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It’s March already? Where did the time go? (Oh proper, it went into Forspoken and Octopath Traveler II and Fire Emblem Engage and Dead Space, and so forth and so forth.) It’s been an odd week right here — I’m attempting to maintain up with the percolating Microsoft/Sony/Activision Blizzard drama. But now the FTC’s making Sony pony up its data of exclusivity, and the European regulators look like backing off. At this level, all of it provides me a headache.
I’m undecided what’s occurring at Square Enix. First it reabsorbs Luminous following the tepid response to Forspoken, and now CEO Yosuke Matsuda is stepping down. Square Enix has an fascinating few years, from its sale of the Eidos scraps to Embracer and its deal with NFTs and blockchain expertise. Also, this isn’t precisely associated, however Yuji Naka this week admitted to insider buying and selling whereas working for Square Enix years in the past. It’s nothing however sad information for the corporate this week.
In one other weird information story, it appears the Olympics has lastly deigned to acknowledge esports and can maintain an official sequence beginning this month. Well, type of — as a substitute of including widespread esports titles to its lineup, corresponding to League of Legends or Dota 2, the International Olympic Committee added some extra area of interest titles. Gran Turismo, Just Dance and even digital chess are comprehensible additions, however I’m left scratching my head at Tennis Clash, Virtual Taekwondo and Tic Tac Bow. Firstly, in what universe is a cellular title higher for digital tennis than Wii Sports? Second, why achieve this many of those esports need to be digital (and possibly worse) variations of Olympic sports activities that exist already?
On the non-public facet of issues, I can lastly shift focus to Like a Dragon: Ishin! now that I’ve completed my evaluation of Octopath Traveler II. I’ll most likely even be enjoying Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, however I can say with some confidence that that recreation will take me longer to complete. That stated, I hope to play my fill earlier than the following few weeks, as a result of one among my most anticipated video games — Resident Evil 4 Remake — is popping out quickly and I must clear my schedule.
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What to play this week
What’s new:
- Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
- Bendy and the Dark Revival
- Destiny 2: Lightfall
- Scars Above
- Leap
- Dungeons of Aether
- Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire
New on subscription companies:
- F1 22 (Xbox Game Pass)
- Trüberbrook (Xbox Games with Gold)
- Sudden Strike 4 – Complete Collection (Xbox Games with Gold)
- Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition (Prime Gaming)
- Citizen Sleeper (Amazon Luna)
- Guacamelee! 2 (Amazon Luna)
- Mega Man 11 (Amazon Luna)
- Sail Forth (Amazon Luna)
- Get Packed: Couch Chaos (Amazon Luna)
- Monster Hunter Rise (GeForce Now)
- Rise of Industry (GeForce Now)
- Kimono Cats (Apple Arcade)
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