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

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

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2. Pokemon v. Palworlds

• Pokemon Investigating “Palworlds” (CNBC)

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3. More Game Industry Layoffs

• More layoffs under Microsoft (The Verge)

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

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4. Should Game Studios Unionize?

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

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5. AI Hiring Frenzy

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

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6. Microsoft Cancels Odyssey

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

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7. Global Game Sales

• Global Game Sales To Recover (Reuters)

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8. Fortnite Coming Back

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

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9. Apple Allows Game Streaming

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

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10. Switch 2

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