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Sega has announced it’s acquiring Rovio Entertainment, the Finnish mobile game company behind Angry Birds. A press release states that Sega will absorb the entirety of Rovio’s outstanding shares and options (€706 million in total) in what’s being labeled as a “friendly takeover” since Rovio’s board of directors agree to and support the acquisition terms. This acquisition will begin next month and is expected to conclude in the second quarter of the 2024 fiscal year once it's completed the necessary antitrust reviews.  “Among the rapidly growing global gaming market, the mobile gaming market has especially high potential, and it has been Sega’s long-term goal to accelerate its expansion in this field,” says Haruki Satomi, president and group CEO of Sega Sammy Holdings. “I feel blessed to be able to announce such a transaction with Rovio, a company that owns 'Angry Birds', which...

Following complaints by the community of it being too cluttered, Microsoft has said it is going to change course on the planned changes to the Xbox Home dashboard....

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Diving into the Uncharted universe for the first time? Here's how to play both chronologically and by release date....

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Remedy Entertainment has revealed a new company logo, and fans of the letter R are sure to be pleased as punch. It’s been 20 years since Remedy updated its logo, but above is the image that will appear on the studio’s projects going forward. That includes Alan Wake II, a yet-to-be-revealed Control sequel, a Control multiplayer title, and remakes of Max Payne 1 and 2. The previous logo was pretty much just the letter R too, but this one has a different font and kind of hurts our eyes looking at it.  In a blog post, Remedy gives its simple rationale for the update:  “The bullet in the letter R in the old logo represented the era of Max Payne, but the Remedy of now is much bigger than a single game; we have a whole portfolio of games, new...

Horizon Forbbiden West gets a big story expansion called Burning Shores next week, and the game’s launch trailer sets the table for Aloy’s dangerous excursion to the remains of Hollywood.  First revealed during the 2022 Game Awards, Burning Shores unfolds after the events of Forbidden West as Aloy travels to the ruins of Los Angeles. The untamed area has become a seismically unstable, volcanic archipelago where a new menace and never-before-seen machines await Aloy, who's now joined by a mysterious new companion.  Burning Shores is only available on PlayStation 5 and cost $19.99. Players will need to have completed the entirety of the main campaign to start the expansion. Once they have, Aloy will receive a call on her Focus which will kick off the DLC.  Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores launches on April 19. You can read our review of the...

From the incredible spectacle that are Eikon battles to lightning fast and powerful combat to that base camp known as Clive's hideout and so much more, here is everything featured in the Final Fantasy 16 PlayStation State of Play....