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Old 01-27-2023, 08:42 AM   #14841
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I'd assume its mostly because of the very high cost for the purchase that set off alarms and everyone believing CoD really is this huge juggernaut that if its owned by someone not named Activision, then somehow a monopoly gets formed in gaming.

Also probably some console war jealously by some of those in charge over the idea they could lose out on playing CoD games on their Playstations if a recent tweet by an EU lawmaker is any indication.

Microsoft really should have waited a couple more years to buy Activision since its only been about 2 years since their big Zenimax purchase. Trying to buy another huge gaming company right after Zenimax did them no favors to those who believe Microsoft is just trying to buy their way into a monopoly.

It's hardly a monopoly though, it's one company. I'm not dismissing the size or IP's of the company, but get over it. That's kinda how business works.


CoD already has timed DLC and content, but is anyone trying to sue over that? Same with Destiny 2.


It's dumb. BRB - gonna go sue Sony for not making FF7 Remake on Xbox....
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Old 01-27-2023, 04:05 PM   #14842
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That's basically been the basis of Sony and FTC's arguments against Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard. Biggest counter given to that argument has been Nintendo and they've been perfectly fine without CoD games and minimum AB support for their consoles.

Another issue is just the sheer scale of the price tag since that's unprecedented in video game history and dwarfs what Micorosft paid for Zenimax a couple years ago. That price tag alone was going to set off flags with the FTC regardless of all the monopoly and other stuff talks. For some reference, Microsoft's offer for AB is almost 2/3rd the value of Sony's current net worth.

Real reason is Sony is legit scared over losing a ton of money they get from CoD sales on PSN should the purchase go through and Microsoft pulls the plug on CoD games on Playstation platforms in the future. That was a key reason why they wrestled exclusive content control away from MS when they had the chance to do so and helped shift the perception of CoD now being a Playstation first platform.
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Today's News:

* Amazon reportedly is currently working on a new Tomb Raider television series with Phoebe Waller-Bridge recently hired to be its lead writer, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Link: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...ge-1235311582/

* Insider Gaming and Kotaku reported that their sources stated that Ubisoft is currently working on two new Far Cry series games. One of the games was reported to be the next game in the Far Cry series, Far Cry 7. The other reportedly is a multiplayer-only Far Cry spin-off game. Insider Gaming reported that these two new projects were originally planned to be a single game but at some point during its development, Ubisoft made the decision to split it up as two separate games. Kotaku reported that Far Cry 7 will be running on the Snowdrop engine instead of the Dunia engine used in previous games.
Link: https://insider-gaming.com/sources-f...nt-at-ubisoft/ , https://kotaku.com/far-cry-7-multipl...rop-1850038103

* For those who like the Like A Dragon series (former Yakuza series) and wrestling (well mostly Kenny Omega), developer Ryu ga Gotoku Studio recently announced that Kenny Omega will be making a cameo appearance in their upcoming Like A Dragon: Ishin game in the form of a free guest Trooper card DLC pack.
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The developer announced that the Edo-era epic will feature a selection of new “Trooper Cards” — affording our hero new abilities to utilize in battle. The first two of these cards feature video game-loving pro-wrestler Kenny Omega, and charismatic actor Rahul Kohli (Midnight Mass, iZombie). Omega’s “Essence of One-Winged Angel” will afford Sakamoto the ability to cut down a crowd with a mighty sword swing, while Kohli’s “Essence of Firestorm” will see the lone warrior torch his enemy with an extended blast of flames. Both cards will be available as free DLC on launch day ...

There are still four more “special guest” cards to be revealed. Who could they be? C’monnn Meiko Kaji…

Like a Dragon: Ishin! will finally arrive on PlayStation, PC, and Xbox platforms February 21.
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Old 01-28-2023, 09:03 AM   #14845
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That's basically been the basis of Sony and FTC's arguments against Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard. Biggest counter given to that argument has been Nintendo and they've been perfectly fine without CoD games and minimum AB support for their consoles.

Another issue is just the sheer scale of the price tag since that's unprecedented in video game history and dwarfs what Micorosft paid for Zenimax a couple years ago. That price tag alone was going to set off flags with the FTC regardless of all the monopoly and other stuff talks. For some reference, Microsoft's offer for AB is almost 2/3rd the value of Sony's current net worth.

