Piranha Bytes Isn’t Dead Yet – Studio Is Trying to Find a Partner for Its New Game (Likely Elex 3)

As I sat in a press preview with Anshar Publishing for its upcoming CRPG, Zoria: Age of Shattering, one piece of feedback the team received caused my ears to perk up: Too much loot.

The Subnautica developer, Unknown World Entertainment, has clarified comments made by its publisher, Krafton, about the next game in this underwater franchise. 

announced on Wednesday that it was investing $1.5 billion into Epic Games in order to support a multi-year project between the two companies that includes a new “games and entertainment universe.”

Last week, the internet began to speculate that Gothic and Elex II developer Piranha Bytes was being shut down after fans noticed the studio's website was essentially defunct. Many speculated Piranha Bytes was another casualty in owner Embracer Group's purge of studios that began last year after a planned $2 billion deal with Saudi Arabia-backed Savvy Games Group fell through in 2023.

Sega is raising some eyebrows with its decision to essentially paywall the New Game Plus feature in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.

The Hoplet pet is now available for the Lunar New Year in retail WoW! This pet was available as part of the 2022 Subscription Bundle for WoW Classic. Now it's also available in Retail WoW.

One of the hardest things for gamers to see is a studio that was once on “top of the world” slowly falling apart and becoming a shell of its former self. We’re seeing this happening all over the place nowadays, with companies failing to capitalize on what’s important within the industry, layoffs happening due to “poor sales,” or even “overinvestments,” and so on. But the biggest one that has affected many studios is that they haven’t been able to make quality games like they used to, and Rocksteady Studios is the newest one to do that, which is where our story starts.

The January 18 Xbox Game Pass update will introduce two additional games to the service: F1 23 and Turnip Boy Robs a Bank. These releases mark the second expansion of Microsoft's subscription catalog since the turn of the week, arriving just two days after Xbox Game Pass added two acclaimed horror games in the form of Those Who Remain and the Resident Evil 2 remake.

CI Games' Lords of the Fallen sales have surpassed 1.2 million units worldwide by the end of November 2023.

Rocksteady Studios co-founders Sefton Hill and Jamie Walker have reportedly opened a new gaming studio. The initial reporting comes from online postings through a website that lists the former Rocksteady Studios founders' new studio. While no announcement has been made, the studio is called Hundred Star Games.

Take-Two Interactive has moved forward with a surprising lawsuit against Remedy.

Diablo 4 has finally lifted the lid on its upcoming season, the Season of the Construct, and with it comes all new seasonal mechanics, content, rewards, and a slew of other changes and tweaks to the game.