Episode 757: Just a Half Hour

Just a half-hour episode this time.

  • Germany calls for Google and Apple to remove the AI Deepseek app from their stores
  • European game publisher group responds to Stop Killing Games, claims the proposal ‘would curtail developer choice’

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All that plus Reader Feedback and the Question of the Week, “What DRM would you tolerate?”

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  • Monster Hunter Wilds’ latest patch makes online-only missions playable offline
  • Bethesda yet again reassures fans that The Elder Scrolls 6’s roadmap is unaffected by recent Xbox layoffs
  • Atari signs deal with Universal Pictures to develop movies – Asteroids, Adventure, Berzerk, Breakout, Centipede, Crystal Castles, Millipede, Missile Command, Pong, Yars’ Revenge
  • PlayStation ‘blackout’ week is coming to protest Sony’s disc-Less future
  • Dev: “Sony had the strictest social media guidelines they’ve ever seen issued”
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Let us know what you think.