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Deus Ex, Saints Row and TimeSplitters might be lent out to external partners, Embracer say, possibly paving the way for new entries
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Deus Ex, Saints Row and TimeSplitters might be lent out to external partners, Embracer say, possibly paving the way for new entries

Embracer Group are threatening folks with a good time. Fresh off splitting themselves into a not at all confusing selection of companies rather than just the one (something they've got form for doing) the publishers have noted that as part of forming a new IP & licensing business, they'll be "more actively" exploring licensing out well-known series like Deus Ex, Saints Row, TimeSplitters, and Thief to external partners. In theory, that could mean new games in said series made by studios that ar

"Roguelike can be anything": Krafton exec is very tired of being pitched "Balatro with different cards"
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"Roguelike can be anything": Krafton exec is very tired of being pitched "Balatro with different cards"

At Digital Dragons this year I somehow found myself attending a panel about games industry investment and publishing deals, featuring various senior M&A people gathered under the dread banner of "Capital Reality". It felt like visiting another planet, occupied by towering creatures of gold and green paper, who spoke an earwax-curdling vocabulary of phrases like "there's dry powder out there, but I'm seeing dealflop". The best practice when you are stranded on a strange new world is to bond

The rumours were true, Warhorse are making an open-world Lord of the Rings RPG alongside a new Kingdom Come game
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The rumours were true, Warhorse are making an open-world Lord of the Rings RPG alongside a new Kingdom Come game

If you've been hanging on tenterhooks since May 1st, when Edwin reported on the rumours that Warhorse, the developers of medieval sandbox Kingdom Come Deliverance, were working on a Lord of the Rings RPG, then, firstly, that must have been very sore, sorry about that, but, secondly, the rumours were true. You may climb down from those hooks: Warhorse have confirmed they are creating an open-world RPG set across Tolkien's Middle-earth. Not only that, the studio announced they are also making a n