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Starbreeze net sales up in Q2, but losses increase 832% year-over-year
EBITDA takes a huge hit due to “one-off effects” of licensing deal with Popreach
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Biomutant's 1m sales and Gearbox, Easybrain acquisitions drive Embracer sales to $389m
Group now has 180 titles in development, expects growth to ramp up in second half of fiscal year
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Embracer's next three acquisitions are Demiurge Studios, Fractured Byte and SmartPhone Labs
All three purchased through Saber Interactive, adds over 200 more staff to growing development empire
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People Can Fly suggests Outriders hasn't made a profit
Studio has yet to receive royalties from Square Enix, despite publisher hailing launch as start of "next major franchise"
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XR Games raises £1.5 million
Leeds-based developer is to grow its team with 20 new hires, and develop its own IP
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Control continues boosting Remedy's financials
The title has now reached 10 million players since launch
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Rovio acquires hypercasual studio Ruby Games
The Turkish developer made $7.8 million in revenue from January to June 2021
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Keywords acquires art studio AMC
The Bucharest-based firm specialises in art assets for companies such as Activision, 2K, and CD Projekt Red
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Investors concerned as pandemic boost slows and future slate remains unknown - but the numbers paint a positive picture
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Phantasy Star Online 2 expansion drives Sega Sammy Q1 revenues
Overall sales up year-on-year as amusement sectors recover from the pandemic
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Square Enix sales are up in Q1, but revenues in games categories are down
Games division's first quarter suffers in year-on-year comparison to launch of Final Fantasy 7 Remake
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Embracer acquires eight studios, including Crazy Labs, Ghost Ship Games, DigixArt
The initial transaction amounts to over $313 million, with an additional $232 million considered if milestones are reached
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PlayStation's Q1 sales rise to $5.6bn but operating income down 40%
2021 performance suffers in comparison to The Last of Us Part 2 launch and pandemic spike in PS4 sales
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Activision Blizzard faces new lawsuit, this time from its investors
The filing alleges that the company misled investors by not disclosing the issues with its workplace culture
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Xbox Series X|S are Microsoft's fastest-selling consoles ever as Q4 revenues hit $357m
Gaming division growth continues to be driven Xbox hardware sales, up by 172%
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Good Shepherd to close down investor portal
The firm's crowdfunding platform will shut down in September following "a shift in financing strategy"
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Ubisoft at "high risk" of losing talent after abuse allegations
Company updates assessment for areas of risk in its latest Universal Registration Document
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Scene raises £600,000 in seed round for animation software Cavalry
The round was led by Playdemic founders Paul Gouge and Alex Rigby alongside investment fund ACF Investors
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Pokémon Go's lifetime revenue hits $5 billion
Niantic's title has generated $641.6 million in the first half of 2021 alone
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Game deals for H1 2021 almost double total 2020 investments
The value for deals announced and/or closed during the first half of the year hit $60 billion
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Team17 acquires educational games studio StoryToys for $26.5m
It'll be the company's first foray into the educational games market
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Take-Two acquires facial animation firm Dynamixyz
The company will operate as a division of Take-Two and continue to be led by its current CEO
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VR studio Fast Travel Games raises over $4m
Funding round led by Brightly Ventures, as well as existing owners
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Mobile gamers have spent nearly $45bn in 2021 so far
That accounts for almost 70% of all month generated by apps in the first six months of the year
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Drop Fake raises $9m in seed funding
The studio, created by Katherine de León, is to focus on cross-platform social experiences