Capcom has made what may be its first studio acquisition in 2024 via the purchase of Minimum Studios for 888,888 New Taiwan dollars (or around $27,265).Per Capcom, the acquisition was done "to sustainably bolster its developmental and technological capabilities, aiming to achieve its long-term management goal of 100 million units in annual sales."It acquired two-thirds of the Taiwan-based company, which was founded in 2018. Per its website, Minimum specializes in game and character animation across human, mechanical, and animal characters.
Capcom's investment in Minimum makes sense
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Discussions between SAG-AFTRA and game publishers are still ongoing, with the key sticking point concerning AI and its relation to voice acting. And it's indicated that if things aren't resolved by the middle or end of summer, a strike is happening.Talking to GamesIndustry, chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland and voice actor Sarah Elmaleh (Hi-Fi Rush) explained there's a line "very clearly drawn in the sand" about the Interactive Media Agreement and AI.Other proposals have been resolved in the near year since bargaining began, but Elmaleh says things have "narrowed" to AI. Everything depends on "whether the bargaining group is willing to extend protections comprehensively to all members and performers within SAG-AFTRA."Some of the companies…
Swedish conglomerate Thunderful Group is divesting Nordic video game and peripheral distributor Nordic Game Supply.Nordic Game Supply works with key retail partners in the Nordic region and currently supplies over 1,500 storefronts.Thunderful, which publishes titles like Planet of Lana, Somerville, and Steamworld Build, had been conducting a strategic evaluation of Nordic Game Supply due to "difficulties with its profitability throughout 2022 and 2023."It had been in conversations with a number of potential buyers as part of that evaluation, and has now chosen to sell the vast majority of Nordic Game Supply assets and business operations to Handelsselskabet af 15 Marts 2024, a company owned by acting Nordic Game Supply CEO Henrik Mathiasen.The two parties have signed off on a pre…
Marvel: Contest of Champions is turning 10 this year, and to celebrate, it's going to other, more "alternative" app stores.Developer Kabam is teaming with distributor Flexion Games to put the mobile fighting game on the Amazon App Store, ONEstore Korea, and others on April 29. Later this year, it'll launch on Samsung Gaming Hub, OneStore Global, and DT Games Hub.Since launch, Contest has been only on iOS and Android, so more app stores means the game's reach can further expand.
New audiences for Marvel: Contest of Champions
"This collaboration will help us reach new audiences…on even more app stores," said Kabam CEO SeungWon Lee. &…
The now independent Toys for Bob may have locked down a deal with Microsoft on its next project. The studio first revealed its hope for a partnership in the same announcement as its split from Activision Blizzard.Per Windows Central, Xbox's Matt Booty stated an "agreement" was reached between the two companies. While light on the details of that arrangement, he allegedly indicated the studio's next project will be "similar to what [it's] made in the past."This was further supported by the outlet claiming Toys for Bob's leadership was "adamant" about returning to its pre-Call of Duty style of games. However, it's not clear if this project will be a full Xbox exclusive or have some multiplatform agreement.Toys for Bob's best known f…