The Biggest Gaming News For August 5, 2022
It's finally the end of the working week, so here are some of the biggest gaming stories of the day to take with you into the weekend to make sure you're up to date. Such as, the info revealed in Square Enix's most recent conference call in which it says it wants to sell more stakes in more of its studios to focus more on Japanese titles.
We've also got Deck Nine's recent reveal that it's done with episodic releases for the Life is Strange series and a series of music tracks for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe have leaked, hinting at many tracks that will be added to the game in the future.
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Square Enix has been talking about its controversial sale of Deus Ex and Tomb Raider studios Eidos Montreal and Crystal Dynamics in a recent conference call. According to analyst David Gibson who sat in on the call, Square Enix is planning to sell even more of its stakes in its studios to focus more on its Japanese titles. It has also explained that the reason behind the sale of the two Western studios was due to fears that their titles "cannibalized sales of the rest of the group."
Don't expect the next Life is Strange game to be episodic as True Colors developer Deck Nine has explained that it will be ditching the practice going forward. Despite the first two games in the series being episodic, True Colors launched as a complete experience, and senior narrative designer Phillip Lawrence has said that he "can't imagine" the series going back to its episodic roots.
Dataminers have found a bunch of unreleased music snippets for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in the latest update, giving players a good idea of what tracks future waves of Mario Kart DLC will bring. While the
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