30-year history. The original Tomb Raider turns 28 years old on October 24, and first arrived in Europe for the Sega Saturn. The studio called the milestone “a momentous accomplishment that few video game franchises ever achieve.” …
Industry veteran Fawzi Mesmar is joining the Beyond Good and Evil 2 team as creative director. Taking to Linkedin, Mesmar announced his new role at Ubisoft Montpellier, having worked with the team previously during his last three years as Ubisoft’s VP of Editorial. “I have been working with those peeps for years now on this …
Mike “Mynki” Brennan, an artist at Warframe developer Digital Extremes, passed away from cancer on October 15 at 50 years old. According to his obituary, Brennan joined Digital Extremes right out of college as a general artist in 2001. Over the years, he made character and UI art for the studio’s shooters Dark Sector and …
Developers on Red Dead Redemption and the Mario + Rabbids series have teamed to found their own studio, Day 4 Night. Led by game director Davide Soliani and Christian Cantamessa, the team will split its staff between Los Angeles and Milan, Italy. Fellow co-founders include Cristina Nava, Gian Marco Zanna, and Luca Breda, all of …
South Korean studio NCSoft has eliminated staff as part of a wider restructuring effort, according to news agency Yonhap. The number of affected workers, and which teams this impacts, is currently unknown. In a translated story, co-CEOs Taek-Jin Kim and Byung-Moo Park revealed the company has been “deteriorating” financially. 2024’s second quarter earnings show quarterly …
Japanese publisher Bandai Namco is reducing the workforce in its Tokyo Office, Bloomberg reports, pressuring up to 200 employees to resign. The publisher has also allegedly put several projects on hold, including a planned contract project with Nintendo and both a One Piece and Dragon Ball title. Thanks to strict Japanese labor laws, Bandai Namco …
A documentary made entirely inside Grand Theft Auto Online is coming to theaters next year, and it is about…making a production of Hamlet inside of GTA Online. Fittingly called Grand Theft Hamlet, distributor Mubi (recently known for The Substance) picked up the movie’s US and global SVOD rights. Per the Hollywood Reporter, Mubi intends to …
Indie boxing game Undisputed has sold over a million copies in its first week. The first major boxing game in over a decade, Undisputed was initially released via Early Access in January 2023, before launching on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X on October 11. “We are absolutely blown away by the reception to …
