Tag: Tencent

Vertical Slice 346: Κάτω το pop-in

Published 09/03/2026

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Vertical Slice 346: Κάτω το pop-in

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Αλλάζει τακτική η Sony με κυκλοφορίες PC; Θυμόσασταν ότι στο Βιετνάμ έχουν κομμουνισμό; Πού θα κάτσει η μπίλια των πωλήσεων του Resident Evil Requiem;

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Greek Game Dev
- Necrophosis: Full Consciousness is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S
- Necrophosis: Full Consciousness announced for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC – Gematsu
Αμερικανικές πιέσεις στην Tencent
- Report: US government may compel Tencent to divest gaming investments
Paramount Skydance και WBD
- Paramount makes no reference to game studios in first WB call to investors
Good Games
- Good Games Group acquires Humble Games, rebranded to Balor Games – Gematsu
- Good Games Group has bought the Humble and Firestoke back catalogues. Now, newly renamed as Balor Games, it wants to invest in triple-I
Βιετνάμ
- Vietnam wants 5,000 developers to turn its history into video games
Resident Evil Requiem
- Resident Evil Requiem sales top five million – Gematsu
Phil Spencer
- “He truly cared about games, about the industry, and about the people making them” – The industry on Phil Spencer
Assassin’s Creed
- Assassin’s Creed brand update – Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, Assassin’s Creed Unity frame rate patch, more – Gematsu
FU: Bluepoint Games
- Bloomberg: Bluepoint Games pitched a Bloodborne remake, but was turned down – Gematsu
PSSR 2.0
- Upgraded PSSR upscaler is coming to PS5 Pro
- Sony upgrades controversial PSSR upscaler in PS5 Pro
Sony και PC

Vertical Slice 338: Καυτό PS, χλιαρό PS PC

Published 29/12/2025

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Vertical Slice 338: Καυτό PS, χλιαρό PS PC

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Κανείς δεν περίμενε να βγει για ψώνια η Ubisoft, αλλά το ζουμί βρίσκεται στο πώς πάνε τελικά οι τίτλοι του PlayStation όταν φθάνουν στο PC.

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M&A
- Tencent makes minority investment in France’s Drama Studios
- Ubisoft acquires upcoming MOBA March of Giants from Amazon Game Studios, rehires former Ubisoft Montreal dev team
Συνδικαλισμός
- European game unions combine forces to protest against AI, toxic workplaces and layoffs
Netflix Games
- FIFA Arrives on Netflix Games in Time for FIFA World Cup 2026
PlayStation στο PC
- Alinea Analytics: The Most Successful PlayStation Games on Steam
- GameDiscoverCo: People are spending less on games on Steam

Vertical Slice 337: Κλασική Miss Piggy

Published 15/12/2025

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Vertical Slice 337: Κλασική Miss Piggy

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Κάτι Netflix, κάτι Warner, κάτι Geoff Keighley.

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Vertical Slice 305: Multilingual Switch 2

Published 04/04/2025

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Vertical Slice 305: Multilingual Switch 2

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Ελπίζουμε να σας αρέσει να ακούτε για Νintendo.

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Vertical Slice 301: Ματσούλης

Published 07/03/2025

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Vertical Slice 301: Ματσούλης

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Τι μπορεί να πάει στραβά, όταν βρίσκεται λόγος να θυμηθούμε το Kinect; Εδώ ανασταίνεται η Acclaim. Μαθημένοι στα περίεργα πια.

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Transmedia
- Suikoden: The Anime announced – Gematsu
Μ&Α
- Tencent
  - Tencent acquires additional shares in FromSoftware parent company, Kadokawa
- Rockstar Games
  - Rockstar Games acquires Video Games Deluxe, now known as Rockstar Australia
Monster Hunter Wilds
- Monster Hunter Wilds is the fastest selling Capcom game ever | VGC
- Monster Hunter Wilds sales top eight million in three days – Gematsu
Αποτελέσματα
- Warner Bros. Discovery
  - Warner Bros games revenue dropped 29% during Q4 2024
45 χρόνια Pac-Man
- “BANDAI NAMCO KICKS-OFF YEAR-LONG CELEBRATION TO COMMEMORATE PAC-MAN’S 45TH ANNIVERSARY”
Ανάσταση Acclaim
- Acclaim relaunches, led by CEO Alex Josef
Άνετη η SEGA
- Sega takes Capcom’s crown as Metacritic’s highest-rated publisher of 2024 | VGC
- Sega promises fewer new games but deeper investments in Sonic, Atlus, and Like a Dragon | VGC
Sony
Προτεραιότητες
- Match-3 devs blasted for “incredibly harmful” stereotypes and gender-based violence in advertisements
Και τώρα Kinect
- Ghost hunting, pornography and interactive art: the weird afterlife of Xbox Kinect

Vertical Slice 294: «An update from Nintendo»

Published 17/01/2025

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Vertical Slice 294: «An update from Nintendo»

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Ε, τέλος πάντων, Switch 2.

