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One other lengthy week on the books, and fortunately this one was not solely dominated by the Microsoft-FTC-Activision Blizzard scuffle. In actual fact, on condition that Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have prolonged their deadline for the acquisition to October, it seems that the entire occasion is on ice for the close to future. This offers each events (and the U.Okay.’s CMA) extra time to barter. Anyway, if I’ve to go another week doing a column on the FTC vs Microsoft, I’m going to go barely extra mad than typical. So as a substitute, let’s discuss another stuff that occurred this week.
Ubisoft posted a slight dip in gross sales for Q1 FY24, although CEO Yves Guillemot stays optimistic, saying it was a “better-than-expected efficiency.” The corporate additionally revealed it plans to launch 10 video games on this fiscal 12 months, together with Murderer’s Creed Mirage, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Rainbow Six Cellular, The Crew Motorfest, The Division Resurgence, Simply Dance 24, XDefiant, Prince of Persia The Misplaced Crown, Cranium & Bones (FINALLY) and “one other giant recreation.” Your guess is nearly as good as mine as to what that final one could possibly be.
PlayStation dropped a brand new story trailer for the upcoming Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, which lastly gave us a very good take a look at Venom. They’re nonetheless very shy about letting us hear Tony Todd’s voice — throughout two trailers, he’s mentioned 9 phrases. Nevertheless it nonetheless seems to be excellent and I’m excited to listen to extra. Talking of trailers, Netherrealm right now launched two new trailers for Mortal Kombat 1. Within the first, we noticed three new confirmed kombatants: Li Mei, Tanya and Baraka. Within the second, we acquired our first confirmed DLC kharacters, and the rumors had been true: Homelander, Omni-Man and Peacemaker be a part of the fray, as do returning fighters Takeda, Ermac and Quan Chi.
As for my private gaming schedule, I can lastly, FINALLY play Closing Fantasy XVI now that my husband has completed it. The sacrifices I make for love, actually. However now I can lastly see what all of the fuss is about — I’ve barely made it just a few hours into the sport and I’m already loving how completely different the sport is from earlier titles. me, I like a very good spectacle motion recreation and it actually is that up to now. I’ll in all probability additionally play some Pikmin 4 now that it’s lastly out. I’ve by no means performed a Pikmin recreation earlier than, so this’ll be shiny and new for me!
What to play this week
What’s new:
- Pikmin 4
- Xenonauts 2
- Viewfinder
- Pokémon Sleep
- My Pleasant Neighborhood
- Cross Tails
- Brewpub Simulator
New on subscription providers:
- Techtonica (Xbox Recreation Go)
- Toem (Xbox Recreation Go)
- The Cave(Xbox Recreation Go)
- Maquette (Xbox Recreation Go)
- Figment 2: Creed Valley (Xbox Recreation Go)
- The Wandering Village (Xbox Recreation Go)
- It Takes Two (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
- Sniper Elite 5 (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
- Snowrunner (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
- World Conflict Z (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
- The Ascent (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
- Undertale (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Backside – Rehydrated (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
- Melty Blood: Sort Lumina (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
- Dysmantle (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
- Dynasty Warriors 9 (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
- Samurai Warriors 5 (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
- My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Journey (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
- Quick & Livid: Spy Racers Rise of SH1FT3R (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
- Monster Jam Metal Titans (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
- Gravity Crash Transportable (PlayStation Plus Premium)
- Twisted Steel (PlayStation Plus Premium)
- Twisted Steel 2 (PlayStation Plus Premium)
- Wytchwood (Prime Gaming)
- Embr (GeForce Now)
- Stardew Valley+ (Apple Arcade)
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