Starting December 1, Netflix may delete all previously released interactive TV shows from its library. Matt Layzellcreator of the streamer's animated series Battle Kitty, said on Instagram that his show and others like it would be removed as soon as Netflix “wipes the slate clean on its interactive shows.” Like the Lost media buster note, … Read more
Marek Spanelco-founder of Bohemia Interactive, recently said that the studio has accumulated over 47 million in sales in its 25 years of existence. Of this, 40 million may be due to Steam, on which it began publishing its games in 2009. In June of that year, the Czech studio released Weapon2 on Valve's marketplace, where … Read more
Hitman creator IO Interactive is diving into third-party publishing. His first assignment? MindsEye, a Build a Rocket Boy (BARB) game, alongside the previously announced MMO, Everywhere. The triple-A action game was previously described as a “proof of concept” game. Everywhere. Build a Rocket Boy's aim Everywhere it needs to be a large-scale community-driven creation platform … Read more
Saber Interactive has another project lined up: making a game for Paramount Avatar Franchise. THE Space Marines 2 has been tapped to develop an action role-playing game based on Nickelodeon's hit action-fantasy franchise. Doug Rosen, Paramount's senior vice president of games, noted that the studio's history of licensed games made it a perfect fit for … Read more
More details on the alleged circumstances surrounding Annapurna Interactive staff exodus have emerged. Bloomberg's the most recent report confirms and expands some parts of last week's story about the studio's alleged friction between senior management and broken deals, and offers new details. According to the report, much of the conflict concerned Nathan Gary (then…president of … Read more
Francis Ford Coppola's dystopian epic Megapolis offers a unique cinema experience in the form of an interactive scene. Cinematic masterpieces as an 85-year-old director Godfather and Apocalypse Now returns in 2024 with his first feature film in over a decade. The Megapolis the cast is one of the most impressive ensembles the legendary filmmaker has … Read more
Days after closing Midwinter Show and canceling “Project T”, Behaviour Interactive acquired Red Hook Games, creators of the Darkest Dungeon series. While it will work with the Dead in the light of day studio, Red Hook will retain creative and operational control of its projects. This news may be disconcerting for some developers, especially those … Read more
After a year of laying off developers, Behaviour Interactive is bringing in some new ones. Dead in the light of day developer/publisher announced today which is acquiring Red Hook Studios, the company behind Darkest Dungeon AND Darkest Dungeon II. It's incredibly rare for a game studio to announce an acquisition like this so soon after … Read more
Midwinter Entertainment, the Behaviour Interactive subsidiary behind Dead by Daylight spin-off Project T, has reportedly shut down. In a statement shared yesterdayBehaviour confirmed that Project T was cancelled following a playtest and analysis that “produced unsatisfactory results.” Now, several people who worked on Project T claim that Midwinter was shut down due to the cancellation. … Read more
Private equity firms Aleph Capital and Crestview Partners have made a “significant” investment in Saber Interactive. With the investment, Saber will use it to pay off its debt to former parent company Embracer. In March, it sold Saber and several other subsidiaries to Beacon Interactive in a 247 million dollars Deal. The just-concluded deal has … Read more