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San Francisco (AFP) - Take-Two Interactive on Tuesday told US regulators it is trimming its workforce by five percent and eliminating some video games in production to cut costs. About 600 jobs are expected to be eliminated by Take-Two, parent company of studios including Rockstar Games, maker of the blockbuster "Grand Theft Auto" line-up. Take-Two is "rationalizing its pipeline and eliminating several projects in development and streamlining its organizational structure, which will eliminate headcount and reduce future hiring needs," it said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commis...
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San Francisco (AFP) - Electronic Arts on Wednesday said it is cutting about 5 percent of its workforce, as belt tightening continues in the video game and tech industries. The California company behind hits including soccer game "FC24" is also "sunsetting" some titles and stopping development of others it thinks will not be successful, chief executive Andrew Wilson said in a message to employees posted online. "We are streamlining our company operations to deliver deeper, more connected experiences for fans everywhere that build community, shape culture, and grow fandom," Wilson said. "In this...
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Washington (AFP) - After years of production headwinds, Ubisoft's oft-delayed pirate video game "Skull and Bones" is set to launch on Friday. The launch, one of the most talked about this year, is a gamble. Despite swashbuckling seafarers being popular in film and other media, pirates have not been a common theme in video games. In one rare example, Rare/Microsoft's "Sea of Thieves" released in 2018 took to the high seas and invited players to "be more pirate." But a few years after the success in 2013 of its pirate-themed "Black Flag" installment of the blockbuster franchise "Assassin's Creed...
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San Francisco (AFP) - The makers of a video game dismissed as "Pokemon with Guns" when it was announced said Monday the game has proved a hit, with "Palworld" selling more than five million copies in just three days. The game released Friday on the online Steam platform blends weapon-wielding player avatars with monsters that look eerily similar to those in Nintendo's wildly popular "Pokemon" franchise. "Most people, myself included, thought this game was going to be a meme," read a review left on Steam by the account of game developer Pirate Software. "It's actually insanely detailed, extreme...
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San Francisco (AFP) - Role-playing hit "Baldur's Gate 3", based in the world of Dungeons and Dragons, was named video game of the year at an awards ceremony in Los Angeles late Thursday. Set in a fantasy realm of wizards, elves, barbarians and other characters, it is the latest installment in the titular franchise, created by Larian Studios. "The team at Larian spent their hearts and souls for six years on this game, sometimes under very difficult circumstances," studio founder and chief Swen Vincke said while accepting the award. "This was our Covid game; along the way we lost quite a few peo...
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New York (AFP) - Toy giant Lego and videogame leader Epic Games joined forces Thursday to launch "Lego Fortnite" in a bid to grow a platform already used by hundreds of millions of people. The game, which like prior Fortnite offerings is free to download, features the colorful animated landscape familiar to gamers but with figures who come from the Danish company's distinct universe. While the setting resembles that of the original Fortnite game, first launched in 2017, the playable space in the Lego version is 19 times as big. In the original Fortnite "Battle Royale," players win by eliminati...
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San Francisco (AFP) - Millions of video game fans got their first glimpse Tuesday of "Grand Theft Auto VI", after a trailer landed on YouTube promising the first woman lead character and a 2025 release date for the latest instalment of one of the world's biggest entertainment franchises. Fans have waited a decade for news of a follow-up to 2013's GTA V, an industry phenomenon that has sold 190 million units and become the second-biggest game of all time after Minecraft. The GTA VI trailer focused on a character named Lucia, freshly freed from prison in a Florida-like setting -- making her th...
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Washington (AFP) - Rockstar Games said it will release a trailer next Tuesday for the first installment in a decade of "Grand Theft Auto," video-gaming's controversial blockbuster. In a minimalist post on social media, the company said that "Trailer 1" would be released on December 5 at 1400 GMT, in an image showing a sunset sky and palm trees. Even though the post did not mention GTA specifically, this seemed to substantiate media reports that the sixth installment would be set in the a fictionalized version of Miami. Rockstar Games is known for keeping a tight veil of secrecy around its rele...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Nintendo is developing a film based on its hugely popular "The Legend of Zelda" franchise, the Japanese gaming giant announced, as it bids to capitalize on the blockbuster success of its recent "Mario" movie. The new, live-action "Zelda" movie will be directed by Wes Ball, who made the "Maze Runner" trilogy, and co-produced by Avi Arad, who has overseen several major "Spider-Man" films. Legendary Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto, who created both the Mario and Zelda game franchises, and was heavily involved in this year's smash-hit "The Super Mario Bros. Movie," also ret...
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San Francisco (AFP) - "Marvel's Spider-Man 2" videogame was snapped up so fast that it set a record for PlayStation Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) said Monday. The title, developed in collaboration with Insomniac Games, became the fastest selling PlayStation Studios game in the 24 hours after its release on Friday, with more than 2.5 million copies bought, according to SIE. "I want to say thank you to the fans," SIE global marketing vice president Eric Lempel said in a release. "With an epic storyline, two playable superheroes, a visually-stunning Marvel's New York, and so much ...
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