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Witcher 3 Developer CD Projekt Denies EA Takeover
The developer behind The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, CD Projekt Red, has denied that EA is attempting to acquire the company. Rumours that CD Projekt is in talks with EA over a takeover began with a post from DSOGaming yesterday claiming that a CD Projekt Red employee reported that EA representatives were meeting with the management of CD Projekt, the Witcher 3 developer’s parent company.
CD Projekt Red’s community manager, Marcin Momot, took to Twitter to deny the rumours. He claims Marcin Iwinski, the company’s co-founder, knew nothing of any deals with EA.
@astreamz Just bumped into Marcin Iwiński – it was new to him. I guess the “informer” has better insight than the @CDPROJEKTRED founder. 🙂
— Marcin Momot (@Marcin360) September 14, 2015
According to DSOGaming, an employee of CD Projekt Red claimed EA representatives were meeting with the top managers of CD Projekt Red.
“I’m employee of CDProjekt Red and I have some bad news to share with you,” the statement read. “Our management is probably talking with Electronic Arts about potential take over. Electronic Arts representatives are currently visiting our studio and meeting with top management. We are not going to release any game soon, so for sure it’s not about any publishing deal, so the only possible reason for EA guys being here is that they want to buy us.”
This statement wasn’t exactly ironclad to begin with. It’s highly speculative and many see it as jumping to conclusions. But it did send the internet into a big enough frenzy to warrant a response from members of CD Projekt Red.
CD Projekt has admitted in the past that it is regularly approached by other companies with takeover offers, but has remained firm in its desire to retain its independence. Its most recent game, The Witcher 3, was released to critical acclaim and became one of the year’s fastest selling titles. The developer’s next title will be Cyberpunk 2077, which it won’t discuss in more detail until 2017.
High on Life gets its first major paid DLC next week. From October 3, you can experience High on Knife. The offering was announced by a strange claymation trailer, and while you can still expect a silly experience, the developers wanted to make it spooky.
Announcing the DLC, Squanch Games CEO Mike Fridley said: “High On Knife is still hilarious and weird, but we’re getting spooky. Maybe not ‘I may never sleep again’ terror, but ‘my dreams are going to be broken for a while’. Imagine body horror, but your horrible body gets worse. We need your trust for now.”
Consider our curiosity piqued. Would you have bought High on Life for PlayStation or played it before? Any thoughts on High on Knife? Are you considering another serving?
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 appears to be a completionist’s dream, like its predecessors. Famous developer Insomniac Games has revealed a partial list of Trophies for the upcoming release, likely excluding spoilers. The lesson is that you must do almost everything to get Platinum.
Gongs include 100% completing every district in the game, including quests, collectibles, and crimes. You must also buy all gadget upgrades, unlock all suits, and complete combat missions as Peter Parker and Miles Morales. It seems simple, but you must do everything.
Here is a partial list of spoiler-free Trophies. After browsing, let us know if you’ll go Platinum. Doesn’t it look fun to unlock?
After an alleged data breach this week, Google Trends registered a 277% increase in “delete PlayStation account” searches. Ransomware group claimed to have “successfully compromised all of Sony’s systems” and sold stolen data. The Japanese giant says it’s investigating.
Despite no leak confirmation, search data suggests many gamers are eager to close their accounts in the aftermath. A 277% increase in search traffic is alarming, but we don’t know how many queries it represents.
Sony was hit hard over a decade ago when a PSN data breach took down its online network. This led the company to offer free security and several games as compensation. Naturally, it increased behind-the-scenes security.
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