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This has been a kind of weeks — a lot has occurred I can hardly consider solely 5 days have passed by. Multiple corporations reported their quarterly earnings, and whereas some — like Sony — have respectable information to report, others — like Electronic Arts — provided extra of a blended outlook. Multiple video games are shutting down, together with Apex Legends Mobile, Battlefield Mobile, Knockout City and Rumbleverse.
Finally, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is getting a six-week delay. This will not be as important as different delays, however the truth that EA isn’t releasing it on May the 4th regardless of it being lower than every week’s distinction is bugging me. I think it’s selecting to forgo this chance so Survivor doesn’t need to compete with Tears of the Kingdom, which releases on May 12, and but nonetheless provides EA a win for Q1 of their subsequent fiscal yr (it was initially scheduled to launch in This fall of this yr).
Also, the Securities and Exchange Commission dominated that Activision Blizzard violated office guidelines about reporting misconduct and whistleblower safety. The settlement permits the corporate to pay $35 million whereas admitting no wrongdoing, although it should abide by a cease-and-desist order. Meanwhile, in barely higher information, God of War Ragnarök is doing land-office enterprise and we’re getting one other recreation in The Crew collection.
Over the weekend, I’m going to lastly dig into Dead Space correctly. I’ve been so distracted by Forspoken, Fire Emblem Engage and Hi-Fi Rush that I haven’t had an opportunity to play a lot of it but, and that might be inexcusable. On a private observe, I noticed that Walkabout Mini Golf VR launched a brand new course this week set within the sunken metropolis of Atlantis — that means, on the ocean ground. Last time I noticed the sport, it launched a course set on Verne’s Nautilus submarine. Considering that I, on the time, complained in regards to the course being too scary for a thalassophobe like me, I really feel weirdly focused.
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What to play this week
What’s new:
- Deliver Us Mars
- Valiant Hearts: Coming Home
- Season: A Letter to the Future
- SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake
- Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
- Tails: The Backbone Preludes
- Perish
- SpellForce: Conquest of Eo
New on subscription providers:
- Roboquest (Xbox Game Pass)
- Inkulinati (Xbox Game Pass)
- Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (Xbox Game Pass)
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R (Xbox Game Pass)
- Darkest Dungeon (Xbox Game Pass)
- Grid Legends (Xbox Game Pass)
- For the King (Xbox Games with Gold)
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind GOTY Edition (Prime Gaming)
- Onsen Master (Prime Gaming)
- Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider (Amazon Luna)
- Sail Forth (Amazon Luna)
- Yakuza Kiwami (Amazon Luna)
- WRC Generations (Amazon Luna)
- Potion Permit (Amazon Luna)
- SkateBIRD (Amazon Luna)
- Raiden IV x MIKADO remix (GeForce Now)
- Superfuse (GeForce Now)
- City of Gangsters (GeForce Now)
- Immortals: Fenyx Rising (GeForce Now)
- Castle Crumble (Apple Arcade)
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