Into The Video Game Z

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Switch games using FSR?
Intel plans to ship 4m ARC GPU in 2022
Call of Duty may be delayed from yearly release
Street Fighter 6
Elden Ring tracking as one of the best reviewed games of all time
Ubisoft seemingly open to acquisition as long as they can maintain independence
Destiny 2 Witch Queen
The end of Into The Video Game; memories, lessons, and goodbyes.

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Nintendo ending Wii U and 3DS Eshops next year.
Platinum Games open to being acquired, but wants to retain their freedom.
Acti-Blizz plans sequel to Modern Warfare 2019, and COD Warzone 2.
Sonic Movie 3 and Knuckles series confirmed.
Pokemon Legends Arceus.
Star Wars.
Dead by Daylight.

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Switch hits 103m, surpasses Wii in sales
Furukawa says Switch still in the middle of its lifecycle
Nintendo not interested in an acquisition war
Pokemon Legends surpasses most mainline Pokemon games and Smash Bros with 6.5m sales in one week
Stadia reportedly deprioritized within Google, transitioned to general streaming
Nintendo Direct announcements

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Elden Ring has multiple poison swamps because Miyazaki "can't help himself."
Pokemon Legends Arceus review.
Microsoft makes Game Pass easier to cancel after UK investigation.
Sega plans to exit the arcade business entirely.
Playstation announces acquisition of Bungie.
Jim Ryan says more acquisition on the way, Geoff Keighley hints at more.
PlayStation "Spartacus" Game Pass competitor details leak.

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RTX 3050 launches soon, other signs of chip shortage hope
Phil Spencer excited for some obscure Acti-Blizz properties
Nagoshi's new studio is up and ready to make games "bigger in scale" than Yakuza
Old hardware, planned obsolescence, and buying products for your needs
Respawn announces they're working on 3 Star Wars games
Raven Software unionization push and reorganization
Nvidia may abandon ARM acquisition
Pokemon Legends Arceus may actually be good?
YuGiOh Master Duel impressions

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Microsoft announces intention to acquire Activision-Blizzard for 68 Billion.
That's it, that's the episode.
No seriously it's 2 hours of that.

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E3 goes online only for 2022
Xbox Series S/X fastest selling yet for Microsoft
Switch sells more units in Japan than every other console combined last year
Top discussed games of 2021 on Twitter
Nvidia Deep Learning Dynamic Super Resolution
Riot Games will pay employees 25% of their salary to quit
Video Game Industry stock trackers used to source COVID test kits
Project Zomboid
Laptop Power Efficiency

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TikTok usurps Google as top website
A lickable screen that can simulate tastes is in development
Koei Tecmo will release it's "full power" this year
Samsung gaming hub will include GeForce Now and Stadia support on new TV models
CES 2022 announcements; Ryzen 6000 processors and APU incredible advancements, new GPUs, laptops, Radeon Super Resolution and more
PSVR2 specs confirmed
Company behind Aya Neo claims to have solved Joystick drift issues
Indie VR development
Modding games for your own pleasure
Mount and Blade, Empire at War, and Skyrim modding

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Yoko Taro says Nier is done unless someone gives him a big pile of money
Steam Best of the Year data shows some interesting games at the top
The chip shortage will definitely continue through 2022, gaming laptops are at good prices though
Looking forward to confirmed games of 2022 and beyond
What to expect from the industry in 2022
Ready or Not impressions

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Minecraft Property Rights
Watch out for the Poison Larry patch
Endwalker so popular Square Enix had to stop selling it
STALKER devs immediately kill NFT plan after backlash
Ubisoft employees leaving the company in droves according to new report
Is there a major publisher crash coming?
Looking back on 2021 in the industry
ITVGZ Game of the Year Awards
Are you crazy for wanting a more beautiful Pokemon game?