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The first half of 2021 has seen "unprecedented deal activity" in gaming, with acquisitions, public offerings and the like reaching $60 billion. 

“Following incorrect reports suggesting that we are looking to introduce 'TV-style' commercials into our games, we wanted to clarify that in-game advertising for console games is not something we're currently looking at, or have signed any agreements to implement."

"The PC storefront landscape has changed significantly since we first launched bundles in 2010, and we have to continue to evolve with it to stay on mission"

"PlaySimple is a rapidly growing and highly profitable games studio that quickly has established itself as one of the leading global developers of free-to-play word games, an exciting new genre for MTG."

"I highly respect Nixxes and am excited for this very experienced team to become part of the world-class development community at SIE"

A handful of staff have moved on from the London-based developer

"I want to see support for devs improve across the ecosystem!”

Working out the Total Cost of Ownership is tough - so here's some pointers

Vela Games has announced a $17.3M Series A investment in the studio, from lead investor Novator and with additional investment from Ubisoft and LVP.

Konami said that it is "excited to work with Bloober Team and other highly regarded development partners to produce games from existing and new IPs."