Real reason is Sony is legit scared over losing a ton of money they get from CoD sales on PSN should the purchase go through and Microsoft pulls the plug on CoD games on Playstation platforms in the future. That was a key reason why they wrestled exclusive content control away from MS when they had the chance to do so and helped shift the perception of CoD now being a Playstation first platform.

MS already guaranteed they would keep CoD going everywhere for the next 10 years. That gives you a decade to get your shit together. If you can't do it in a decade, probably aren't doing that great anyway.


Surprised no one sued over Gamepass, lol. Innovate better, competition, then maybe you won't rely on a single fucking title.


Stupid.
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Speaking of Gamepass- Goldeneye is on it bitches!!!

No multiplayer tho, that's only on Switch.
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Perfect Dark came back with multiplayer.
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Perfect Dark didn't have a gordian knot of rights issues to get past.

Talking out my ass here, but I'm guessing nintendo had more leverage and exclusivity for multiplayer on switch is a concession microsoft had to agree to, to get it on xbox.
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Yeah and it makes sense considering Nintendo's holding on the license was much bigger than MS' once you split up everyone who owned a piece of it.

Plus the original offer from MS was very one-sided in their favor that Nintendo decided to just sit on their hands for years until the scales got tipped into their favor since they correctly guessed MS would grow more desperate over time to get the classic game re-released.

When it came to the remake on the Wii, that one was easier for Nintendo to get on board since it was just a re-imagining of the game and a high profile 3rd party release for the Wii at the time so they didn't have a real problem if it went to other consoles after getting some some timed exclusivity first. Plus the potential licensing nightmare for it was mostly non-existent.
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Today's News:

* According to IGN, this year's E3 expo won't feature press conferences or on-site showcases from Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony. In regards to Microsoft, they reportedly are still planning to hold a games showcase event this summer but not as part of E3. In regards to Nintendo, it is currently not known if they will be holding a Direct style show as a replacement for E3 this summer.
Link: https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-ni...ipping-e3-2023

* Based on a recent fiscal report from Capcom, the company is currently expecting to generate a record setting year for this current fiscal year in terms of game sales and profits/revenues with Resident Evil 4 Remake as the main sales driver. The company sold around 29.1 million games for the first nine months but posted a loss in revenues compared to the same time period last fiscal year. They currently expect Resident Evil 4 Remake to not only help break their all-time record for most games sold in a fiscal year but also put them in the black in terms of revenues.
Link: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/...a-fiscal-year/ , https://www.destructoid.com/capcom-r...sident-evil-4/

* Actress Annie Wersching passed away on Sunday at the age of 45 due to cancer. In regards to video games history, Wersching was most known for being the voice and motion capture actress of Theresa “Tess” Servopoulos in The Last of Us.
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Today's News:

* For those interested in the new Star Wars Jedi Survivor game, developer Respawn Entertainment announced that the game has been delayed by six weeks. Instead of its planned March 17th release, it is now currently scheduled to be released on April 28th. Official reason given was due to them just needing more time for polish and finishing up development.
Link: https://twitter.com/EAStarWars/statu...7593580806145/

* Sony recently denied a report from Bloomberg that they have cut back on the production of their PSVR 2 headsets. Bloomberg had reported that Sony had cut back on their initial sales projections from two million PSVR 2 headsets to 1 million due to disappointing pre-order numbers. In a statement to GamesIndustry.biz, Sony stated it has not cut back on their production of PSVR 2 headsets but did not confirm nor deny that they have scaled back their sales expectations for the device.
Link: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/sony-sla...oint-1.1877035 , https://www.gamesindustry.biz/sony-w...uction-numbers

* As noted before, 343 Industries was among the departments and studios who were recently affected by Micorosft's recent mass layoffs. Bloomberg reported that their sources stated that 343 Industries recently stopped all development for future story content updates for Halo Infinite due to the effects from the recent layoffs. It was also reported that around 95 people from the studio had been laid off. It was also reported that future Halo games from the studio will now be using the Unreal Engine unlike their previous games which used the Slipspace engine.
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Bloomberg reports that 343 Industries will continue to work on Halo. This is in line with a statement from studio head Pierre Hintze, which said 343 will develop Halo now and in the future.

But while the franchise is staying with the studio, Bloomberg’s article suggests that at least 95 people at 343 Industries lost their jobs as part of the recent Microsoft layoffs. This list, according to a spreadsheet seen by the outlet, contained names of staff veterans and contractors alike.

