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“Athena Worlds' 3D technology blew my mind," said Atari founder Nolan Bushnell.

The Swedish mobile game company Fragbite Group (previously known as FunRock) has announced that it has acquired European publisher Playdigious. 

"Decisions to retire games are never made easy, but we are now shifting gears to focus on the future of Need for Speed"

The site owner elected to defend himself in court, and stated that the site hadn't broken any laws and he hadn't uploaded any ROMs himself. However, this claim failed to persuade the court, as he had admitted to uploading ROMs in a prior deposition. 

“We are honoured that the highly respected Bossa Studios have entrusted us with publishing I Am Fish"

UK-based publisher and developer Merge Games has been acquired by  Swedish company  Zordix AB.

"We are exploring the mobile market with some wonderful PlayStation franchises so please stay tuned."

It seems that Nintendo may be doing something about the Switch's eShop discoverability issues, with signs that a more personalised eShop might be on the way.