FIRST HALF:
Square Enix confirmed the pronunciation of Cait Sith and it's angered the Gaelic community
Ex-BioWare employees suing for better severence
SECOND HALF:
Embedding Twitch streams is finally under scrutiny by Twitch/Dan Clancy
Nintendo shutting down Online Services for 3DS and Wii U in April '24
Diablo 4 is coming to Steam on the release on Season 2. Many suspect it'll get reviewed into the ground like Overwatch ("2")
FILLER:
Tony Hawk 1+2 Remake arrives on Steam!
Darktide has had a bit of a revamp
Forza Motorsport has reviewed well (8s and 9s)
Gearbox might be bringing back Gigantic???
Embracer is floundering; trying to sell off Gear Box (which they bought about 2 years ago), amongst all the other studios they've shut down
Team17 losing their CEO and also dropping a load of staff, namely QA
NaughtyDog also cut contracts for 25 contractors, namely QA too - most suspect it's due to the "pausing" of the Last of Us multiplayer (which the Bungie team that evaluated it said was a bit shit).
Cyberpunk 2077 erm, 2, is being moved from RED Engine to Unreal Engine 5.
KOTOR Remake is getting cancelled (speculation) as the reveal trailer has been delisted - the studio working on it is owned by drum roll Embracer!
Cities Skylines II CONSOLE are delayed to next year
Recommended specs for PC are also quite... Something (rtx3080 for 1080p!)
Twitter headlines have been removed and Elon plans to hide analytics (likes, comments, retweets, etc) unless you click on the actual tweet, all in the name of ✨aesthetics✨