Internally, Bloomberg reports that the head of Xbox Game Studios Matt Booty assured 343 that, even as it works with partners and outsourcing houses, the studio will stay in charge. But shifts seem to be on the way for Halo, too, as the report suggests that 343 made the decision to pivot away from its Slipspace engine and towards Unreal Engine last year, after Hintze took over.

The engine switch will reportedly take hold with a game code named Tatanka, in development with Certain Affinity. This project apparently started as a battle royale but may evolve elsewhere, according to Bloomberg’s sources. 343 is also apparently not actively working on new story content.
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Today's News:

* EA reportedly recently cancelled all development for an unannounced single-player game that would have taken place in the Titanfall & Apex Legends universe, according to Bloomberg. This game reportedly was tentatively titled Titanfall Legends and had lead designer Mohammad Alavi as its director until his departure from EA last year.
Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...in-development

* Besides the cancelled game, EA announced that they will be shutting down servers for their Apex Legends Mobile mobile game and shutting down all development for a Battlefield Mobile game. In regards to Apex Legends Mobile, it was stated that the decision was due to the game not meeting expectations while in regards to Battlefield Mobile, it was stated that they wanted to pivot into a new direction as part of their shift to a new strategy for their mobile division.
Link: https://www.ea.com/news/ea-mobile-strategy-realignment , https://www.destructoid.com/electron...t-ending-news/

* For those interested, Microsoft announced that 46 games are currently scheduled to be delisted from their Xbox 360's marketplace next week. Some of the games are currently available on the Xbox One and Xbox Series consoles and will remain so on those platforms but select games and their DLC can only be purchased through the Xbox 360 first before being playable on those platforms. Microsoft also announced that those who have purchased the affected games will still be able to download them after next week.
Link: https://www.destructoid.com/46-title...0-marketplace/

* Continuing today's bad news theme, Epic Games and developer Iron Galaxy Studios announced that they will be shutting down all servers for FTP battle royale game Rumbleverse on February 28th. As part of the shutdown process, the final update for the game will shut down the in-game store but unlock everything for free along with the current Battle Pass being given away for free and double XP for all matches until the shutdown date.
Link: https://www.rumbleverse.com/en/news/...-grapital-city , https://www.destructoid.com/rumbleve...y-iron-galaxy/
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"Well, we're shutting it down, here's everything for free".


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Today's News:

* In a recent corporate release, Konami stated that they have slashed their projections for their financial outlook for this year by almost 50%. The company originally was expecting to generate around 76.5 billion yen in operating profit for the year but recently slashed it down to 42.5 billion yen instead. The official reason for this downgrade in expected profit was not given. Unofficial reason is rumored to be due to the very disappointing performance of their eFootball 2023 game.
Link: https://www.destructoid.com/konami-s...look-for-2023/

* Sony announced that they will be shutting down and removing their PS Plus Collection for all Playstation 5 PS+ subscribers from PSN on May 9th.
Link: https://blog.playstation.com/2023/02...itive-edition/

* For those interested, Frictional Games announced that they have delayed their upcoming Amnesia: The Bunker game from its planned March 2023 release date to a new date of May 16th. Official reason given was due to "a tough winter with a slew of illnesses that has affected the development. We are a small team and things like this heavily impacts production."
Link: https://twitter.com/frictionalgames/...44437961048072

* Sony and developer Sony Santa Monica announced that God of War Ragnarok has sold around 11 million copies since its release this past November and also broke the record for fastest selling first party game in Playstation history.
Link: https://twitter.com/PlayStation/stat...74605211848705

* In a recent fiscal report, Sony stated that they shipped around 7.1 million PS5 consoles this past fiscal quarter, up 3.1 million compared to the same fiscal quarter last year. It was also stated that they have also shipped around 32.1 million PS5 consoles since its launch in November of 2020.
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Wait what? Isn't the PS Plus Collection supposed to be the thing that competes with Xbox Gamepass?
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Old 02-02-2023, 09:48 PM   #14858
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No, PS Plus Collection was a sub-service or add-on to PS Plus that was meant to entice people into buying a PS5 and a PS+ subscription. Sort of like what Nintendo did with the 3DS and Ambassador Program when the 3DS launched.

