Microsoft eyes closing its giant Activision Blizzard deal next week (www.theverge.com)
Sony confirms server security breaches that exposed employee data (www.theverge.com)
Lego Animal Crossing is official — here’s the teaser and backstory (www.theverge.com)
Apple is locking down the iPhone App Store to comply with a new law in China (www.theverge.com)
China forced Apple to remove any app where the developer isn’t registered in China. Meaning they asked Apple to remove 95% of the apps and games available in the App Store....
Florida men win Overwatch League Grand Finals (www.theverge.com)
Philips Hue will soon require an account to use its app — here’s what that means (www.theverge.com)
According to its current privacy policy, with an account, Hue gets access to the configuration of your system to provide the right software updates to the devices. It can only use your data for marketing or share it with third parties if you provide additional consent....
Epic Games asks the Supreme Court to hear its case against Apple’s App Store rules (www.theverge.com)
YouTube is axing its ad-free Premium Lite subscription plan - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
I was happily using this for a year or so now. Feels fairer than using an ad blocker. But now they apparently want more money out of people. Feels like some sort of internet video apocalypse is happening, where the services become extremely fragmented and expensive, like YouTube, netflix, hbo, Hulu, Disney+ and whatnot. Each...
Meta’s $499.99 Quest 3 headset is all about mixed reality and video games (www.theverge.com)
It looks like a big upgrade on the Quest 2 — and a mixed reality headset to take on Apple’s Vision Pro.
Horizon Forbidden West Coming to PC (www.theverge.com)
CAN’T WAIT!
Valve: don’t expect a faster Steam Deck ‘in the next couple of years’ (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal gets preliminary approval from UK regulator (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft addresses the huge Xbox leaks: here’s Phil Spencer’s full memo (www.theverge.com)
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/gaming/t/471480...
Microsoft addresses the huge Xbox leaks: here’s Phil Spencer’s full memo (www.theverge.com)
The leaks revealed plans for a revised Xbox Series X.
Microsoft addresses the huge Xbox leaks: here’s Phil Spencer’s full memo (www.theverge.com)
The leaks revealed plans for a revised Xbox Series X.
Microsoft addresses the huge Xbox leaks: here’s Phil Spencer’s full memo (www.theverge.com)
The leaks revealed plans for a revised Xbox Series X.
Microsoft’s Phil Spencer says acquiring Nintendo would be ‘a career moment’ (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft documents leak new Bethesda games, including an Oblivion remaster (www.theverge.com)
This is Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a new gyro controller (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft documents leak new Bethesda games, including an Oblivion remaster (www.theverge.com)
Remember that these were estimates from more than three years ago and before Microsoft completed its acquisition of ZeniMax in March 2021, so there’s always the chance that some of these plans have changed dramatically or been scrapped entirely. But they may provide an early look at some of the games we can look forward to...
This is Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a new controller (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft is planning to stream PC cloud games, internal emails reveal (www.theverge.com)
Meta is shutting down three Oculus games without explanation (www.theverge.com)
The Elder Scrolls VI will skip PS5 and isn’t coming until at least 2026 (www.theverge.com)
The Elder Scrolls VI will skip PS5 and isn’t coming until at least 2026 (www.theverge.com)