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The former employee found guilty of "gross insider crimes."

In December 2018, Swedish authorities raided the offices of Starbreeze in Stockholm. At the time, higher-ups at the studio were suspected of insider trading. The Swedish Economic Crime Authority (ECO) gave the go-ahead for the raid in order to gather additional evidence in their investigation.

Since then, we really hadn't heard too much about the investigation. We do know that Starbreeze has certainly...

Last week, PlayStation 4 owners that pre-ordered Overkill's The Walking Dead received a notice saying that the game has been cancelled. Sony started to issue refunds to customers as a result of this. However, publisher 505 Games was quick to comment, saying that the game was merely "postponed" as the game was still in development.

Today, the console versions of Overkill's The Walking Dead has been canceled. Skybound Entertainment, the studio that permits The Walking...

Back in December, Starbreeze suffered a real one-two punch. They had filed for reconstruction and then days later their offices were raided by Swedish authorities over suspicions of insider trading. This was about a month after the release of the ill-received Overkill's The Walking Dead, a mediocre game that never managed to pick up much of a fanbase at any point.

Given the company's issues, a question was raised about whether or not they would still hold on to the publishing...

Starbreeze, the studio behind Overkill's The Walking Dead and The Darkness had their offices raided on Wednesday in Stockholm. The Swedish Economic Crime Authority carried out the raid as part of their investigation into the company for insider trading.

According to Variety (via Dagens Industri), the raid was conducted on Wednesday morning. One person at the studio was arrested on suspicion of insider trading. In addition to the arrest, a "number of items" including a computer...

Overkill's The Walking Dead came out about three weeks ago now, which I guess is the perfect time to release the second season of content? I suppose it is if you're Starbreeze, Skybound Entertainment, and 505 Games.
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Another character trailer has come out today for OVERKILL's The Walking Dead. Today's trailer focuses on the character of Grant. Grant joins Maya and Aidan as the two previous reveals for the game.
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Another character trailer has come out today for OVERKILL's The Walking Dead. Today's trailer focuses on the character of Grant. Grant joins M...

Starbreeze, Skybound Entertainment, and 505 Games released a new cinematic trailer for OVERKILL's The Walking Dead today. The game's developer, OVERKILL, introduces Maya, the game's second playable hero.

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Starbreeze, Skybound Entertainment, and 505 Games released a new cinematic trailer for OVERKILL's The Walking Dead today. The game's developer,...

A new week means a new developer diary for OVERKILL's The Walking Dead. Today's video focuses on the creation of Georgetown, "a key neighborhood in the game's setting, Washington, D.C."
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A new week means a new developer diary for OVERKILL's The Walking Dead. Today's video focuses on the creation of Georgetown, "a key neighborhood...

A new behind the scenes video from Starbreeze, Skybound Entertainment, 505 Games, and Overkill takes a fresh look at some decidedly unfresh flesh in OVERKILL's The Walking Dead. The video takes a deep dive into the creation of last December's cinematic teaser trailer. The trailer, created by Goodbye Kansas Studios, showed off the game's first playable character: Aidan.
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A new behind the scenes video from Starbreeze, Skybound Entertainment, 505 Games, and Overkill takes a fresh look at some decidedly unfresh flesh...

Starbreeze will host a special live stream of upcoming games on May 10. They're calling it Starstream and will bring some attention to games like Overkill's The Walking Dead, Payday 2, Psychonauts 2, and more.
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Starbreeze will host a special live stream of upcoming games on May 10. They're calling it Starstream and will bring some attention to games like...