If you had both, then you got access to a select amount of digital PS4 games on PS5 for free.
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Today's News:

* Add Knockout City and CrossfireX to the growing list of free-to-play games shutting down this year with servers for Knockout City shutting down on June 6th and for Crossfire X shutting down on May 18th. Both games shutting down due to unofficial reasons of not generating enough money to continue support. In regards to Crossfire X, only its multiplayer mode was FTP but since its an "always online" type game, the single player mode will become unplayable as a result.
Link: https://www.destructoid.com/knockout...all-this-june/ , https://www.destructoid.com/crossfir...single-player/

* Microsoft announced that a recent message posting on the Xbox Marketplace stating that their entire Xbox 360 store would be shutting down this May was done in error and they do not have any plans of actually doing so this year.
Link: https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/2/23...g-closing-down

* The Coalition reportedly is currently rumored to have recently cancelled development on two unannounced projects in favor of working on a new game in the Gears of War series, Gears 6, according to GiantBomb's Jeff Grubb. Part of the reason was due to the studio had been working on multiple projects at the same time along with other duties and the other part was the studio being affected by Microsoft's recent mass layoffs.
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Speaking on the Game Mess Mornings show, Giant Bomb writer and frequent spoiler Jeff Grubb suggests that the studio had been working on multiple projects, including the aforementioned two new titles, additional support for Halo Infinite, while also helping Epic Games with its Unreal 5 tech demo The Matrix Awakens. Grubb suggests that the team may have been pulled from all of the above projects to start working on Gears 6 — a continuation of the popular and hugely successful Xbox series.

“This was all reflected in the layoffs that happened at Microsoft, which did hit The Coalition a little bit. The studio is now going to move on fully to Gears 6. I say now, it has likely moved on to Gears 6 in full over the course of the last year, but definitely, that will be their next game.”
Link: https://clips.twitch.tv/SpotlessBloo...Lmut94jN34KbHa , https://www.destructoid.com/rumor-th...rk-on-gears-6/

* Activision Blizzard recently paid $35 million as a settlement payment to the SEC over its investigation into toxic workplace allegations and violating an SEC whistleblower protection rule.
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Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay $35 million to settle charges from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These charges included allegations that it failed to maintain proper workplace disclosure procedures, and violated an SEC whistleblower protection rule.

The SEC investigated into Activision Blizzard, charging that it did not have proper procedures for documenting workplace misconduct complaints. Because of this, it would not be able to adequately disclose whether misconduct problems merited disclosure to shareholders. Additionally, the SEC charged that Activision Blizzard was found in violation of a whistleblower protection rule.

Activision Blizzard agreed to a cease-and-desist order and a $35 million penalty, without admitting or denying the SEC’s findings.

“The SEC’s order finds that Activision Blizzard failed to implement necessary controls to collect and review employee complaints about workplace misconduct, which left it without the means to determine whether larger issues existed that needed to be disclosed to investors,” said the SEC’s Denver regional office director Jason Burt in a statement. “Moreover, taking action to impede former employees from communicating directly with the Commission staff about a possible securities law violation is not only bad corporate governance, it is illegal.”
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A case study in why buying a game off of a review score is a pointless exercise. Particularly in an age where reviewers literally get death threats for scratching the surface of proper criticism.
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Old 02-06-2023, 05:38 PM   #14862
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Stopped reading reviews over a decade ago, and they got worse since.

But here's a review: Guilty Gear Strive in amazing. Beta ended yesterday, instant purchase.
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I thought that came out like a year ago
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Beta was on xbox. Crossplay beta, too. Rollback and all that.
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Today's News:

* A court in the Northern District of California reportedly dismissed a lawsuit against Nintendo over issues regarding drift in their Switch Joycon controllers, according to Eurogamer. This lawsuit had been filed in October of 2020 by parents on behalf of their 10-year old child claiming that the drift issues "became so pronounced that the controllers became inoperable for general gameplay use." In the official ruling, the court stated that the reason for the dismissal was due to legal issues that arose from the nature of the lawsuit. It was stated that Nintendo's legal agreement to use their products would have been between them and the parents and not the child, who is a minor under the rule of law. It was also stated that due to minors are not legally considered to be parties of EULA agreements, there was never any legal agreement between Nintendo and the minor which meant they did not have to rule on the other issues presented in the lawsuit. The court also stated that "because minors failed to allege ownership of the console and assignment of right to sue, they lack standing to pursue the CLRA and unjust enrichment claims."
Link: https://www.eurogamer.net/american-j...-drift-lawsuit , https://www.gamesindustry.biz/us-cou...-drift-lawsuit

