As Amazon Games experiences its first success with New World, Netflix launches both its mobile gaming initiative and announces its first studio new acquisition. What does the future of gaming hold? It might be something very different from its past.

Big Tech and gaming have really just met, but that doesn't make them met-averse...in Virtual Legality.

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Discussed in this Episode:

"New World is Already Steam's Most Played Game of 2021 Despite Server Struggles"

IGN - September 28, 2021

https://www.ign.com/articles/amazon-games-new-world-mmo-steam-2021-most-played

"Amazon’s Crucible Shuts Down For Good After Returning To Closed Beta"

ScreenRant - October 9, 2020

https://screenrant.com/amazon-crucible-shut-down-second-closed-beta/

"Focusing on Stadia’s future as a platform, and winding down SG&E"

Google Blog Post - February 1, 2021

https://blog.google/products/stadia/focusing-on-stadias-future-as-a-platform-and-winding-down-sge/

"Expanding Our Games Team With the Acquisition of Night School Studio"

Netflix Blog - September 28, 2021

https://about.netflix.com/en/news/expanding-our-games-team-with-the-acquisition-of-night-school-studio

"We are joining the Netflix team."

Night School Studio Blog - September 28, 2021

https://nightschoolstudio.com/joining-netflix/

"Netflix buys first video game studio, rolls out mobile games"

Reuters - September 28, 2021

https://www.reuters.com/technology/netflix-rolls-out-mobile-games-users-select-european-markets-2021-09-28/

"Epic Games believes the Internet is broken. This is their blueprint to fix it."

Washington Post - September 28, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/09/28/epic-fortnite-metaverse-facebook/

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"Virtual Legality" is a continuing series discussing the law, video games, software, and everything digital, hosted by Richard Hoeg, of the Hoeg Law Business Law Firm (Hoeg Law).

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