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Epic Games begins to show it’s “more than games,” acquires Bandcamp

Enlarge / Well, we didn’t see this one coming. But based on rumors that Ars Technica is familiar with, maybe we should have. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Epic + Bandcamp) At some point, Epic Games might need to drop the word “Games” from its moniker and admit what kind of company it wants to be. […]

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Game engine, meet game streaming: Unity acquires Parsec for $320M

Enlarge / Unity unites with Parsec in a $320 million deal. (credit: Aurich Lawson) The parent company of Unity, one of the most popular game development engines in the world, has made arguably its biggest acquisition of another gaming company yet. The deal, finalized on Tuesday, sees Unity taking control of Parsec, a peer-to-peer game-streaming […]