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Since Rockstar Games was established as a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive in December 1998, the studio has released several acclaimed titles, most notably the and series. Despite this, the company has worked on several titles that have gone on to be either officially canceled or simply never completed.

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CD Projekt keeps adding staff to the next Witcher game.

The spooky film is now Blumhouse's highest-grossing movie ever.

An eye-catching Steam sale has seen Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2 hit new heights on Valve’s platform.

Ned Luke, the actor behind GTA 5 main character Michael De Santa, has been swatted while playing the game for fans in a Thanksgiving livestream.

When it comes to Atlus, they’ve been reveling in the success that the 5th entry in their beloved franchise has given them. It not only elevated the entire series, but it gave them the confidence to build off the title and do a slew of spinoffs. One such spinoff was Persona 5 Tactica, which was released recently on console and PC. The game shifted the RPG combat style into a more tactics-based system. Plus, the game added a new world, storyline, and characters for the Phantom Thieves to deal with. In a special interview with Famitsu, as documented by Persona Central, the team talked about what it was like making the title and its various elements.

Several big titles are launching next year, and Bandai Namco’s Little Nightmares 3 is undoubtedly one of them. Coming to Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS4, PS5 and PC, it’s developed by Supermassive Games instead of Tarsier Studios and takes place in a new location – The Spiral. In a new video, producer Coralie Feniollo offered details about the sequel and its setting.

After revealing new details on Little Nightmares 3, its world and The Necropolis in a new video, Supermassive Games’ producer Coralie Feniello talked about co-op. The platformer supports online co-op (no couch co-op, sadly), with crossplay for the same console family, so PS5 and PS4 players can match together while Xbox Series X/S can play with Xbox One. No cross-platform play, unfortunately.

YoYo Games' popular 2D engine, GameMaker, is now free for non-commercial on all non-console platforms.

After taking the book publishing world by storm with a record-shattering $41.75 million Kickstarter campaign, author Brandon Sanderson has now set his sights on the world of tabletop gaming. Together with partner Brotherwise Games (Boss Monster, The Dragon Prince: Battlecharged), the Utah-based author revealed the first details of an ambitious new tabletop role-playing game at his annual Dragonsteel Con held in Salt Lake City — plus a bonus slate of additional card games already in the works.

Welcome back to Black Frida—er, week. Though the official day of deals itself kicks off on the 23rd, a bunch of retailers have jumped the gun way earlier with their bargains. Join me below as I make sense of this amorphous sales frenzy. I've picked out the truly exceptional price drops on the games and peripherals that are actually worth caring about.