Video Game News 3/28/2024

#Gearbox
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Embracer Sells Borderlands Maker Gearbox For Less Than Half Of What It Paid [Updated]

Embracer Group sells Borderlands creator Gearbox to Take Two for 460 million

Embracer say their restructure is over, but it's "too early" to start acquiring studios again

A new Borderlands is "in active development" but new owners Take-Two don't have much to say

Take-Two Purchases Gearbox Entertainment From Embracer For $460 Million

Take-Two acquires Borderlands studio Gearbox from Embracer for $460m

Take-Two to acquire Gearbox from Embracer for $460 million

MMO Business Roundup: The Gearbox sale, GDC 2024, and layoffs for SEGA and Smilegate

Embracer sells Borderlands maker Gearbox to Take-Two Interactive for $460 million

Borderlands Developer Gearbox Acquired by Take-Two Interactive

Next Borderlands game confirmed to be in “active development”

Embracer sells off Gearbox to Take-Two for $460 million

Take-Two Interactive buying Gearbox from Embracer, more Borderlands on the way

Embracer has sold Gearbox to Take-Two for $460m

Gearbox sold by Embracer for $460 Million

#Sega
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240 jobs gone and Relic sold off as Sega reckons with the hangover of 'the favorable winds of the early Covid-19 period'

Sega layoffs hit 240 staff, including at Total War studio Creative Assembly

Sega sells Relic and will cut 240 jobs across UK studios

Sega Sells Company of Heroes Developer Relic Entertainment, Cuts Jobs

Sega cuts 240 UK jobs, Relic Entertainment goes independent

Sega has sold Relic Entertainment amidst layoffs

Sega Sells Relic Entertainment And Announces Layoffs Across Multiple Teams

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#Don
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Terrible news, fun-loving Helldivers 2 folks, Arrowhead wants you to avoid having snowball fights for now

One of the best roguelike survival games, Don't Starve, is getting its own tabletop adaptation

The $12 Baseus 10,000mAh Power Bank Is a Perfect Match for Your Nintendo Switch

Pepper Grinder Review - Short And Spicy

Elgato Facecam MK.2 webcam review

Don't Nod Has Seven Games in the Works, Four of Them Unannounced

Don’t Nod restructures around three genres

Don't Starve: The Board Game Coming From Glass Cannon Unplugged

Spike Chunsoft kicks off Switch eShop sale (UPDATE)

Head back to the nightmare – Don’t Be Afraid 2 is announced!

#ToysBob
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A New Mainline Spyro Game Is Reportedly In Development

Spyro 4 reportedly in early development at Toys for Bob

Toys for Bob Has Reportedly Reached an Agreement with Microsoft

New Spyro Game Reportedly in Active Development

A new Spyro game reportedly in development at Toys for Bob

Spyro 4 is claimed to be in development at Toys for Bob

Rumour: Spyro 4 is next game from Toys for Bob

Rumor Mill

#RPG
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Visions of Mana Feels Like A Vintage RPG—For Better And Worse

Dragon's Dogma 2 meat fest! Hot meat ranked from worst to best! Your doctor hates it...

The best action RPG you never played is getting a sequel

Visions of Mana is exactly what it should be: mid-budget RPG comfort food

All AFK Journey Artifacts ranked

All Dragon’s Dogma 2 Archer skills and which to unlock

How to unlock the Dragon’s Dogma 2 Trickster

Next week's Epic Games Store freebies include The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition

Marvel Future Fight introduces Black Swan in March 2024 update

Tower of God introduces Ha Yuri and Lero Ro in spring-themed update

Open world sailing simulation RPG Sagres coming to Switch

Horizon Forbidden West Hits 39,000 Concurrent Players on Steam

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Crosses 227,000 Concurrent Players on Steam

Cyberpunk 2077 and Phantom Liberty Have Generated Roughly $750 Million in Revenue

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Teases The Next Big Saga

Sagres Sails on to Nintendo Switch

Fairy Tail Fierce Fight Codes Guide

Cross-Platform, Free to Play Fantasy RPG Sequel AFK Journey is Out Now on PC and Mobile

#EmbracerGroup
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Take-Two Buys Gearbox From Embracer, Confirms Development on New Borderlands Game

Take-Two Will Acquire Borderlands Dev Gearbox Entertainment

Embracer Selling Gearbox to Take-Two

Embracer Group Sells Most of Gearbox Assets and IP to Take-Two, Keeps Cryptic Studios and MMOs

#Borderlands
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Embracer sell Borderlands devs Gearbox to Rockstar parent Take-Two for $460 million in shares

Grand Theft Auto Publisher Take-Two to Acquire Gearbox from Embracer, New Borderlands in Development

Gearbox is laying off staff following Embracer breakup

#Helldivers2
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Throwing A Snowball Can Crash Helldivers 2, Devs Suggest You Don't

As the assault on Troost begins, Helldivers 2's massive new Quasar Cannon is earning pretty stellar reviews

Helldivers 2 Gets Two New Stratagems That Should Help Take Down Those Annoying Automatons

Don’t Throw Snowballs in Helldivers 2 — They’re Causing the Game to Crash

The Electronic Wireless Show podcast S3 episode 12: Helldivers 2 has a game master and this is good

PC Gamer magazine's new issue is on sale now: Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail

