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Cake day: August 12th, 2023

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  • The downturn is striking when compared with the studio’s streak last year of “John Wick: Chapter 4” ($440 million worldwide), “Saw X” ($111 million) and “The Hunger Games” prequel “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” ($348 million). Those films, as well as most of 2024’s lineup, were greenlit by then-motion picture group chair Joe Drake, who was replaced by Adam Fogelson in January.

    It’s tempting to say this was bad luck but Borderlands had so many reshoots that’s it’s easy to guess the flops were then steered by an inexperienced and ambitious Adam Fogelson.











  • Behind the scenes, the company was quietly funding and purchasing game studios, with the apparent intent of producing games it could integrate on its own blockchain platform.

    How many is unclear. When asked what game studios it has purchased, Forte’s spokesperson confirmed its purchases of Rumble Games and Phoenix Labs, but said the company “hasn’t been announcing investments and partnerships for some time now, but more news will be coming from Forte soon.”

    This secrecy does not appear to break any laws. KUSK Law partner Don McGowan, former general counsel at Bungie and chief legal officer at The Pokémon Company, told Game Developer that there’s nothing illegal about keeping these purchases a secret, but that it is “fucking weird.”

    Forte Labs is super sketch.