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February 22, 2023 9 mins

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Microsoft has made deals with Nintendo and Nvidia to bring Xbox games to their platforms when the Activ-Blizz deal goes through; Northern Territory government creates fund for game dev; Activision hacked in Dec 2022; Bungie wins suit against Destiny 2 cheat software; Mario Movie Direct coming on March 9th; and even more!

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Microsoft announces ‘legally-binding’ 10-year deal to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo platforms

Microsoft Signs 10-Year Call Of Duty Deal With Nvidia

PlayStation has a 70% share of the global console market versus Xbox’s 30%, Microsoft claims

Northern Territory government announces funding for video games

Destiny 2 cheat seller ordered to pay Bungie $4.3 million in damages

Activision staffers learn of December data breach months later

Shocking but not surprising: The average price of a GPU at retail has doubled since 2020

Ampere Analysis: UK console, PC and mobile games revenue declined in 2022

M3gan, Insidious movie production company Blumhouse sets up horror game division

Marvel's Avengers: Former Creative Director of Support Studio Apologizes For the Game

Citybuilder removed from Steam allegedly due to DMCA from disgruntled player

Sony announces 10 more PSVR 2 launch window games

After more than 2 years of updates, Assassin's Creed Valhalla's final patch is out today

Lies of P will begin spinning its tall tales this August

Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy rumoured to be in development

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