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Vertical Slice 293: 1 στα 16

Published 10/01/2025

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Vertical Slice 293: 1 στα 16

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Φορητά και Nvidia κάνουν κινήσεις στη CES, όλοι ετοιμάζουν ταινία και κάποιοι δεν κάνουν για marketing.

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Transmedia
Το SteamOS εξαπλώνεται
Φορητό Xbox
- Microsoft is combining ‘the best of Xbox and Windows together’ for handhelds
Xbox Cloud Gaming και LG
- Xbox and LG to Bring Cloud Gaming to LG Smart TVs
Private Division
- Bloomberg: Ex-Annapurna Interactive staff to take over Private Division portfolio
Ζορίζεται η Tencent
- Two Epic Games Board Members Resign Amid Justice Department Antitrust Concerns
- US adds Tencent to list of firms allegedly connected to Chinese military
Κόστος ανάπτυξης
- Development costs for 2020’s Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War exceeded $700m
GeForce RTX 50
- New GeForce 50-series GPUs: There’s the $1,999 5090, and there’s everything else
Απολογίες κάθε είδους
- 2024: The Dead Game Review – by Ethan Gach – Dead Game

Vertical Slice 290: Αρθριτικά, αθροιστικά και immersive sims

Published 13/12/2024

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Vertical Slice 290: Αρθριτικά, αθροιστικά και immersive sims

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Ο Indiana Jones έφτασε, η Traptics ετοιμάζει κάτι νέο, η Capcom ρίχνει δόλωμα και το μεγάλη ομάδα της Square Enix καταλήγει support studio στο Eternal Strands.

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Xenopurge
Transmedia
- Pokémon and Aardman partner up for “exciting” 2027 collaboration | News-in-brief
EA και προσβασιμότητα
- EA expands free library of accessibility patents to make more games inclusive
Suicide Squad
- Rocksteady ends Suicide Squad development less than a year after release
Epic Games και Telefónica
- Epic Games announces deal with Telefónica
Capcom Games Competition
- Capcom announces Capcom Games Competition – student competition utilizing RE ENGINE
Eternal Strands και Square Enix
- Eternal Strands launches January 28, 2025; post-launch content collaboration with Square Enix Creative Studio III announced
Ubisoft και Tencent
- Ubisoft shareholders in talks over possible buyout terms, sources say
  - Ubisoft’s handling of cancelled PlayStation exclusive Wild was ‘a real scandal’, director
Γονείς, εφηβεία, gaming
- Influence of parental mediation and social skills on adolescents’ use of online video games for escapism: A cross‐sectional study
Cyberpunk 2077
- Cyberpunk 2077’s Night City infiltrated by Balatro’s giggling joker in 2.2 update secret
Sony και Kadokawa
- Employees at FromSoftware owner Kadokawa reportedly “thrilled” about possible Sony takeover
30 χρόνια Tales of
- Tales of Series 30th Anniversary Project Special Broadcast

Vertical Slice 280: Κουνάμι Ριφανταζίο

Published 04/10/2024

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Vertical Slice 280: Κουνάμι Ριφανταζίο

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Υποσχεθήκαμε να ασχοληθούμε με την παρουσία του Xbox στο Tokyo Game Show και δεν… απογοητεύουμε. Παρά ταύτα, το επεισόδιο είναι γεμάτο απογοήτευση.

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Amazon hires Xbox co-founder J Allard
Atlus releases official Persona 5 line of coffee to start your own Café Leblanc
True Ending
Remedy και Tencent
- Tencent loans €15m to Remedy
Ψηφιακές αγορές
- California targets misleading ‘buy’ buttons on digital content
- California law compels digital storefronts to inform players they don’t own their games
Horizon Zero Dawn (Remastered)
- PlayStation raises Horizon Zero Dawn’s PS4 price following remaster upgrade annoucement
Η KRAFTON και οι άλλοι
Unreal Fest 2024
Xbox Research και devs
- How Xbox Research is Shaping the Future of Game Development
- Microsoft is seeking feedback from studios which aren’t on Xbox
Xbox @ Tokyo Game Show
- Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2024 Broadcast: Every Announcement and Game Reveal – Xbox Wire

Vertical Slice 279: Αίμα, δάκρυα και State Of Play

Published 27/09/2024

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Vertical Slice 279: Αίμα, δάκρυα και State Of Play

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Η Ubisoft παλεύει για τη ζωή της, η Sony κοιτά προς βόρειο Αφρική και Μέση Ανατολή και η Sucker Punch πάει μια βόλτα από Hokkaidō, αλλά με λύκους, όχι αλεπούδες.

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