Masahiro Sakurai refused to add Dolby Surround to a Kirby game because players had to sit through the logo (www.videogameschronicle.com)
A previously unpublished 2004 video interview with Satoru Iwata has been shared online (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Two Joy-Con drift lawsuits have been dismissed after five years (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Redfall will receive a final update adding offline play (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Sad to see a developer screwed by their publisher go but at least they’re able to do one last thing for their game, like it or hate it, and their players.
Saints Row’s reboot was likely the lowest selling in franchise history (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Final Fantasy 16 and Foamstars all sold less than expected, Square Enix president says (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser’s new studio is making an open world action-adventure game (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Sony reportedly forms studio with former Deviation Games devs [~2 months ago they layoff 8% of Playstation workforce] (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Red Dead Redemption could finally be coming to PC, datamine suggests (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Square Enix confirms US, EU layoffs as part of restructuring (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Sony reportedly forms studio with former Deviation Games devs (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Sony reportedly forms studio with former Deviation Games devs (founded by two veteran Call of Duty developers) (www.videogameschronicle.com)
EA plans to release two unannounced games this fiscal year (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Mark Hamill will voice The Joker in Multiversus (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Not really my type of game but hearing Conroy and Hamill together would be nice.
Unity appoints former EA and Zynga executive as its new CEO (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Activision rejected Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 in favour of supplementary Call of Duty work, it’s claimed (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Paladin Studios has shut down after almost 20 years (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Unity appoints former EA and Zynga executive as its new CEO (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Stick a fork in it, it’s done.
Research firm reveals the top-grossing PC and console games of Q1 2024. (Fortnite, EA Sports FC 24, Helldivers 2) top 3 for PC and Consoles by cumulative revenue. (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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Walmart is testing a Roblox feature that lets players buy physical goods in-game (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance is a brilliant introduction to Sega’s wonderfully weird RPG series (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Todd Howard says Bethesda is focused on finding ways to increase its output (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Deliver Us Mars studio KeokeN has laid off its whole team (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Sad to see honestly.