Podquisition 421: Your Choice of Crabs

One option seems less desirable.

Games we played this week include:

Melatonin (5:00)

Hades (10:40)

Cyberpunk 2077 (19:45)

Omaze (38:40)

Demon Quest 85 (41:35)

Chibi-Robo! (45:25)

A Short Hike (51:10)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (46:50)

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News things talked about in this episode:

Ubisoft delays Skull & Bones again and ends development on three unannounced games (1:05:35)

https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/01/11/ubisoft-cancels-three-unannounced-games-skull-and-bones-delayed-again

Beyond Good & Evil 2 allegedly still in development despite other cuts at Ubisoft (1:09:50)

https://www.eurogamer.net/beyond-good-evil-2-still-in-development-ubisoft-insists

Ubisoft stock plummets, Yves pressures staff to take responsibility (1:13:40)

https://kotaku.com/ubisoft-skull-bones-delay-assassins-creed-far-cry-cuts-1849975925

Workers being called to strike at Ubisoft Paris (1:15:25)

https://twitter.com/SolInfoJeuVideo/status/1615263954955116546

Activision acquisition now coming under fire from Google, Nvidia (1:18:55)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-12/google-nvidia-express-concerns-to-ftc-about-microsoft-s-activision-deal

The EU has their own antitrust concerns about Microsoft acquiring ABK (1:20:15)

https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-faces-eu-antitrust-warning-over-activision-deal-sources-2023-01-16/

The Bored Ape game is hilariously convoluted and bad (1:22:00)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7LiVBCZ69Q

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