Helldivers 2 gets two new weapons – Quasar Cannon & Heavy Machine Gun unlocked

#DragonsDogma2
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Capcom Asks Players If They Want Dragon’s Dogma 2 DLC

Attention Dragon's Dogma 2 moaners, Capcom's asking for your probably terrible additional DLC pitches

Dragon's Dogma 2 Is Polarizing Its Community, And It's Not Just the Microtransactions

Capcom Surveys Dragon’s Dogma 2 Players on Potential DLC

PC Gamer Chat Log Episode 54: Time to talk Dragon's Dogma 2, Arisen

All Dragon’s Dogma 2 Warrior skills and which to unlock

All Dragon’s Dogma 2 Mage skills and which to unlock

Capcom polls fans on further Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC

Japan Sales Charts: Dragon's Dogma 2, Rise of the Ronin Can't Beat Princess Peach

Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC? Tell Capcom You Want Another Dark Arisen in New Survey

Dragon's Dogma 2 Player Makes The Ultimate Big Brain Play To Descend Cliff

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Players Found A Way To Unlock Hidden Map Areas With Medieval Weapon

How to Beat Drakes in Dragon’s Dogma 2

How to Get into the Basement Sickroom in Dragon’s Dogma 2

How to Complete the Dulled Steel, Cold Forge Quest in Dragon’s Dogma 2

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Affinity guide: All NPC likes and favorite gifts

Best party compositions in Dragon’s Dogma 2

#Creative
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SEGA to reportedly lay off 240 staff, as Company of Heroes developer Relic announces plans to go independent

Layoffs Hit Sega Europe, Total War Developer Creative Assembly and Sonic Dream Team Developer Hardlight, Sega Sells Relic Entertainment

Sega sell Company of Heroes developer Relic and lays off more staff at Creative Assembly and Hardlight

SEGA Drops Relic Entertainment and Cuts Back Across the UK

#Steam
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This Indie Game Has You Control A 2D And 3D Character At The Same Time

The Rally Point: Command & Conquer Generals would be the best game in the series if it didn't have boring racist stereotypes

Void Sols is an atmospheric and highly customisable Soulslike for people who are rubbish at Soulslikes

Elden Ring publisher’s surprise free game is 97% positive on Steam

Indiana Jones inspired card game blends survival crafting and tabletop

This new necromancy roguelike lets you build your minions bit by bit

Two New Holo Indie Games Will Star Korone and Miko

Paragon-spinoff Predecessor has soft launched into F2P open beta early access on Steam (and everywhere else)

Cozy MMO Palia handwaves its bizarre beta obfuscation on the grounds that it’s free-to-play

New Geometric Souls-like Void Sols Revealed

Free The Sims 4 Backyard Stuff on Steam

Vellum Early Access

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#NintendoSwitch
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Best Nintendo Switch Deals Today (March 2024)

Kotaro Uchikoshi Tease References AI: The Somnium Files

Splatoon 3 Developers Discuss Acht, Pearl, Marina in Side Order DLC

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Event Will Appear at Shima Spain Village

Corpse Party II: Darkness Distortion Heading to Switch, PS4, PC

Muv-Luv For Nintendo Switch Getting Stand-Alone Physical and Digital Editions in Japan

Review: Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore (Nintendo Switch)

F-Zero 99's New Update Is Now Live (Version 1.3.0), Here Are The Full Patch Notes

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 “Future Saga” DLC chapters announced

US: Nintendo Download for 28th March, 2024

Morning Consolidation

#Earthblade
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Earthblade, The Next Game From Celeste Devs, Has Been Delayed

Earthblade, The Next Game From The Makers Of Celeste, Has Been Delayed

Celeste developer's next game won't be out this year

Celeste Creator's Ambitious New Game Earthblade Delayed Beyond 2024

Celeste Creator's Next Game 'Earthblade' Gets Delayed, Will No Longer Release In 2024

Earthblade, The Next Game From The Makers Of Celeste, Has Been Delayed

#Diablo4
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Diablo 4 deserves a lot of the flack it gets, but anyone jumping into today's Game Pass launch shouldn’t care

Diablo 4's 10K-word patch notes bless necromancers and curse barbarians for next week's season 4 PTR

Diablo 4's new ray tracing update tested: It halves your frame rate for little visual gain, but I am definitely here for some Frame Generation

Despite Diablo 4 drama, its arrival on Game Pass is worth your time

How do the Campfires work in Diablo 4

#Xbox
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Microsoft’s All-Digital Xbox Series X Has Leaked

Xbox Insider Release Notes – Omega (2404.240325-2200)

Xbox Insider Release Notes – Delta (2404.240325-2200)

Xbox Insider Release Notes – Beta (2404.240325-2200)

Helldivers 2 tops US-UK revenue charts for February | Newzoo Charts

Xbox Handheld Reportedly Being Prototyped at Microsoft

Take in a Game Pass road trip with Open Roads

Explore the fantasy world of Ario on Xbox, PlayStation and PC

Morning Mobilization

Phil Spencer Wants to See Other Game Retailers, Including Epic, on Xbox

#Capcom
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Even with the Dragonsplague, Dragon's Dogma 2 isn't as mean as its predecessor—but I love how faithful it is to the series' strange and unique identity

Capcom Reveals More Monster Hunter 20th Anniversary Goods

Ghost Trick launches a remastered version on iOS and Android with new features and lots of nostalgia