Okay, so we are starting a new series where we'll tell you everything happened in the gaming industry in a week. It's not quite possible to make posts and videos on every gaming news for us as of now so this series will help you to get to know about everything in detail.
1) Garena acquiring Phoenix Labs
2) Apex Legends Mobile
EA confirmed that they're working with a Chinese partner for Apex Legends mobile version. Talkings of the mobile version of Apex Legends first began in May 2019 as it was just a confirmation and they didn't reveal much. It will surely take some time to come to mobile. Also, We've made a YouTube video on it, covering everything what EA CEO, Andrew Wilson said about it. You can check that out on our YouTube channel for full information.
3) Dan Houser leaving Rockstar Games
4) New CSGO Feature
5) Capcom removed Denuvo DRM from Devil May Cry 5
6) TDM update in PUBG
7) Geoff Keighley skipping E3 2020
8) Criterion will now develop Need for Speed
9) The price of Sony acquiring Insomniac Games revealed
10) Geforce Now removes all Activision Blizzard games
1) Garena acquiring Phoenix Labs
Garena has acquired Dauntless developer Pheonix Labs. The move is a big one for Garena who made the most downloaded mobile game of 2019, Free Fire. Garena has acquired all of Vancouver, Canada based Phoenix Labs which has more than 109 employees in Vancouver; San Mateo, California and Seattle. They haven't disclosed the purchase price though.
2) Apex Legends Mobile
3) Dan Houser leaving Rockstar Games
Rockstar Games co-founder and head writer confirmed that he is leaving the company in March. The news came from an SEC document registered by Take-Two Interactive. Dan Houser contributed in almost every successful game like Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, Bully and Max Payne. We hope it won't affect their future games release date because of him leaving the company.
4) New CSGO Feature
Valve is working on an auto-mute system for CSGO to help reduce abusive chat which has been one of the biggest problems in the game. This feature will warn players about their behaviour and if they continuously ignore it, They'll get auto-muted by other players by default. Players will have an option to manually un-mute them but the player who is facing this penality has to earn enough XP to shake this off.
5) Capcom removed Denuvo DRM from Devil May Cry 5
In a patch released on February 6, the Denuvo DRM has been entirely removed from the game. DRM causes many issues like degraded performance due to high CPU and GPU usage and now players claim that they are seeing about 20 extra frames improvement in Devil May Cry 5.
6) TDM update in PUBG
PUBG is getting an 8v8 Team DeathMatch mode with update 6.2. Even though the mode is already available on PUBG Mobile and PUBG PC Lite, We hope that something different would be implemented in PUBG steam version. PUBG Mobile and PUBG PC Lite have 4v4 Team DeathMatch modes and 8v8 would be more fun and intense for sure.
7) Geoff Keighley skipping E3 2020
The creator and host of Game Awards and the prominent media personality will not be attending E3 this year. And this will be the first time in 25 years that he is not attending the big show. He said, "I just don't feel comfortable participating in the show at this time". Sony is also skipping E3 this year AGAIN. And we got expectations from Microsoft, They'll surely have something for us to get hyped for as their conference is always interesting to watch in E3.
8) Criterion will now develop Need for Speed
Need for Speed franchise will now be developed by Criterion who made the critically acclaimed games like Burnout Paradise, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, and Need for Speed Most Wanted 2012 version. "With a strong history and passion for racing games and vision for what we can create, the Criterion team is going to take Need for Speed into next generation," an EA spokesperson said.
9) The price of Sony acquiring Insomniac Games revealed
Sony paid $229 million to acquire Insomniac Games, new SEC filings confirm. The buyout was mostly paid in cash. Insomniac Games is responsible for amazing games like Ratchet & Clank, Spyro The Dragon, Sunset Overdrive and the most recent Spider-Man.
Nvidia announced that all the Activision Blizzard games will be removed from their cloud gaming service. This includes all Call of Duty games, Diablo III, Overwatch and Hearthstone. Nvidia reassured users that they'll work with Activision again to make games available. Currently, over 1500 games have been requested by developers to add to their service.
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