It's another week in video games, which means another episode of Video Games 2 the MAX.

Well, the inevitable has occurred, pretty much as soon as we posted last week's show, SEGA, and Tencent also announced they were not going to E3 2023 and it didn't take long for organizers Reed Pop to release a statement definitively canceling the gaming industry event for this year. Can we officially call E3 Dead? Is there really a place for an event like E3 anymore in modern gaming? And what is lost without its presence?

Also, Legendary has acquired the TV show and Film rights to the Street Fighter franchise. Could they take a stab at another live-action film? And what would it need to actually be good? Marc gives some thoughts.

Marc has played a lot more of Resident Evil 4 Remake and he gives some thoughts on how it is better than the original, what changes exist, and they also discuss what comes next for the series too.

Plus, Japan approved the Activision-Blizzard merger with Xbox, although now Activision-Blizzard is being sued by the FTC, this time for its unjust E-Sports practices, the PS5 breaks sales records, while the PSVR2 does not. There's a free Sonic Murder Mystery game on Steam, the big problem with ARK, and More!!!

In a rare off-topic segment, Sean and Marc also discuss the WWE-UFC Merger under Endeavor and what it could mean going forward too.

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Timestamps:

00:00:30 START

00:01:50 Housekeeping

- Games We Are Playing -

00:03:40 Octopath Traveler 2

00:04:50 Have a Nice Death

00:06:25 Resident Evil 4 Remake

00:21:00 Marvel's Avengers

- Main Topic -

00:23:25 E3 2023 Officially Canceled, is it also officially dead?

- What's in the News -

00:36:10 Legendary lands rights to Street Fighter TV Series And Movies

00:41:40 Activision-Blizzard Merger with Xbox Approved in Japan & ABK is also sued by the FTC for their E-Sports practices

00:46:00 More Revealed on Why Blizzard Games Are Not Playable in China

00:47:40 ARK 2 Delayed to 2024 and ARK 1 Remaster is Going to Freeze out Players of Original Game

00:53:00 PS5 Breaks Sales Records for February 2023, but the PSVR2 isn't doing so Hot

01:01:30 Sonic Murder Mystery Game is Free on Steam

01:02:30 Vampire Survivors Wins Best Game at the 2023 BAFTA's

01:03:40 John Cena Will be in PGA Tour 2K23

- Going Off-Topic -

01:04:10 WWE Merges with UFC After Selling to Endeavor, can a WWE & UFC Company Work?

- The End -

01:11:05 Games Coming Out This Week

- Plugs -

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