Cozy Grove studio Spry Fox now belongs to Netflix Netflix says the studio will help accelerate its development of games in a “beloved genre.” When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Spry Fox, the Seattle-based developer of games including Triple Town,Road Not Taken, andCozy Grove, is now a Netflix studio. Netflix said the addition of Spry Fox to its stable of in-house studios “will help accelerate our creative development in another beloved genre and add to the growing variety of Netflix’s games catalog that will have something for everyone....

Elon Musk banishes Twitter’s board, calls verification ‘bullshit’ and starts hucking ideas at the wall Twatter. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Following his acquisition of Twitter for $44 billion, troll billionaire Elon Musk has wasted little time in sweeping out the old guard and indicating what’s to come under his leadership.A new filingshows that Musk is now the sole director of the company, with nine executives including former CEO Parag Agrawal being ousted, whileThe Washington Post reportsthat major layoffs could also be on the way, the suggestion being 25% of Twitter’s total workforce....

Embracer shuts down Square Enix Montréal two months after buying it Apparently it’s part of a pivot away from mobile games. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. In August the all-devouring holdings company known as Embracer Group glommed upmultiple Square Enix studiosas part of a $300 million deal. It devoured Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, and Square Enix Montréal in a single bite, giving it access to the Deus Ex, Thief, Legacy of Kain, and Tomb Raider IPs....

EU is about to launch an ‘advanced probe’ into the Microsoft Activision deal, sources say Brussels is aflutter with concerns about COD. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Sources tellPoliticothat the European Commission plans to open an in-depth, “Phase 2” investigation into Microsoft’s $68 billion acquisition ofActivisionBlizzard. The commission is said to be launching the investigation after Microsoft decided against filing remedies—commitments that would satisfy the Commission’s worries regarding the deal—before a deadline of midnight tonight....

Everything we know about Atomic Heart Get acquainted with the future Soviet nightmare world of Atomic Heart. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. In 2018, Atomic Heart emerged into the world through the baffling haze of its trailers, in a frenzy of superscience hyperviolence. Through years of delays, Atomic Heart remained a compelling mystery: What’s with all the Soviet killer robots?...

Grab a rare World of Warcraft TCG mount from Dragonflight Twitch drops No, it’s not the Swift Spectral Tiger. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. With World of Warcraft’s upcoming expansion less than a month away, Blizzard has announced that you can grab some in-game goodies throughDragonflightTwitch drops—and one of those items is a rare Trading Card Game mount, the Feldrake....

Hearthstone’s next expansion will finally add Death Knight as a playable class Next month’s March of the Lich King sees Arthas Menethil star as Blizzard introduces a new class for only the second time. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. To the delight of everyone, with the possible exception of Monk mains, Hearthstone’s next expansion will finally add Death Knight as a playable class....