* Nintendo announced that they will be releasing a new Nintendo Direct episode on Thursday that will be around 40 minutes in length and will mainly focus on games for the Switch arriving in the first half of this year.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMdUSVSEp7U , https://www.destructoid.com/a-ninten...-half-of-2023/
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cool so they just need to refile the suit and claim themselves as the plaintiff instead of their son or whatever.
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because they ain't wrong, I'm on my like 7th set of extremely overpriced joycons at this point and it's fucking bullshit. Shittiest controller ever.
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cool so they just need to refile the suit and claim themselves as the plaintiff instead of their son or whatever.
Gamespot's Tom Caswell mentioned on Monday's Game Mess Mornings show on Giantbomb that this type of lawsuit likely would never get ruled in favor of the plantiff just because of how huge of a can of worms it would open for others in the gaming industry.

Not only would it set a new precedent, it also means everyone else who uses the same controller tech in a Switch controller could potentially face similar lawsuits since that tech is currently an industry standard and has been known going as far back as at least the Xbox One/PS4 era of being defective because of an unfixable flaw in its design.

Think you can still send in JoyCons for Nintendo to repair for free (minus any potential shipping fees) but that wasn't the case initially and only changed after Nintendo caught some really serious heat over charging to fix drift they very likely knew would haunt them this gen.
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Today's News:

* Nintendo's upcoming Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom game is currently rumored to feature a $10 price hike of $70 compared to the standard price of $60 for Switch games. This price tag was first seen on listings for the game at several retailer sites and Nintendo's own online store before being quickly taken down. Several other retailers had the game priced at $60 before they also took down their listing and pre-orders pages for the game.
Link: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...-for-usd70-usd , https://www.destructoid.com/legend-o...ead-of-direct/

* Nintendo announced as part of today's newest Nintendo Direct episode that Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp is currently scheduled to be released on April 21st and Pikmin 4 is currently scheduled to be released on July 21st.
Link: https://www.destructoid.com/advance-...e-date-reveal/ , https://www.destructoid.com/pikmin-4...te-of-july-21/

* Capcom announced that they are currently working on a remaster of classic 2010 DS game Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective for PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. It was also announced that this upcoming remaster is currently scheduled to be released during this summer.
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Nintendo price hiking to 70 is garbage. If it was a for a new system, sure, but prices should not be increasing on a piece of tech that is now well beyond the point of showing its age. Too many high profile releases in the last year or 2 have run like utter shit because of the limitations of the system for me to justify paying even more for a game that's gonna run 25fps at 720p. Looks like I'll be waiting for the updated version of tears of the kingdom that will drop a year later as a launch title for the Switch².
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Honestly I bet you they already have Tears of the Kingdom ready for the next system alongside the switch version. Feel like it's probably actually designed for the next platform and the switch release is just a "low settings" version of the game they actually made. Assuming they have specs for the next console iteration, and knowing it can't be that far off, as well as Nintendos penchant for releasing cross-gen zelda games, it would actually make sense for them to have just made the game for the new console and dialed it back for Switch now. Saves money on development in the long run because you won't have to update it later and allows them to do the ole double release and milk some extra sales too.
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Watched that Tears of the Kingdom trailer yesterday then read the news it was going to be a $70 game. Unless that comes with hardware and how-to instructions to upgrade your Switch to be on par with the PS5 and SXS, Nintendo is nuts.

I'll cancel the preorder and wait until Black Friday or whatever until it's on the cheap.
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Today's News:

* Valve announced that they are currently working on a new "full size" update for Team Fortress 2 that is currently scheduled to arrive this summer.
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The last few Team Fortress summer events have only been item updates. But this year, we're planning on shipping a full-on update-sized update — with items, maps, taunts, unusual effects, war paints and who knows what else?! Which means we need Steam Workshop content! YOUR Steam Workshop content!
Link: https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=189493

* For those interested in purchasing Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom but not fond of its confirmed $10 price hike, Nintendo recently updated the list of games for their newest digital Switch Games Voucher offerings that includes the game. Instead of usual savings of $20 on the purchase of two digital Switch games, this would now be a $30 discount when including the new Zelda game. There is no discount on just buying the game itself though beyond using whatever gold coins you have in your eShop account.
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Making the "discount" only available to people who go digital is an even bigger bitch move.
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In a potential very interesting twist to Microsoft's legal battle over trying to get their purchase of Activision Blizzard approve, there is now a possibility the Call of Duty series could be owned by someone else not named MS or Activision.

