Year: 2024

Warhammer 40K: Space Marines 2 hits 2 million players in 24 hours | News-in-brief

52 Entertainment has acquired Barcelona-based “casual games” studio, Blackout.52 Entertainment says the acquisition “will add a new dimension to 52 Entertainment’s existing portfolio,” and give the company “access to new synergies, expanding its global footprint and welcoming millions of new players to its growing community.”Blackout attracts over 19.6 million players each month and has achieved

Mental health-focused studio DeepWell has received clearance from the US’ Food and Drug Administration for its biofeedback SDK to be used therapeutically to help with stress reduction and high blood pressure.This means DeepWell will be able to make the SDK available to other firms who might want to use it…

Sony has finally announced the long-rumoured PlayStation 5 Pro, which launches this November.In a presentation by lead architect Mark Cerny, the company discussed the key technical features that “substantially improves” on the performance of the standard PS5.The big three additions are a larger graphics processing unit…

New studio Mother Games has come out of stealth, announcing that it’s raised $5 million in pre-seed funding.BoxGroup, Shine, and Lerer Hippeau Ventures contributed to the round, with the funds going towards the development of the firm’s first title, called Le Zoo, as well as future projects.Mother Games is based in New York and describes