Microsoft has announced its lineup of free games for Xbox Live Gold subscribers in April. Xbox Wire: Xbox Live Gold members can play four great games in April on Xbox One! Get ready to experience authentic racing action with Project CARS 2 starting April 1. Then on April 16, assemble your party in the retro-styled,…

Avalanche Studios has announced the name change to Avalanche Studios Group and unveil its new visual identity, including its three creative divisions, Avalanche Studios, Expansive Worlds and Systemic Reaction, and teasing a new game. Watch the Avalanche Studios Group New Project Teaser: The new identities are a modern update and reflect the entire Avalanche Studios…

The Entertainment Software Association has cancelled E3 2020, which was originally planned to run from June 9 to 11 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, due to concerns surrounding the novel coronavirus CODVID-19. While nothing specific has been announced, the Entertainment Software Association is currently “exploring options with our members to coordinate an online experience…

Publisher Square Enix and developer People Can Fly have released a new trailer for Outriders introducing the world of Enoch where the game is set. Check Out the Outriders ‘Frontiers of Enoch’ Trailer: If you missed it in mid-February, watch the first gameplay footage and read up more on the cooperative RPG third-person shooter here….

Embracer Group, the parent company of THQ Nordic, has acquired Saber Interactive, the company announced. The acquisition includes all of the assets of Saber Interactive and related assets, including studios in Russia, Sweden, Belarus, Spain, and Portugal. The purchase price includes an initial consideration of $150 million, plus an earn-out consideration of a up to…

Two months after the release of its Gothic Playable Teaser that served as a means to gauge interest in a potential Gothic remake, publisher THQ Nordic has announced that it will establish a new studio based in Barcelona, Spain to go into full production on a Gothic remake for “next-gen consoles” and PC. A release…

Publisher Square Enix and developer People Can Fly have released the debut gameplay footage, a set of ‘101’ trailers, details, and first screenshots for cooperative RPG shooter Outriders. Watch the Outriders Debut Gameplay and New Trailers: Additionally, various outlets have published additional gameplay videos. Here is an overview of the game, via Square Enix: What…

In a blog post celebrating its 23rd birthday, Quantic Dream announced a self-publishing venture. “For the first time in 23 years of working with prestigious publishers, we are now in a position to self-publish,” Quantic Dream said in the blog post. “This new venture will allow us to make decisions in total independence, and to…

Future Need for Speed titles will be once again developed by the UK studio Criterion. Ghost Games who has developed the previous four Need for Speed entries will go back to being called EA Gothenburg and will take on a supporting development role. EA told gamesindustry.biz, “With a strong history and passion for racing games…

Square Enix today announced the Outriders Reveal Stream and unveiled its debut gameplay trailer. Watch the Outriders Official Reveal Trailer: From People Can Fly, the developers of Gears of War: Judgment and Bulletstorm, and Square Enix External Studios, the minds behind Sleeping Dogs and Just Cause, Outriders is a co-op RPG shooter for a new…

2K announced today that 2K Silicon Valley, the label’s wholly-owned development studio founded in February 2019 and led by video game industry veteran Michael Condrey, will officially be known as 31st Union. Alongside revealing its new state-of-the-art development facility, branding and core values commitment to further establish its identity, the studio also announced plans to…

THQ Nordic has announced the establishment of Nine Rocks Games, a new studio based in Bratislava, Slovakia that will be working on a new game in the shooter / survival genre. More information on the game will be announced “in due time.” The staff of Nine Rocks Games have previously worked on titles such as…

Rod Fergusson, studio head at Gears of War studio The Coalition and producer on the series for over 15 years, will leave the Microsoft-owned studio in March in a move to Blizzard Entertainment to oversee the Diablo franchise, he announced. “I began working on Gears of War over 15 years ago and since then, it…

Archetype Entertainment is a game development studio in Austin, Texas led by industry veterans from BioWare and other AAA studios. Founded in 2019, Archetype is an autonomous division of Wizards of the Coast. We are assembling a world-class team to build a multi-platform roleplaying game set in a new science fiction universe. “At Archetype, we…

The new game development studio, C77 Entertainment in Seattle, is the latest addition to the Amplifier Game Invest portfolio and an expansion onto the North American market for the company. The team will focus on big-action experiences for PC and console players. “We found an opportunity to set up a new studio together with Mattias…