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Not boycotting as I hadn’t planned on buying it to begin with.

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@theam0g said:

@Pedro: 'I wonder what publisher has a networth of 13 billion?🤔'

Take Two: 12.6 Billion

I've also hear speculation on Embracer. The Saudis bought 8.1% of the company for $1 billion in June, putting its valuation at valuation at about $12.3 billion. They would have to spend "only" about $11.3B to buy the rest, but the finalized purchases of Square Enix's Western devs and a stock premium would push that Embracer evaluation close to $13B.

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Curiously, it appears RV is keeping CNET.

SAN FRANCISCO and CHARLOTTE, N.C.,Oct. 3, 2022/PRNewswire/ -- Fandom, the world's largest fan platform, today announced it has acquired a portfolio of entertainment and gaming brands from Red Ventures- GameSpot, Metacritic, TV Guide, GameFAQs, Giant Bomb, Cord Cutters News and Comic Vine. By combining Fandom's300M MAU's, 250K Wiki communities and 40M pages of content with these widely recognized gaming, movie and TV brands reaching 46M MAU's, Fandom extends its strategic mission to be the fan's first choice for community and experience. Financials of the deal were not disclosed.

The full press release

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Was there a thread becrying the likewise optional $20 anniversary upgrades for the Xbox and PlayStation versions that I just missed?

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We will be refunding all Stadia hardware purchases made through the Google Store, and all game and add-on content purchases made through the Stadia store. Players will continue to have access to their games library and play through January 18, 2023 so they can complete final play sessions.

- Phil Harrison in a blog update

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https://blog.google/products/stadia/message-on-stadia-streaming-strategy/

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@zerothehero said:

It friggin destroys the cowabunga collection. This game feels way better than both of turtles arcade games that konami made.

6 player couch co op or online all the characters feel different speeds. This is how you make a beat em up. We haven't seen one this good ever. Its the best beat em up of all time.

With about 30 years of material to study and learn from since the last of the Konami TMNT arcade games, I’d certainly hope so.

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Sony isn't hiring based on race or any aspect other than being best for the job.

What this fund is doing is trying to reduce the systemic bias inherent in the formation of the pool of talent from which it will hire.

Seems like a pretty noble goal to me. I'm surprised the "only the best people should be hired" brigade is opposed to it as otherwise it implies that people who have already been hired might not be the most talented.

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Considering they’re splitting her role up into three different people, I’m not shocked by Halo having issues the past several years. They may say otherwise, but you can’t task a single person with spinning so many plates without some of them getting wobbly.

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@tjandmia said:

American companies. The UK can cry all they want.

There is no such thing as "American companies" anymore, not just regarding sales but also structure. Unless, of course, you're suggesting Microsoft shut down its UK-based Playground Games, or Activision its Sledgehammer Games. Hell, Activision owns Centresoft Limited, one of the largest video game distributors in Europe.