Console Monster Hunter World Players Will See Geralt in February

On February 8th, XBox One and PlayStation 4 Monster Hunter World players will get to try out the Geralt of Rivia crossover content, though PC players will have to wait an indeterminate amount of time. The announcement was made through the Monster Hunter Twitter, but without any reference to what that content will include.

The Fate of Destiny 2 on BNet, ATVI Stocks Nosedive & Destiny 3 in 2020 According to One Firm

After yesterday’s huge news that Bungie was splitting with Activision for publication of the Destiny series, a trio of big things happened: 1) ATVI stock prices tanked and lost over 7% of their value in “after hours trading”; 2) Industry research firm, Cowen & Company believes that Destiny 3 will be coming in 2020; and 3) Blizzard Customer Service tweeted that Destiny 2 will remain on BattleNet and “will receive full support (without) any disruption to our services or your gameplay”.

UPDATED – Unity Pulls Licensing fromSpatialOS + Unity’s Response to Allegations

The talks between Unity and Improbable, creators of SpatialOS, have broken down. Unity has pulled Improbable’s license and blocked them from using the engine as a breach of the new terms of service. “This will affect our ability to support games”. The issue at hand is that developers currently developing games of with games in production using Unity will no longer be able to use SpatialOS. This includes companies such as Bossa and NetEase.

Unity Pulls Licensing from Improbable’s SpatialOS, Future of Games in Development & Production Unknown

The talks between Unity and Improbable, creators of SpatialOS, have broken down. Unity has pulled Improbable’s license and blocked them from using the engine as a breach of the new terms of service. “This will affect our ability to support games”. The issue at hand is that developers currently developing games of with games in production using Unity will no longer be able to use SpatialOS. This includes companies such as Bossa and NetEase.

Bungie Breaks Up with Activision, Regains Full Destiny Publication Rights

Bungie has announced that it has retaken full publication rights to the Destiny IP from Activision. The team made the announcement on the Bungie site starting with a bit of a rehash of the history between the two companies that started in 2010. While no date is set for the severance, Bungie indicated that the process will be completed “as seamlessly as possible”. Read the full letter after the jump.