Game service provider Keywords has been splashing the cash again, this time picking up art asset specialist Strongbox for $6 million. 

The deal will see Keywords shell out $4.4 million in cash and pay the remainder via the issue of 160,842 shares. 

Keywords purchased Strongbox, which operates in China and Indonesia under the Red Hot CG brand, to increase the capacity of its art service line and bring new clients to the business. 

Red Hot's management team will remain with the company and continue to run the Shanghai-based business, while working with other art studios within the group.  Come from South African Online Casinos

"The acquisition of Red Hot further strengthens our fast growing, higher margin art services business, enhancing our unique client proposition which comb…

It wouldn't be unfair to say Embracer Group has garnered something of a bad rep within the game industry.

After spending years dropping cash hand over fist to acquire a vast portfolio of game studios and franchises, the Swedish conglomerate suddenly pumped the brakes and said that, actually, it needed to become sustainable.

In doing so, it quickly gutted the very studios and teams it had spent years acquiring, laying off around 1,400 workers in six months before eventually divesting some of its biggest assets in Gearbox Entertainment and Saber Interactive.

So, who needs to shoulder the responsibility for Embracer's colossal failings? Some might point the finger at Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors, who earlier this year said the company would "always maximize shareholder value in any given situation."

Not Saber …

Darth Vader and Thanos are two very strong and powerful villains, but who would win in a fight? We will of course never know because they are not real, but it’s a fun thing to think about. Hayden Christensen, who played Vader in the Star Wars series, is thinking about this as well. Speaking to GQ, Christensen was asked to weigh in on who he thought would come out on top–his answer isn’t surprising.

Christensen sided with Vader claiming victory over Thanos, assuming that the duel has Vader using his lightsaber and Thanos wielding the Infinity Stones as opposed to some kind of direct hand-to-hand combat. As Christensen sees it, no one can defeat Vader.

“Obviously Vader, right? Definitely Vader. Vader beats everybody. Always,” Christensen said.

Thanos is one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel universe, while Vader is one of the supreme baddies of the Star Wars world, so it would indeed be a fight for the ages. Alas, unless MTV brings back Celebrity Deathmatch…

Ravensburger’s Pokemon-themed edition of the classic board game Labyrinth received a glow-in-the-dark iteration last October. If you didn’t pick up the family-friendly board game over the holidays, you may want to snag a copy now. Amazon has a limited-time deal that drops the price of Pokemon Glow-in-the-Dark Labyrinth to only $20 (was $30). This deal is available in limited quantities, so it likely won’t be available for very long.

Ravensburger’s Pokemon-themed spin on the classic board game Labyrinth has been a big hit since releasing back in 2021. Surprisingly, it’s one of the few traditional board games featuring Pokemon you can find at major retailers today, but at least it’s a good one. Soon, players will be able to explore Labyrinth’s shifting mazes in the dark. Ravensburger is releasing Pokemon Glow-in-the-Dark Labyrinth on October 15, and you can preorder the new edition now at Amazon for $30.

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Amazon Luna is adding five new games to the service’s Prime Gaming Channel in November, including a new souls-like action-RPG, several indies, and one of the best puzzle games of the last few years. All games are playable for Amazon Prime subscribers at no extra charge, and streamable on PC, Mac, mobile, and Luna-compatible Amazon Fire devices.

Amazon Luna Prime Gaming Channel Games For November 2022

• Tetris Effect: Connected
• Thymesia
• Freshly Frosted
• Baseball Stars 2
• Youtubers Life

All five games are playable for the month of November, after which they’ll cycle out for a new batch of monthly freebies in December. However, there are also several games Prime Gaming members can download and keep in November, including Fallout: New Vegas. If you’re not an Amazon Prime member already, you can sign up …

You wouldn’t think that simply meeting standards would be cause for celebration, yet when it comes to Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, congratulations are in order. At its launch, Final Fantasy XIV Online was a mess–so much so that it was easy to question whether developer Square-Enix had ever played an online role-playing game before, let alone created one. But the old has been burned to ashes and an entertaining and beautiful game has risen to take its place. A Realm Reborn is a perfectly playable massively multiplayer concoction whose witty writing and colorful vistas make it easy to lose yourself in the fantasy.

This rising phoenix is not an entirely unknown creature, however. While A Realm Reborn represents a sizable step forward for this particular game, it does not leap over the shoulders of the games that have come before. This is a familiar kind of game with a familiar feel under your fingers. Genre fundamentals are delivered here with vigor, if not always with gre…