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Gfinity acquire esports services outfit CEVO in $2.7m deal

Gfinity has struck out across the Atlantic, acquiring CEVO, an American technology and services provider for the esports market. CEVO was founded in 2004, and is well known for running its own leagues and anti-cheat software, although it also provides white label esports tournament services. Gfinity and CEVO are long …

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Level-5 acquires Comcept

Dragon Quest and Ni No Kuni developer Level 5 has acquired Keiji Inafune’s studio Comcept. Inafune, who is famed for his work on the Mega Man and Onimusha series throughout his years at Capcom, founded Comcept when he left the Japanese publisher in 2010. Comcept is probably recognisable to most …

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Sega acquires Crytek Black Sea to form Creative Assembly Sofia

Sega Europe and Creative Assembly have acquired Crytek’s former Black Sea studio to create a brand-new facility known as Creative Assembly Sofia, the publisher has announced today. The 60-strong Bulgaria-based development team will be developing new titles in addition to Creative Assembly’s currently unannounced slate of games for 2017 and …

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TT Games acquires Golf Clash studio Playdemic

Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment subsidiary TT Games has acquired UK mobile games company Playdemic to help bring new kinds of LEGO titles to smartphones. The Manchester-based studio has previously been responsible for mobile titles such as Golf Clash and Village Life, with the former becoming a top grossing title in …

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ZeniMax acquires Doom SnapMap team Escalation Studios

Bethesda Softworks’ parent company ZeniMax Media has announced it’s acquired Escalation Studios, the team responsible for 2016’s Doom SnapMap editor. The Dallas-based studio was founded in 2007 by industry veterans Tom Mustaine and Marc Tardif, and has since been involved with the creation of Disney Infinity’s Toy Box for mobile …

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