With GDC 2023 and PAX East 2023 in the rearview mirror, there's been plenty of announcements coming off the heels of those events taking place such as Counter Strike 2, Sonic Origins Plus, and a dark TMNT game based on the Last Ronin comic too?

Not to mention, Blizzard put out two versions of a Diablo IV beta, which Marc played, and he has some thoughts on the game that is a little more than three months away from launch.

The UK's CMA has also reached a form of a verdict in relation the console portion of the potential Xbox and Activision-Blizzard-King merger. Ruling that they are no longer concerned about it as relates to consoles. However, there are still concerns regarding Cloud Gaming. Does leave rival PlayStation in a bad position? Do you think they'll eventually sign a 10-year agreement? And what does it say that the $1 Game Pass trial no longer exists?

Plus, Sean now has all eight characters in Octopath Traveler 2, does this further enhance his thoughts from last week? And how are more of the stories playing out? Ubisoft is now NOT going to E3 2023, EA delists some games, Atari acquires the System Shock remake studio, and more!

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Timestamps:

00:00:30 START

00:01:30 Housekeeping

- The Hellfire of Betas -

00:04:00 Diablo IV Beta Impressions

- The Microsoft & Activision-Blizzard Merger Gets a Big Move -

00:18:50 The CMA Makes a Decision

- There is Some Gaming News! -

00:29:10 The Xbox Game Pass $1 Trial is No Longer

00:34:50 The Spider-Man 2 Release Month is Possibly Leaked

- Games We've Been Playing -

00:39:20 WWE 2K23 (Final Thoughts)

00:49:00 Resident Evil 4 Remake Impressions & Separate Ways Being DLC For It

00:55:20 A little Theatrhythm Interlude

00:57:50 Octopath Traveler 2

- It's Time for Game Announcements & Rumors -

01:07:45 Counter Strike 2 Announced

01:10:20 LEGO 2K Drive Announced

01:12:20 Sonic Origins Plus Announced

01:14:45 Aliens: Dark Descent Announced

01:15:55 TMNT Game Based on "The Last Ronin" in Development

01:19:10 Blockchain Game in Development in the same universe as EVE Online

- What's in the News -

01:22:30 Chris Avellone Wins Lawsuit Against Charges of Sexual Misconduct

01:28:50 Sam Barlow Doesn't Envy Bloober Team Developing Silent Hill 2 Remaster

01:31:05 EA Delisting Some Battlefield and almost delisted Mirror's Edge

01:38:40 Ubisoft Officially OUT of E3 2023

01:42:40 Atari Buys Studio Behind System Shock Remake

01:43:40 Multiversus is a Beta and is being taken down until full release in 2024

01:49:40 Ubisoft Developing its own AI Writing Tool

- The End -

01:54:10 Games Coming Out This Week

- Plugs -

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