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👾 Game Over: Top Ten News for the Week (Jan 26, 2024)

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Welcome to another edition of Game Over.

Arthur Trusov and I will discuss this news tonight at 8 PM PST.

This may be one of our last ones; it seems like the market, aka YouTube algorithm, has spoken. Let’s see. Otherwise, we may experiment with different formats or just kill this.

Feel free to join us:

1. Palworld Developer Pocket Pair Blog Post

  • A coincidental story called Palworld, where your fate will be decided in 3 days (Pocket Pair Blog)

Note: If you use Google Chrome you can view the English translation


2. Pokemon v. Palworlds

  • Pokemon Investigating “Palworlds” (CNBC)


3. More Game Industry Layoffs

  • More layoffs under Microsoft (The Verge)

  • An Important Update about Riot’s Future (Riot Blog)


4. Should Game Studios Unionize?

  • Ex-Bungie Legal Chief Suggests Unionizing (Game Developer)


5. AI Hiring Frenzy

  • AI hiring frenzy to fuel layoffs in other tech segments as firms strive to balance costs (CNBC)


6. Microsoft Cancels Odyssey

  • Microsoft Cancels New Blizzard Video Game After Six Years of Development (Bloomberg)


7. Global Game Sales

  • Global Game Sales To Recover (Reuters)


8. Fortnite Coming Back

  • Fortnite coming back to iOS (in the EU) through new ‘Epic Store’ (9to5 Mac)


9. Apple Allows Game Streaming

  • Apple now allows game streaming apps like Xbox Cloud Gaming on iPhone (Neowin)


10. Switch 2

  • Switch 2: all the news and rumors on Nintendo’s next console (The Verge)


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