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recently issued a report stating that their main objection to MS's purchase attempt revolves around ownership of the CoD series. The CMA currently feels MS owning the CoD series on top of everything else from AB is too much in terms of marketshare power for a single company. They hinted that if Activision were to first sell off their CoD series to someone else, then they would have less of an issue of MS buying up AB.

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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) already expressed concerns about Microsoft’s plans to acquire Activision Blizzard last year, but it now says the deal could harm UK gamers. The CMA has published provisional findings in its investigation into the Microsoft and Activision deal and found that it “could result in higher prices, fewer choices, or less innovation for UK gamers.” The CMA has offered up possible remedies that include Microsoft being forced to sell off Activision Blizzard’s business associated with Call of Duty.

The CMA makes it clear that it’s mainly concerned about two things: cloud gaming and game exclusivity. “The evidence available to the CMA currently indicates that Microsoft would find it commercially beneficial to make Activision’s games exclusive to its own cloud gaming service (or only available on other services under materially worse conditions),” says the UK regulator ...

The CMA has now suggested a set of possible remedies that Microsoft could take to get approval for the Activision Blizzard acquisition in the UK. They include a suggestion for a structural remedy that involves a partial divestiture of Activision Blizzard in the form of selling off the Call of Duty business. Other remedies include selling off the Activision segment or the Activision and Blizzard segments that would include the business associated with Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and other games.

None of these remedies are favorable for Microsoft, and the company was likely hoping for behavioral remedies like agreements to ensure Call of Duty and other Activision games are available on rival cloud gaming services and limitations on exclusivity for games across consoles. The CMA says “behavioral remedies are less likely to have an effective impact,” and it’s essentially ruling out that route in these provisional findings unless the regulator is “confident that the remedy was capable of effective implementation, monitoring, and enforcement" ...

The CMA does leave the door open for a potential remedy in the form of access to Call of Duty. Microsoft offered Sony a 10-year deal on Call of Duty games, and the CMA says it will consider this and other contractual arrangements as a potential behavioral access remedy. While the CMA clearly favors structural remedies like selling off the Call of Duty business, there could be room for Microsoft to offer up more solutions that the CMA will consider in the coming weeks ...

While the CMA is just a single regulator for the UK, it still heavily influences how US-based companies operate in the UK and Europe. Meta was forced to sell off Giphy following an order from the UK competition watchdog last year. With regulators worldwide looking to take tougher stances on Big Tech acquisitions, the CMA’s findings could influence how the European Commission responds, too.

The CMA is now looking for responses from the industry by February 22nd to its possible remedies, followed by responses to the provisional findings by March 1st. These will all be considered ahead of the CMA issuing its final report, which is due by April 26th.
Link: https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/8/23...s-call-of-duty
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Today's News:

* In a recent investor's meeting, Remedy Entertainment announced that development for their upcoming Alan Wake 2 game recently reached fully playable stage in terms of the game itself being playable from start to finish but they are still some time away from being able to enter the final stage of its development.
Link: https://www.destructoid.com/alan-wak...h-remedy-news/

* AEW's upcoming Fight Forever game recently was officially given a rating of T for Teen by the ESRB. In their content description for the game, it was revealed that the game features molotov cocktails as a usable weapon, "partially exposed buttocks", and butt slapping taunts. Also the word "shit" but it wasn't stated if Chuckie T will finally be able to mention the word in AEW.
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This is a wrestling game in which players compete in matches with wrestlers from the AEW roster. Players use punches, kicks, and grappling maneuvers to drain their opponents' health. In some match types (e.g., Barbed Wire, Stadium Stampede, Unsanctioned) players can use barbed wired, baseball bats, metal chairs, and Molotov cocktails against opponents, eventually resulting in submission and/or knock outs. Blood-splatter effects can occur during matches, staining the mats; video footage of real matches also depicts blood on wrestlers' faces and bodies. The game contains some mildly suggestive material: female wrestlers in revealing outfits (e.g., deep cleavage, bunny outfits, partially exposed buttocks); wrestlers performing taunting gestures (e.g., crotch chop, slapping buttocks). Real footage sometimes depicts wrestlers drinking alcohol and smoking. The word “sh*t” is heard in the game.
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