You know it, Square-Enix recently made the curious decision to part ways with Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal and Square Enix Montreal as well as several licenses including tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Thief or Legacy of Kain. Why ? To replenish the coffers with 300 million dollars in cash thanks to Embrace Groupand the Japanese studio then explained that it wanted to “move forward with investments in areas such as blockchain, AI and the cloud”.
Swap Adam Jensen and Lara Croft against NFTthis is a process that has made many fans cringebut in a recent financial report, the CEO of Square-Enix Yosuke Matsuda clarified this last point, reassuring the players a little:
Rather than using proceeds from the divestment in new areas of investment such as NFTs and blockchain, we intend to use them primarily to fund our efforts to foster strong licensing and improve our development capabilities in our core digital entertainment segment.
Money for games is what gamers want, but Yosuke Matsuda admits several titles published by Square-Enix have not met with the expected success, he is probably thinking of Marvel’s Avengers, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and Outridersbut AAA are in production, and precisely, a well-known license will make its return:
The Just Cause franchise will remain our intellectual property and we are currently working on developing a new title in the franchise.
Eh yes, JustCause and Rico Rodriguez are not forgotten, Square-Enix say no more, but there is a good chance thatAvalanche Studios is still in development, he who is also busy on contrabandan exclusivity Xbox. While waiting to know a little more, you can find JustCause 4 at €49.99 on Gamesplanet.
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