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• Twitch terminates all members of its Safety Advisory Council
• Take-Two is reportedly planning to close or sell its indie label, Private Division
• Sony explains why it's not bringing "tentpole" games to PC at same time as PS5

Friday Re:Play-

• Insiders blame Suicide Squad's failings on changing vision and lack of live service skills
• Live action Like A Dragon series coming to Amazon Prime video

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Today on Lets Play: Daily Gaming News-

• State of Play | May 30, 2024 | [English]
• Activision wins $14.5 million in Call of Duty cheat maker lawsuit
• Star Citizen still doesn't have a release date, but has raised over $700m

Friday Re:Play-

• Rolling Stone establishes new gaming vertical
• IGN Entertainment acquires Eurogamer, GI, VG247, Rock Paper Shotgun and more
• Twitch now lets you filter out and blur unwanted sexualised content

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• Nintendo agrees deal to buy Hogwarts Legacy, Mortal Kombat Switch studio
• Hellblade 2 developer Ninja Theory's next game reportedly already greenlit by Xbox
• Escape from Tarkov dev's latest wheeze is to offer players $50 'compensation' after a price U-turn, but rather than a refund it's a one-time use $50 Tarkov voucher

Friday Re:Play-

• Summer Game Fest 2024 partner lineup revealed
• Valve’s next game, a hero shooter called Deadlock, has seemingly leaked

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Today on Lets Play: Daily Gaming News-

• Summer Game Fest 2024 partner lineup revealed
• New Teslas might lose Steam
• Valve’s next game, a hero shooter called Deadlock, has seemingly leaked

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• Square Enix confirms US, Europe layoffs as part of restructuring
• GTA 5 has surpassed 200 million copies sold, according to Take Two
• Take-Two CEO claims it didn’t close Private Division studios Roll7 and Intercept Games

Friday Re:Play-

• Pentiment and We Are OFK win Peabody Awards
• Xbox president: "Our commitment [is] to make sure that the business is healthy for the long term"

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• Pentiment and We Are OFK win Peabody Awards
• Xbox president: "Our commitment [is] to make sure that the business is healthy for the long term"
• EA has teams looking at "thoughtful implementations" of ads "inside its game experiences"

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• Study finds YouTube is the most popular and trusted platform for game discovery
• After Buying Up Studios, Xbox Says It Doesn't Have The Resources To Run Them
• An Arrowhead community manager was fired after all for encouraging Helldivers 2 review bombing and refunds (updated)

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• Helldivers 2 has been pulled from Steam in 170 countries without PSN access, while Valve ignores its own policy to issue refunds for players with over 100 hours
• Sony overturns Helldivers 2 PSN requirement following backlash
• Brazil adopts breakthrough Legal Framework for Games
• Nintendo breaks silence on Switch 2, promises announcement by April 2025
• Hades 2 hits 100K concurrent Steam players, crushing the original's record a day after its early access launch

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• Xbox shutting down four Bethesda studios
• Activision to pay $23.4m for patent infringement
• Hades 2 hits 100K concurrent Steam players, crushing the original's record a day after its early access launch

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Today on Lets Play: Daily Gaming News-

• Nintendo breaks silence on Switch 2, promises announcement by April 2025
• Brazil adopts breakthrough Legal Framework for Games
• Magic: The Gathering Card Sells For Record-Breaking $3 Million And Fans Don’t Believe It

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Today on Lets Play: Daily Gaming News-

• Google objects to Epic's proposed changes to Play Store policy
• Helldivers 2 has been pulled from Steam in 170 countries without PSN access, while Valve ignores its own policy to issue refunds for players with over 100 hours
• Sony overturns Helldivers 2 PSN requirement following backlash
• Research firm reveals the top-grossing PC and console games of Q1 2024

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