This week has a lot of followup to the entire situation with Activision/Blizzard, and also a lot of news items that weren’t a part of the official news feed. According desky.ca in addition, this week’s Gaming Flashback is recognized as the first computer game, Spacewar!
The news feed includes:
- Microsoft is watching Activision/Blizzard to ensure ‘the right people’ are in charge when it takes over
- Witcher 3 director and Cyberpunk 2077 veterans announce new studio and ‘AAA dark fantasy‘ RPG
- Nintendo Switch Sports online play test registration now open
- 3DS and Wii U eShop purchases end in March 2023
- Focus Home Interactive to acquire Metal Slug Tactics dev Leikir Studio
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It is the 13th anniversary of the Command & Conquer Series, Red Alert, and Electronic Arts is giving away the original C&C: Red Alert as a
Only 13.4% of gamers are playing the Wii even though it’s the hottest selling console on the market, showing the fury of the casual gamer it seems. It’s trendy to own a Wii but it’s not trendy to play it; it would be interesting to see how much of the 13.4% is Wii Sports.