In this episode, we cover the closure of Sony's Concord studio and The Sims 4’s remarkable milestone of gaining 15 million new players over the past year. We discuss Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 setting Game Pass subscription records, Ubisoft’s first blockchain game with pricey NFTs, and Nintendo’s new music streaming app. Also on the agenda: Germany’s gaming start-up grant, an Oregon Trail movie adaptation, and a new Outlast film. Plus, we unpack PS5 sales trends, indie boxing game Undisputed hitting 1 million copies, and the latest in political gaming outreach, including Tim Walz’s Crazy Taxi Twitch stream and Kamala Harris in Fortnite.

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