Bethesda celebrated the 10th anniversary of #TheElderScrollsOnline with the release of the roadmap that includes: *15-month long celebration: A series of events and rewards to mark the decade milestone. *In-person events: Notable gatherings like the Elfia fantasy cosplay festival in the Netherlands and the ESO Tavern event in Germany. *Anniversary Livestream: An online event to explore the game’s past achievements and future developments. *New content: The introduction of the Gold Road chapter, adding fresh experiences for players. #Gaming #GameNews #youtubegaming 🕹 🎮

Yesterday, Respawn Entertainment fixed an error that a #ApexLegneds servers update brought, which affected some players by having their progress reset at zero & delayed the new Ranked Split on a future date. #Gaming #GameNews #youtubegaming 🕹 🎮

Embracer confirms selling part of #Saber Interactive to the company's co-founder Matthew Karch (using his company Beacon Interactive). Direct effects are: -The retirement of Saber Russia operations. -Saber will keep studios Nimble Giant (Star Trek Infinite), 3D Realms (Ion Fury), Sandbox Strategies, New World Interactive (Insurgency), Slipgate Ironworks (Graven), Mad Head Games (Scars Above), Fractured Byte (Borderlands Legendary Collection and Digic. -Embracer will retain Tripwire (Chivalry), Beamdog (Mythforce), Tuxedo Labs (Teardown), Demiurge, Shiver (Lucius), Aspyr (Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection), Snapshot Games (Phoenix Point) and 34BigtThings (Redout). -Beacon will look an option to acquire 4A Games (Metro) and Zen Studios (Pinball) For weeks, it has been suggested that Saber Interactive was the latest of the collateral of Embracer Group failed mid-2023 multi-million gaming project that still to this day, full details haven't emerged of what could have been & that made a dent in all current & future projects. It is heavily suggested that a joint venture with a gaming company, Embracer and a interest from Saudi Arabia went sour at the very last minute (a day before closure of a financial quarter). #Gaming #GameNews #youtubegaming 🕹🎮

After receiving confirmation that WB Games approved the delisting of #AdultSwim Games in May, Team2Bit also received a denial on requesting being sold back the publishing rights of Fist Puncher. While unfortunate, I believe is not just a closed-minded decision by WB Game by a convenient one, as WBG is preventing the game being rebuilt to be attractive again to new games and then missed revenue opportunity in the future. #Gaming #GameNews #youtubegaming 🕹🎮

Historically, it won't be a 1st time that games cost $70 but in days that the industry is moving again at that MSRP, #Capcom confirmed on their investor conference that future games will do starting with Dragon Dogma 2. #Gaming #GameNews #youtubegaming 🕹🎮

In a more than upbeat presentation than the "dire" scenarios that many outlets were rumoring, Microsoft Gaming finally came forward about the future of #Xbox and while acknowledging that all the mentioned things in the special Xbox Podcast episode were planned as early in December, it doesn't need to be taken a change of plans at all. Xbox Game Studios will be launching 4 unnamed games for Playstation 5 and Nintendo Switch and it was hinted that 2 of them are more than a year since launched, are community-drive games and no, is not neither Starfield nor Indiana Jones and for now they are not committing on more games. First party Xbox games will be on Game Pass with no End of date, including new launches and actually, new games will be releasing on Day1 and Game Pass is an Xbox service exclusively. Activision Blizzard King Games will be coming to Game Pass starting with Diablo IV on March 28th. Phil Spencer interestingly acknowledged that there is an importance of exclusive games for platforms, that includes Xbox, but he foresee that the strategy will be small part for the industry in between the next 5 to 10 years. Regardless of that, Xbox President Sarah Bond assured that Xbox is not abandoning the hardware business and actually, next-gen Xbox is already in development and we are inbound for some news this Holidays season but, Microsoft Gaming did not acknowledged the future of physical games while addressing Xbox's view on gaming preservation. Tomorrow I will be given my takeaways in a new gaming podcast episode. #Gaming #GameNews #youtubegaming 🕹🎮

In a new signal that FTC is not giving up on reversing #ActivisionBlizzard acquisition in the future, the regulator wrote to the 9th Circuit of Appeal Court that Microsoft contradicted on its promise that both Microsoft & ABK will operate independently post-merger. All this as a result of the recent layoff at Microsoft Gaming that also included redundant jobs and the eSport department of Activision Blizzard. After failing to win a Preliminary Injunction in Summer 2023, FTC has said that it will continue its inner process that if successful (an uphill road at best as per observers), could force Microsoft to divest ABK, but either way the process could take years. There is a chance that if by 2024 US Elections, there is a change in FTC administration and a republican one takes over, the FTC could abandon the efforts. The FTC under Biden Administration, has grown intolerant on mergers that means big companies just becoming bigger but, the low success rate has been questioned by Congress with tax money being used just to fail and FTC requesting more funding regardless. Meanwhile, Microsoft has denied FTC's accusation on the #ABK independence promise post-merger, indicating that Activision was already on plans for running layoffs before the deal's closure is incorrect to fully attribute to Microsoft Gaming's process. #Gaming #GameNews #youtubegaming 🕹🎮

Quote of the day: the past can't define the future you have made mistakes in the past but sometimes it is okay to learn from them and improve for a better future for yourself.

The week started strong in the rumor mill for #Xbox & noise got so load that Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer acknowledged that there are things to talk about including the future of Xbox & will be scheduling a presentation next week. #Gaming #GameNews #youtubegaming 🕹🎮

Hi Rez announced #SMITE2 in parallel of SMITE's 10th year & presented on the SMITE World Champion this past weekend. Newcomers will still have a chance to play day one-ish as the OG game will not be abandoned for the foreseeable future. #Gaming #GameNews #youtubegaming 🕹🎮