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Relic Entertainment's CEO is speaking candidly about just how precarious the studio's future was when it separated from Sega last year. Retaining the Company of Heroes license wasn't just a negotiating point — it was survival. Without it, the studio says, they simply would not have made it through the transition.
Shifting to a different kind of survival story, PlayStation's co-op heist game Fairgames has been quietly cancelled after years of near-total silence. Developed by Haven Studio, the live service shooter never quite found its footing, and this marks another significant retreat from Sony's ambitious push into games as a service. The studio itself remains open, which is something.
And stepping slightly outside pure tech but very much inside the conversation about digital infrastructure and national security, the UK government is facing uncomfortable scrutiny over its buy British ambitions. New research shows that less than one pound in every six spent with its largest technology suppliers actually stays with British firms, exposing a significant gap between political rhetoric and procurement reality.
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