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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If you’re in the New York area, you’ll have a chance to meet CEO Mike Morhaime and executive VP of product development Frank Pearce. They’ll be a New York Best Buy signing copies of the title if you’re lucky to be in the area and plan to go out at midnight to get it. We’re not that lucky, but we’re also not standing in line this year for an event.