EU Regulators – Infection Podcast Episode 422

Microsoft/Activision Deal, New AI, and more on this week’s episode of Infection Podcast

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• Microsoft

• • Microsoft confirms ‘multiyear, multibillion dollar investment’ in the maker of ChatGPT and DALL-E | PC Gamer
  • Halo Reportedly Switching To Unreal Engine With Project Tatanka

• • Microsoft confirms Game Pass cannibalizes sales | GamesIndustry.biz

• Activision/Blizzard

• • Microsoft Activision Deal Formally Receives Letter of Objections From EU
  • Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick says Sony is ‘not returning our calls’ | PC Gamer
  • Microsoft says Sony isn’t telling the truth to EU regulators about Call of Duty | PC Gamer

• Hogwarts Legacy

• • Trans Witch Games Bundle: A Cool Alternative To Hogwarts Legacy
  • ‘Trans Witches Are Witches’ game bundles raise over $79,000 in protest of Hogwarts Legacy | PC Gamer
  • 12 movies for Harry Potter fans who don’t want to watch Harry Potter
  • Disney Doesn’t Need To Buy ‘Harry Potter’ Because It Has a ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ Replacement Already

• Stats

• • Hogwarts Legacy Breaks Twitch Record With Over 1.3 Million Viewers – Insider Gaming
  • Hogwarts Legacy Is Dominating Twitch Right Now
  • https://twitter.com/HogwartsLegacy/status/1623728554918780931
  • Harry Potter game branded a ‘genocide simulator’ attracts record interest after boycott backfires
  • Hogwarts Legacy Price history · SteamDB

• Rage

• • Opinion: The Harry Potter universe is not ours, it’s Rowling’s
  • https://i.imgur.com/KLQLxif.png
  • Review: There Is No Magic in Hogwarts Legacy
    • Tweet: https://twitter.com/WIRED/status/1624047313382506502?t=NnW2p8XKuZ5xe7bx5p2VwA&s=33
    • About Author: https://twitter.com/SierraWhiskey9/status/1624140250783318016?t=qJrbVt-aoC36UEqjI4pjaw&s=33
  • ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ Receives Praise From an Unexpected Marginalized Group
  • Skyrim Together Team Presented Hogwarts Legacy Multiplayer Mod Prototype

• • Video: HogWarp – Test Build

• Google

• • Bard
  • Google announces Bard A.I. in response to ChatGPT
    • Source: An important next step on our AI journey
      • Google Employees Criticize CEO for ‘Botched’ Bard Launch
      • Google employees criticize CEO for “dumpster fire” response to ChatGPT

• • Stadia

• • • Well, now we know why Google closed Stadia | PC Gamer