Atari has acquired user-driven database MobyGames

It is hard to tell what direction this piece of news may be heading…

Atari, the Japanese company known for its consoles such as the 400, 2600, the 5200, and VCS, has acquired MobyGames for $1.5 million.

If you aren’t familiar with MobyGames, the user-driven database is a singular resource for those interested in gaming history, yet has received some backlash from its users and owners regarding the state of the database.

MobyGames

The way MobyGames works is by users uploading summaries, screenshots, box art, and developer information for any game. From upcoming releases to games from the very dawn of the medium. all the information is gathered and put into the database, which currently stands at 300,000 unique titles.

The information provided is then assessed by volunteer fact checkers. Unlike other databases like Wikipedia, this user-driven database is for-profit, which has led to conflicts of interest between users and its owners.

Yet this new acquisition might start a new conflict of interest, as Atari has made some pretty interesting decisions recently. The company is currently big on crypto and NFTs, which have been proven to be bad for the environment, and was also in the news recently for the rumour Soujia Boy was now running the company.

It’s also not the first time MobyGames has changed owners. Gamefly Media and BlueFlame Labs owned the database previously, both changing the site drastically from its previous owner.

It’s unsure how Atari will fare with MobyGames, and how long the company will keep a hold of the site, but people are skeptical of what is in store for the future of MobyGames if this acquisition sticks.

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CD Projekt Red – the studio behind The Witcher games series – has announced its acquisition of The Molasses Flood. The US studio is best known for survival titles such as The Flame in the Flood.

As part of the CD Projekt group, The Molasses Flood will work on an “ambitious project” that’s “based on one of CD Projekt’s IPs.”

In a statement published as part of the acquisition announcement, President and joint CEO of CD Projekt Red, Adam Kiciński, said, “We’re always on the lookout for teams who make games with heart. The Molasses Flood share our passion for video game development, they’re experienced, quality-oriented, and have great technological insight. I’m convinced they will bring a lot of talent and determination to the Group.”

This is CD Projekt Red’s second acquisition this year, after it acquired multiplayer specialist studio and long-standing development partner, Digital Scapes, back in March. The arrangement seems to be quite different, though. Unlike Digital Scapes, The Molasses Flood will keep its name and while it will work in “close cooperation” with CD Projekt Red, it will keep its “current identity” and not be merged with existing teams.

In its own statement, The Molasses Flood said that CD Projekt “made it clear that they weren’t looking to simply absorb [them]” and that they’ll “get to keep making games based on the same principles that have always guided [them]”.

Exciting news for us today! We've joined the CD PROJEKT family, and are working on a project within one of their existing universes 😍🤯 pic.twitter.com/8jhWylIfKh

— The Molasses Flood is hiring! (@molassesflood) October 22, 2021

CD Projekt Red and The Molasses Flood have kept what the studio will be working on a secret. We know only that it’s “a completely new game in the universe of an existing CD Projekt IP”. Really, that likely means that the “ambitious project” is going to be a spin-off of either The Witcher series or Cyberpunk 2077.

The emphasis on the studio maintaining its identity suggests they will be bringing their own twist to whatever they create with CD Projekt Red.

The Molasses Flood is hiring for the project and there are several postings on the developer’s site at the moment. However, minimal information can be gathered from this. A listing for a Lead Narrative Designer favours “experience with big, unwieldy, high word count, endless side content type games”, while calls for Lead Gameplay and Engine Programmers say that experience of shipping a multiplayer game would be a plus.

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The hit streaming service started its gaming venture earlier this year and have now acquired its first video game developer…

Netflix has now acquired its first video game developer as it continues to expand its platform into the video game industry by acquiring Night School Studio.

Night School Studio is an independent video game developer and publisher, founded in 2014 by Sean Krankel and Adam Hines. The developer is known for its supernatural mystery graphic adventure game, Oxenfree, which was first released in 2016.

Netflix x Night School Studio

Netflix acquiring NIght School Studio has confirmed the streaming service’s platform intention to join the ranks of other companies that are expanding into the gaming world and boosting their platform into something bigger. And if you were worried about Night School Studio already planned projects, fear not as the company explained all.

Night School Studio made the announcement in a statement on their website, clarifying what the acquisition means for the company and its future.

Night School wants to stretch our narrative and design aspirations across distinctive, original games with heart. Netflix gives film, TV, and now game makers an unprecedented canvas to create and deliver excellent entertainment to millions of people. Our explorations in narrative gameplay and Netflix’s track record of supporting diverse storytellers was such a natural pairing. It felt like both teams came to this conclusion instinctively. – Sean Krankel, CEO of Night School Studio.

Night School Studio also confirmed that it will still be going ahead with Oxenfree II: Lost Signals, which was announced back in April, so fans of the series don’t have to worry. Krankel also stated that “the Netflix team has shown the utmost care for protecting our studio culture and creative vision”, thus nothing will go through an immense change during the acquisition.

In other news, Netflix has also started to expand its mobile gaming platform as two more countries are added to the list of where it is available. It was first released in Poland but now Spain and Italy have received the selection of Andriod titles.

The rollout continues! Today members in Spain and Italy will see Netflix Games available on their Android phones. We’re still in the early stages of our gaming experience, however here’s a snapshot of what’s new… pic.twitter.com/LHaQJmCBvn

— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) September 28, 2021

At the moment there are only five games to choose from: Shooting Hoops, Card Blast, Teeter Up, Stranger Things: 1984, and Stranger Things 3. Subscribers can install these titles as part of their normal subscription.

We are still anticipatingly waiting for the games to be available in the U.K. as well as Netflix’s VR Gaming expansion.

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