Deadline – Infection Podcast Episode 444

Deadline for Activision/Blizzard/Microsoft deal, AI Content and more on this week’s episode of Infection Podcast

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• Random

• • Handheld consoles required to have replaceable batteries by 2027 | GamesIndustry.biz
  • FBI Used Nintendo Switch To Locate Abducted Child [Update]

• AI

• • Writing
    • Major Publishing House to Replace Hundreds of Jobs With AI
    • Gizmodo and Kotaku Staff Furious After Owner Announces Move to AI Content
    • Io9 Staff Horrified as Site Publishes Error-Filled AI Generated Garbage

• TakeTwo

• • Teenager responsible for leaking GTA VI gameplay footage declared unfit to stand trial due to mental health condition | gagadget.com
  • Real-Life GTA Cluckin Bell and Burger Shot Restaurants Shut Down

• Microsoft

• • XBOX

• • • Microsoft’s new Xbox Game Pass Core will replace Xbox Live Gold in September – The Verge

• • • Video: Introducing Xbox Game Pass Core

• • • Xbox Live Gold Ending After 18 Years As Microsoft Launches Game Pass Core

• Activision/Blizzard

• • Supreme Court Rejects Last-Minute Bid to Block Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Takeover
  • Activision gains as UK judge says he will adjourn Microsoft case (update)
  • Microsoft granted two-month pause of UK appeal over Activision deal | Reuters
  • https://twitter.com/charlieINTEL/status/1680579616300204035
  • Microsoft in talks to extend deal contract with Activision -source | Reuters
  • CMA postpones final decision on Microsoft and Activision Blizzard deal to August 29 | gagadget.com
  • Sony admits defeat and signs Microsoft deal to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation
  • Sony throws in the towel, signs 10 year Call of Duty deal with Microsoft | PC Gamer
  • Activision never had “systemic issue with harassment”, says CEO Bobby Kotick | Eurogamer.net
  • Bobby Kotick decries ‘aggressive labor movement’ trying to ‘destabilize’ Activision-Blizzard | Massively Overpowered
  • Thousands of Call of Duty fans are playing classic Xbox 360 titles thanks to a server fix – The Verge