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Portsmouth-based Climax Studios, one of the UK’s longest-running game development studios, has been acquired by Keyword Studios, one of the industry’s key service providers.
Keywords acquisitions have become a regular feature of our news coverage for many year, initially the company centred on acquiring service provider such art houses, QA, audio and even PR firms.
However, it has also now taken on a significant number of end-to-end game development providers, with Climax Studios joining the likes of d3t, Studio Gobo, Electric Square and Wizcorp, among others.
Even then Climax Studios, which has been running for 33 years, is a major investment with 109 staff led by CEO Simon Gardner. The studio has worked on titles such as Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, Crackdown 3 and Returnal, out next week on PS5.
FTSE 100 gives up some gains amid slower start on Wall Street
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FTSE 100 gives up some gains amid slower start on Wall Street
The main indices in New York were lower on Thursday morning despite the fall in US jobless claims European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde
FTSE rises 12 points
Royal rat-catcher Rentokil slips on EU warning
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FTSE 100 reaches day s high but Wall Street struggles for direction
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FTSE 100 reaches day s high but Wall Street struggles for direction
The UK blue chip index in positive territory but Dow falls while Nasdaq edges higher
FTSE 100 rises 33 points
Mixed performance from US stocks
Royal rat-catcher Rentokil slips on EU warning
3.50pm: Mixed bag of risers
The FTSE 100 is at its highs for the day although to be honest, that is not saying much.
The blue chip index is currently 33.07 points or 0.48% better at 6928.36 despite the fall on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, down 128 points or 0.38%. Given Wednesday s surge the decline is not really surprising, with a little profit taking setting in. Meanwhile the S&P 500 is virtually flat, down 0.07% and the Nasdaq Composite has edged 0.26% higher.