The Biggest Gaming News For August 29, 2022
Welcome to yet another work week. Hey, another day, another dollar, right? Well, you’ve probably been stuck in the office or out there in the field all day, so in case you’ve gotten behind on the latest news in the world of gaming, here’s the most important stories of the day. We heard about how Valorant is getting some changes to its Fracture map, Mafia 3 is getting a sequel or maybe a prequel, and some former Payday developers are working on a new co-op heist game. There’s more where this came from, so read on for the rest.
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Payday and its more popular sequel Payday 2 never exactly rose above the status of cult classics, but they’ve managed to acquire a strong community of players over the years. The latest development is that some of their former developers have gotten together, founding a new company called 10 Chambers to work on a brand new co-op heist game. “So for me, this game is a game that just has to be made,” Creative Director at 10 Chambers Ulf Andersson explained. “I’m back on the heist shit, basically. So, it’s a heist cooperative first person shooter and it has a sort of a techno-thriller theme. I read a lot of sci-fi books and so imagine everything that cyberpunk is inspired by and a ton of other shit.” Sounds interesting.
PlayStation just made a big move into the mobile market, buying up a studio called Savage that apparently has a triple-A title in the works. "We made this deal because we believe that PlayStation Studios' leadership respects our vision for how we can best operate and succeed and because they too are not afraid to take chances," Chief Executive Officer at Savage Michail Katkoff said in a statement.
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