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Bandai Namco reports rising profits amid restructure
Japanese publisher has increased its full-year forecast after a solid Q3
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Latitude raises $3.3 million for its AI platform
The funds will go towards growing the company's product, which can build "infinite storylines" using AI
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NBA 2K, GTA, catalog titles drive Take-Two's holiday quarter
CEO Zelnick talks about growing M&A activity, next-gen hardware shortages, minimal pandemic impact on release dates
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Leaf Mobile confirms $125m acquisition of East Side Games
Canadian mobile firms join forces, Leaf to start trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange this week
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Homa Games raises $15m for hypercasual titles
The seed run was led by Idinvest Partners and E.ventures, which both will join the studio's board
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Epic Games addresses speculation over IPO
Fortnite firm says it is "always monitoring the market" but does not announce floatation plans
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Candivore raises $12 million
The investment, led by VGames, will go towards user acquisition for Match Masters
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Huuuge Games IPO to raise $442m
Update: Polish studio confirms final price and share issue for biggest gaming IPO in the Warsaw Stock Exchange's history
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Sony now has a stake in parent of Dark Souls dev From Software
PlayStation firm forms 'capital alliance' with Kadokawa Corporation, taking 1.93% ownership
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Games keep Konami afloat as revenue dips
Digital entertainment is the only segment that saw growth year-on-year at the Japanese publisher
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Unity reports record year despite losses
Engine maker's first post-IPO results show revenues up across all divisions, including $25 million COVID boost
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Call of Duty drives record year for Activision Blizzard
Shooter series brought in nearly twice as much money in 2020 as it did in 2019, but company's Q4 engagement numbers soft
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Games industry investment jumped 77% to $13.2 billion in 2020
A further $2.2 billion took place in Q4
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SEC looking for fraud in GameStop surge
Regulator focusing on misinformation to manipulate market as well as broker decisions to restrict trading
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Square Enix sales up year-on-year, despite games losses
Japanese publisher still boosted by Q1 COVID spike for HD and mobile games
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Phoenix Games acquires SmileyGamer
The Belgian studio joins Well Played Games, Sixteen Tons Entertainment, and Studio Firefly
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Vertigo Games acquires SpringboardVR
Location-based entertainment specialist joins the Arizona Sunshine dev for an undisclosed sum
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Codemasters shareholders approve EA's $1.2bn acquisition
Deal will be sanctioned in court on February 16
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Gearbox Entertainment joins Embracer Group in $1.3b deal
Update: 2K Games clarifies it still remains the publisher of Borderlands, will continue to work with Gearbox
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Anzu raises $9 million in funding
The games advertising platform is to expand in the US and Asia
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Razer acquires console accessories firm Controller Gear
The company specialises in licensed peripherals and merchandise for popular console brands. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed
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Embracer Group acquires Aspyr Media for $100m
The US developer will be a standalone studio under the Saber Interactive subsidiary
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Embracer Group merges with Easybrain in $640m deal
Entire value will be paid in shares, with Easybrain's owners becoming the third largest shareholder in the Swedish firm
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PlayStation 5 sold 4.5m units in less than two months
Sony's strong Q3 results showed great start for its new console, but price was "set lower than the manufacturing costs"
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EA posts record-breaking bookings driven by Ultimate Team, Apex Legends
Live services made up almost two-thirds of EA's business; publisher expects growth to continue through next fiscal year