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Embracer Group has entered into an agreement to acquire Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, and Square Enix Montréal from Square Enix alongside a catalog of intellectual properties that includes Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Thief, and more than 50 others too. Embracer Group is paying $300 million for these studios and associated IPs and it’s doing it on a “cash and...

Without warning, Embrace announcement through an official press release having reached an agreement with Square Enix to buy not only its Western studios (Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal, Square Enix Montreal, for a total of 1,100 employees), but also several of its licenses such as TOMB RAIDER, Thief, Legacy of Kein , Deus Ex. The group...

After Sony Interactive Entertainment, it’s now Microsoft’s turn to reveal the games that Xbox Live Gold members will be able to enjoy for free throughout the month of May. The American manufacturer takes the time to remind you that this concerns the Xbox One as well as the Xbox Series X and the Xbox Series...

After two previous albums debuted in the top 5, Pusha has topped the Billboard 200 albums chart Pusha T (Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Variety) Pusha T has scored his first-ever No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart. It’s Almost Dry earned 55,000 equivalent album units in its first week, with 83% of that coming...

Proceeds from the 47-track collection—which arrives on International Worker’s Day—will benefit strike funds May Day Music cover art. Deerhoof, Water From Your Eyes, Dan Deacon, Pile, Ovlov, and more have contributed to a new compilation benefiting strike funds. It’s titled May Day Music: A Benefit Compilation For Strike Funds & Artists, and the 47-track collection...

Serbian was a longtime member of the innovative hardcore band, and played in a number of groups such as Holy Molar, Rats Eyes, and Wet Lungs Gabe Serbian (Photo by Dimitri Hakke/Redferns). Gabe Serbian—the longtime drummer of San Diego noise punk outfit the Locust—has died. The Locust confirmed the news on their official Facebook page...

The Grammy-winning duo were scheduled to be formally inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame tomorrow Wynonna and Naomi Judd (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for CMT) Naomi Judd, the singer and television actress best known as the matriarch of country music duo the Judds, died Saturday (April 30). She was 85 years old....

The rapper is accused of hitting a rental property owner in December 2020 while filming a video DaBaby (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images) DaBaby has been charged with felony battery by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The charges stem from a December 2020 incident in which Gary Pagar, a 65-year-old rental property owner...

Cameron Crowe wrote the book and co-wrote lyrics for the 2019 stage adaptation of his 2000 movie Cameron Crowe, April 2022 (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) A stage musical adaptation of Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous is coming to Broadway later this year, as Deadline reports. Crowe wrote the book and co-wrote...

Greetings Survivors! Last week we announced the transition of the Official ARK wiki! We’ve been reading your feedback and decided to create a thread so you have a place to share your thoughts. Stop by and give the ARK wiki team your feedback! In this Community Crunch, we’re excited to share with the community another...

The Goldenvoice-promoted festival is prohibiting “divisive symbols, including, without limitation, Confederate flags and racially disparaging or other inappropriate imagery/public displays” 2015 Stagecoach Festival (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Stagecoach) Organizers of Stagecoach, the country music festival and sister event to Coachella, have banned the Confederate flag from the 2022 festival grounds, according to The Desert Sun....

The follow-up to the Grammy-winning Twice as Tall is on the way Burna Boy, photo by Emmanuel Agbeble Last night (April 28), Burna Boy became the first Nigerian artist to headline a concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden. During the show, he revealed the title of his new album: Love, Damini. A press release...

The Los Angeles–based singer-songwriter’s first solo single since 2019 Miya Folick, photo by Ariel Fish Miya Folick has returned with “Oh God,” her first new solo single since 2019. The Los Angeles–based singer-songwriter co-produced and co-woite the song with Mike Malchicoff. Watch the Lucy Sandler–directed music video for “Oh God” below. Folick said in a...

After being nominated, the country superstar famously said she was “respectfully bow[ing] out” of contention for induction Dolly Parton, March 2022 (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) After the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominations were announced, first-time nominee Dolly Parton said that she was “respectfully bow[ing] out” of contention for induction. Not long after, the Rock &...

A performance of the 2021 single for The Late Late Show Adrianne Lenker in “Big Thief: Certainty” (The Late Late Show with James Corden/YouTube) Once again, Big Thief have been featured on late-night television. Following recent remote appearances on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the band remotely...