We're still trying to digest yesterday's (Tuesday) earthquake: The Xbox will soon become a powerhouse of exclusive titles after Activision-Blizzard, one of the world's leading game distributors, was acquired by Microsoft for $ 68.7 billion - the biggest deal ever in the gaming industry.
With the deal underway, Sony will have to deal with the plausible possibility that new Voice of Duty (and Destiny, and Diablo, and Crash Bendicot, and Tony Hawk) games will no longer hit the PlayStation, after many years of close collaboration and exclusive content.
Still, it is important to emphasize that the upheaval will not happen overnight.
Will be very surprised if Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4, for example, do not find their way to the PlayStation, as well as this year's voice of duty and probably next year's.
There are contracts that need to be honored.
In addition, many tend to forget that the leading mobile gaming company King, which is responsible for the Candy Crush brand, is also included in the deal.
King was acquired in 2016 by Activision-Blizzard for $ 5.9 billion, and now its assets will be transferred to Microsoft, which is no doubt plotting to storm the mobile gaming scene as well.
And one more thing: last week, even before the giant acquisition was announced, Microsoft announced that it plans to update and refresh its policies regarding sexual harassment and gender discrimination.
The company is also expected to reopen old complaints that may not have received an adequate response - including allegations against Bill Gates, who left the company about two years ago.
It turns out that the timing of the announcement was not accidental, and it is not inconceivable that Microsoft is preparing the ground for possible cleaning of stables in the corridors of Activision-Blizzard, whose shortcomings in these areas we have written quite a bit.
Microsoft has promised to submit an orderly report on the matter as early as next spring.
Microsoft's STALKER game,
Chernobyl is not waiting
This week there is also more routine gaming news, such as the report that the release date of the much-anticipated action-horror game, STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl, has been postponed by no less than seven months.
The title's original launch date was April 28 this year, but now we will not get to try it out until December 8.
The reason for the rejection?
Corona constraints and the desire to release a product that is as successful and sleek as possible on three different platforms (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and PC) - because everyone has seen what happened to Cyberpunk 2077.
Adventures at Hogwarts of the Late 17th Century,
Next year at Hogwarts built
Another talked about title that misses its launch date hugely is Hogwarts Legacy.
It's a sort of prequel to the Harry Potter books (even more so than "Wonder Beasts"), an open-world action-adventure game set in late 17th-century Hogwarts that focuses on a young student joining the School of Wizards.
He (or she, you can choose the gender) learns to concoct potions, whisper spells and tame, of course, wonder animals, and that's just the tip of the fork.
Anyway, the game was supposed to come out in 2021, then postponed to 2022, and recently it was reported that there is no chance we will see it before 2023, alongside fears that Warner may have pressed the start button and reconsidered a route because the bosses do not like what they are See.
On each basket - Zelda tune,
Super Zelda Allstars
It turns out that Jarrett Allen, the young star of the Cleveland Cavaliers from the NBA who is even a candidate to participate in the All-Star Game, is a huge fan of Nintendo's Zelda games.
What's huge?
At levels of rare collectibles and excited tweets, with new titles in the series announced at E3 shows.
Not enough?
So here it is: whenever Alan hits a basket on Cleveland's home court, a familiar sound plays in every hall that every Zelda fan will recognize - the short melody that is heard every time you find a secret room game or something in style.
cute.
And yes, many teams play Super Mario's famous coin sound after their home player hits a free throw, but as far as we know, only Cleveland uses Zelda's sound.
Were we wrong?
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