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Industry News March 22, 2021

Report: Sony to permanently close PS3, Vita, and PSP stores within months

This summer might bring some bad news for owners of PS3, Vita, and PSP. According to a new report, Sony will completely close these consoles’ stores this summer.

Industry News March 22, 2021

TikTok owner ByteDance buys Mobile Legends creators at $4 billion valuation

ByteDance is now expanding its game development division. The Chinese tech giant has just acquired mobile studio Moonton, developers of popular MOBA Mobile Legends, for an undisclosed sum.

Industry News March 22, 2021

Playrix acquires Ukrainian studio Boolat Games for undisclosed sum

Mobile developer and publisher Playrix has just bought a new studio. Boolat Games joined the company to work on the announced F2P title.

Industry News March 22, 2021

Cyberpunk 2077 digital sales drop to 1% of its launch figures, according to analytics

Digital sales of Cyberpunk 2077 have significantly decreased since its record-breaking performance at launch. According to analytics’ latest projections, CD Projekt could sell “as few as 500,000” digital copies in the quarter ending March 31.