It is the August of absurdities—and even more acquisitions—as beloved characters are finding new homes in place where they don’t quite belong, and companies continue claiming all sorts of things they shouldn’t quite touch.
Various characters from Dragon Ball franchise have now officially landed in Fortnite. Son Goku and Vegeta are in this roster, including Beerus and an incarnation of Bulma from the Super series. Make Goku hold a gun. Have Keanu Reeves do a Kamehameha. Live your dreams.
A problem that became readily apparently upon its launch, Tower of Fantasy developers have not only have had to do several account deletion sweeps, but have decided to publicly name accounts to mitigate and shame hacking.
Nexusmods and ModDB, both relatively large game modding communities, have recently stepped in on removing mods that, “inten[d] to deliberately be against inclusivity and/or diversity.”
Bungie has released a new Destiny 2 trailer to highlight what may come for Season 18.
Overwatch players are now able to merge their accounts between the first game and upcoming Overwatch 2 to carry over their in-game progression. Players still need a Battle.net account to access the game either way.
Riot Games continues to be adamant about representation in their workplace, with their latest diversity and inclusion report noting an increase in women hires.
Meanwhile, new report from Kotaku paints a picture of frat boy culture and sexual harassment at Aerotek, a company Nintendo uses for game testing. Doug Bowser has responded to this report internally and investigations are ongoing.
Tencent has seen a revenue dip this past Q2 due to the persisting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company’s report also directly refers to China’s recent legislation that aims to restrict and limit playtime, which may have impacted these numbers.
On the other hand, The Embracer Group, a venture capital group that owns Gearbox and a lot of THQ and Eidos’ old IP, has purchased a swath of gaming related companies. Such purchases include Limited Run Games and the catalog of Toaplin games, including Zero Wing and Gimmick! Perhaps their largest purchase is the complete IP rights to The Lord of the Rings franchise.
