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News

(0:33) - FIFA ending exclusive partnership with EA Sports

(3:28) - Xbox sales and Xbox Game Pass growth slowing

(6:06) - PlayStation Sales numbers

(8:44) - Sony forms 'PlayStation PC’ and God of War PC port coming

(10:53) - Former Apple Arcade head leading PlayStation's mobile strategy

News Quickie

(12:58) - Cyberpunk 2077 next gen upgrade

(13:27) - September 2021 NPD: PS5 Snaps Nintendo Switch's 33-Month Hardware Win Streak

(15:03) - Topic of the Week

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FIFA - https://hypebeast.com/2021/10/fifa-ea-sports-end-exclusive-partnership-deal-info

https://twitter.com/BRGaming/status/1450130185228103684

Xbox - https://www.axios.com/xbox-microsoft-subscription-gaming-d047cf43-e9b4-4a33-bd25-1ab2c0ad9346.html

https://twitter.com/BenjiSales/status/1448635480887730177

PlayStation sales - https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps5-sales-reach-13-4-million-worldwide-ps-plus-passes-47-million-users/1100-6497482/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f

https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/1453752309918404618

https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/1453744621469769733

PlayStation PC and GoW - https://twitter.com/shinobi602/status/1450848857215193088

https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1450838857390362631

https://twitter.com/BenjiSales/status/1450851414784229376

PlayStation Mobile - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-10-12-former-apple-arcade-head-leading-playstations-mobile-strategy

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-has-seemingly-appointed-apple-arcades-former-content-boss-to-lead-its-mobile-push/

September NPD - https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2021/10/september-2021-npd-ps5-snaps-nintendo-switchs-33-month-hardware-win-streak

https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1450087102755004423

https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1448614327334866945

Blockchain Gaming - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-10-18-valve-ban-deals-blockchain-gaming-a-big-blow-opinion