Mergers: Commission opens in-depth investigation into the proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft (ec.europa.eu)
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Remedy revenue up 7% despite underperforming Alan Wake (www.gamesindustry.biz)
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10 years of FTL: The making of an enduring spaceship simulator (arstechnica.com)
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Steam Deck hits over 6,000 games marked Verified or Playable (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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Bayonetta voice actor reveals why she wasn't in Bayonetta 3 (www.tweaktown.com)
Saved you a click: too low pay (4000 $ for the whole thing) and depression.
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Say hello to the world’s first “Gaming” Chromebook (chromeunboxed.com)
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Overwatch 2 doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but damn, it’s a nice wheel (www.polygon.com)
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DHS to Spend Almost $700,000 Investigating ‘Radicalization in Gaming’ (www.vice.com)
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A.W.O.L. is a new FREE retro FPS using the Build Engine (Duke Nukem 3D, Ion Fury) (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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Roblox is ready to grow up (www.theverge.com)
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The Collectors Who Save Video-Game History from Oblivion (www.newyorker.com)
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Ubisoft confirms Assassin's Creed Mirage (nitter.kavin.rocks)
Metroid title music remix [funk whale] (music.imaginair.es)
Zelda: Twilight Princess and Wind Waker Switch ports reportedly set for reveal in September (www.eurogamer.net)
There has been lots of rumors about Nintendo having a new Direct this month… all kinds of rumors have been floating around.
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Valve confirms we’re going to see a lot more Steam Deck in the future (www.inputmag.com)
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Amazon rumored to buy Electronic Arts, but CNBC sources say otherwise (ftw.usatoday.com)
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There's a new South Park game on the way (www.eurogamer.net)
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The 8-year process behind Playdate’s glorious crank (www.polygon.com)
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One Good Thing: 32 years after its debut, Microsoft Solitaire is still a blissful time-waster (www.vox.com)
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Allegations Of Sexism, Bullying, And Burnout: Inside The Microsoft Studio Behind State Of Decay 3 (kotaku.com)
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Wordle Is Watching You (gizmodo.com)
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Ubisoft Employees Push Back Hard on Blockchain Initiative (www.bloomberg.com)
non-paywalled secondary reporting here from Rock Paper Shotgun, if you run into Bloomberg’s paywall: Ubisoft’s latest effort to convince employees that NFTs are good falls flat
NFTs Are 'A Scam', Says Indie Marketplace Itch.io (kotaku.com)
It was interesting seeing this headline over the weekend. RPG platform DrivethruRPG has also come out with a similar statement.
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100 million and counting: Nintendo affirms that Switch is still mid-cycle (arstechnica.com)
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