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Industry News February 28

Remedy acquires full rights to Control franchise from 505 Games for €17 million

Remedy Entertainment has entered into an agreement with publisher 505 Games to acquire the rights to the Control IP. The Finnish studio will now also have full control of the upcoming sequel and spin-offs.

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[UPD] Former Star Citizen devs report layoffs at Cloud Imperium Games, citing restructuring

Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) might be another studio to cut jobs this year. The information came from several former employees who said they had recently been laid off.

Industry News February 28

[UPD] Hackers allegedly steal nearly 200GB of Epic Games data, including source code and payment information

Epic Games has reportedly become the victim of a cyberattack. As a result, the company’s internal information was stolen by a hacker group under the name Mogilevich.

Industry News February 28

Balatro reached profitability in just 1 hour, becoming fastest-selling game in PlayStack’s portfolio

Balatro is one of the many successful indie games we have already seen this year. The poker deck-building roguelike, made by solo dev LocalThunk, exceeded expectations and became profitable almost immediately after launch.