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Industry October 9, 2018

Kotaku: Microsoft completes Obsidian Purchase Deal

The authors of Pillars of Eternity will soon lose their independence. According to three sources of the Kotaku publication, the acquisition of Obsidian by Microsoft is at the final stage.

Industry October 9, 2018

Evening digest: Sony makes a console, Spiderweb history, number of developers in the UK

Business news (and not only) of the gaming industry for October 9.

Industry October 9, 2018

The story of how an indie developer, having banned Steam keys, got 180 thousand players online

Be afraid of your desires. A good example of the phrase is the history of cosmosim Evolution. In the course of a series of misadventures, an indie game that no one needed for two years suddenly took 180,000 players online.

Industry October 9, 2018

Why did CD Projekt RED attract a new studio to work on Cyberpunk 2077?

Last night, on October 8, it became known about the conclusion of a deal between CD Projekt RED and the Canadian studio Digital Scapes. The latter should help the authors of The Witcher in the development of their new role—playing blockbuster – Cyberpunk 2077. We answer the question: why did she do it?