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title: "News Mash-Up - Week # 47"
description: "News Mash-Up - Week # 47"
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# [News Mash-Up - Week # 47](https://blog.sparkers.com/the-future-is-digital-right-0-1-0-1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)

 Written by [Sparkers](https://blog.sparkers.com/author/sparkers) | Wednesday, 8 December 2021

 

|  | ## **Top News Items** |
| --- | --- |

- - For Black Friday week, the UK reported 941,000 physical retail units which is -13% lower than last year’s Black Friday week and -30% lower than 2019 Black Friday week which fell on week 48.
    - Kojima Productions, founded by Hideo Kojima, who fell out with his once former paymaster Konami, will look to make media content that is not video games. In a statement by Riley Russell, who will head this new division, the thinking was *“to expand the reach and awareness of properties now under development at Kojima Productions."*. The studio has also recently opened a new LA Studio that focuses on TV, film and music, so as the Japanese studio continues to focus on video games, the American-based studio will dive into Entertainment as well as video games.
    - Harmonix, the developer of the music simulation game, *Guitar Hero* and *Rock Band*, has been acquired by Epic Games. No details were forthcoming of how much Epic paid for the developer.
    - Amazon Studios’ boss Jennifer Salke mentioned that a Mass Effect TV show is in the pipeline.
    - Pokémon Go developer, Niantic, is estimated to be worth $9 billion following a$300 million investment from hedge fund Coatue. Niantic is an eleven-year-old American company that specializes in mobile game development. The company built its reputation as a for-hire developer and worked on several household IPs including *Harry Potter*, *Pikmin* and *Pokémon*.
    - Bobby Kotick, the CEO of Activision Blizzard, has said he would consider standing down if the company's issues cannot be fixed *"with speed"*.

|  | ## **New games** |
| --- | --- |

Week commencing Monday 29 Nov. 2021 

| **Date** | **Title** | **Platform(s)** | **Genre(s)** | **Developer(s)** | **Publisher(s)** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 30 Nov. | Beyond a Steel Sky | NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX | Adventure | Revolution Software | Microids |
|  | Clockwork Aquario | NS, PS4 | Action platformer | Westone | Strictly Limited Games |
|  | Evil Genius 2: World Domination | PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX | Real-time strategy, simulation | Rebellion Developments | Rebellion Developments |
| 2 Dec. | Dairoku: Agents of Sakuratani | NS | Visual novel | Idea Factory | Aksys Games |
|  | Solar Ash | Win, PS4, PS5 | Action-adventure | Heart Machine | Annapurna Interactive |
| 3 Dec. | Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain | NS | Party, puzzle | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo |
|  | Chorus | Win, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX, Stadia | Space combat | Fishlabs | Deep Silver |
|  | Danganronpa Decadence | NS | Visual novel | Spike Chunsoft | Spike Chunsoft |
|  | Disney Magical World 2: Enchanted Edition | NS | Life simulation | Bandai Namco Studios, Hyde | Bandai Namco Entertainment |

 

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