Gaming

Podquisition 445: May Be Nice

Our position is now in question.

Games we played this week include:
Everybody 1-2-Switch (1:05)
NieR:Automata (24:10)
Playdate (36:35)
The Last Hope (54:45)

News things talked about in this episode:
So many things have leaked because of poor redaction by FTC (1:04:55)
www.eurogamer.net/sony-court-docum…-details-spotted

Microsoft wanted to buy Square Enix in 2019 (1:01:05)
www.eurogamer.net/microsoft-consid…documents-reveal

Microsoft’s lawyer keeps saying unannounced things as though they’re public knowledge (1:04:07)
www.theverge.com/23768244/ftc-mic…ws-announcements
www.ign.com/articles/sony-expec…9999-microsoft-says

Satya Nadella claims he doesn’t like console exclusives (1:06:50)
www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-…t-rid-of-exclusives

Ubisoft announces its first blockchain game (1:09:05)
www.kotaku.com.au/2023/06/ubisoft-…oria-chronicles/

Niantic lays off 230 people and cancels projects after successfully alienating Pokémon Go fans (1:10:37)
variety.com/2023/digital/news/n…n-games-1235658759/

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