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Sony now owns Crunchyroll
10.08.2021 13:08
About six months ago, Sony decided to buy the anime-focused streaming service Crunchyroll for just over a billion dollars to bake it in with Sony's anime venture Funimation.
Now the whole purchase has gone through and the entire ownership of the anime service has ended up entirely with Sony. Sony has said that they want to create a unified anime subscription as soon as possible, but what that means in practice remains to be seen.
Tesla Cybertruck release gets delayed
09.08.2021 10:15It seems that Tesla's plans to release the Cybertruck on the market this year have now been officially announced. It is Elektrek who has noted that it is now stated on Cybertruck's website that the planned production start of the model is set for 2022.
Tesla's CEO Elon Musk stated earlier this year that he hoped that one of the Cybertruck versions would be released on the market this year, but this does not seem to be the case. According to a report from May, around one million people had invested $ 100 to make a non-binding reservation for a Tesla Cybertruck.
Super Mario Bros. games sold for $ 2 million
09.08.2021 09:54A new record has been set in the gaming world after someone now paid $ 2 million, for a factory-made copy of the Nintendo game Super Mario Bros. in perfect condition, ranked 9.6.
The new record is set just one month after someone bought an unopened copy of Super Mario 64 for 1.56 million dollar. The Super Mario Bros. game, which now set a new record, was sold through the Rally service, a service where users can buy into games and other things to be sold, similar to how to invest in shares. According to some sources, those who bought shares in the now-sold Super Mario Bros. game made a profit of up to 900 percent when the game was sold.
The prices of some older games in perfect condition have increased exponentially in the last year. As recently as last year, two copies of Super Mario Bros. went in perfect condition for $ 100,150 and $ 114,000, respectively, which was then considered a record.
Seven game studios bought by Swedish Embracer Group
06.08.2021 08:07Embracer Group has announced that seven game studios have been acquired and placed under Embracer's various subsidiaries. More specifically, these are 3D Realms, Ghost Ship Games, Slipgate Ironworks, Force Field, Easy Trigger, Digixart and Crazy Labs.
3D Realms is the studio for the old gems Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior and Wolfenstein and the newly released Graven.
In addition to this, a merch company called Grimfrost has also been acquired, which is said to be used to heel Valheim merch.
The total price tag landed at $ 315 million.
3D Realms and Slipgate Ironworks will now work under Saber Interactive, Force Field and Digixart will go to Koch and Ghost Ship Games and Easy Trigger will end up under Coffee Stain.
Amazon's New World changes its release to September 28
06.08.2021 07:58Amazon's upcoming MMO New World would actually be released on August 31, but the developers have now announced that they need a little more time to refine the experience.
Instead, the developers aim to release the game on September 28. The reason for this is that a lot of feedback has fallen in connection with the closed beta test and the extra time will be used to fix bugs, improve stability and make New World a generally better experience.