Microsoft officially delays the acquisition of Activision/Blizzard until October 18, giving them more time to work with the FTC and CMA.
What We're Playing
- Cliff: The Big Con, Beacon Pines
- Colby: FarCry 6, Lego Star Wars, Arcade Paradise
News
- MS Looking to Extend Their Deal with Activision/Blizzard
- Games with Gold is Gone
- GP Friends And Family is Ending
- Sony Signs Ten Year Deal with Microsoft
- You’ll Probably Be Able to Change Out the Battery on Your Next Switch
- Watch Your Heated Gamer Moments Folks
- Get Stabbed in Assassins Creed
- Bungie Wins Against Gamers
Questions
Tr1pletrouble88: What do you imagine cartwheeling through jello is like?
*monotone screaming*: Alternative question: do you think it would be more fun to destroy a big block of jello by tearing it apart hulk-style or smashing it apart with a baseball bat
Cheap/Free Games
Epic Games
- Murder by Numbers!
- Elder Scrolls Online
Xbox Game Pass
- Techtonica (Game Preview) (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Toem (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- The Cave (Cloud and Console)
- Maquette (Console and PC) – July 19
- Figment 2: Creed Valley (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 20
- The Wandering Village (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 20
- Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – July 25
- Venba (Console and PC) – July 31
- Celeste (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 1
Xbox Game Pass DLC / Game Updates
- Naraka: Bladepoint Deluxe Edition Upgrade – Available now
- League of Legends Champion: Naafiri – July 20
- Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island – July 20
- Dead by Daylight: Nicolas Cage DLC – July 25
Leaving Game Pass
- Dreamscaper -- cloud, console, PC
- Expeditions: Rome -- PC
- Marvel's Avengers -- cloud, console, PC
- The Ascent -- cloud, console, PC
- Two Point Campus -- cloud, console, PC
PlayStation Plus
- It Takes Two (PS5, PS4)
- Sniper Elite 5 (PS5, PS4)
- Snowrunner (PS5, PS4)
- World War Z (PS5, PS4)
- The Ascent (PS5, PS4)
- Undertale (PS4)
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated (PS4)
- Melty Blood: Type Lumina (PS4)
- Dysmantle (PS5, PS4)
- Circus Electrique (PS4)
- Dynasty Warriors 9 (PS4)
- Samurai Warriors 5 (PS4)
- My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure (PS5, PS4)
- Fast & Furious: Spy Racers Rise of SH1FT3R (PS5, PS4)
- Monster Jam Steel Titans (PS4)
PS Plus Classics
- Gravity Crash Portable (PS5, PS4)
- Twisted Metal (PS5, PS4)
- Twisted Metal 2 (PS5, PS4)
Humble Bundle
https://www.humblebundle.com/games/cyberpunk-playground
https://www.humblebundle.com/games/athome-arcade
Prime Gaming
- Wytchwood - July 20
- Lunar Axe - July 27
Patreon
- Alan Schulte
- Joe Cole Jr.
- Anonymous
- Rich Deacon
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