Welcome to Gameonysus Weekly your one-stop shop for video game news. Keeping up with the biggest stories so you don’t have to. I am your host Janet Garcia and today we’re talking about NFTs in gaming, studio acquisitions, and recapping the game awards. All these stories and so much more on today’s episode.

Intro 

Main Stories

• Big names are getting into NFTs https://www.axios.com/nft-video-games-industry-607e5a8a-9f5f-4474-bb00-726b6c293f98.html + https://www.axios.com/nft-games-speculation-legacy-gala-c31b61ff-71a5-4a16-ad3f-76de798f0720.html 
• NFT backtracking (Stalker 2) https://www.axios.com/stalker-nft-gaming-backlash-1e924421-7637-4eb3-9912-47f45ff0adde.html 
• Bungie head of HR steps down https://www.ign.com/articles/bungie-head-hr-stepped-down 
• Tencent buys Turtle Rock
• PlayStation acquires Valkyrie 
• Splinter cell remake https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/4adJLuhgYrPboHAPRfK7Oz/splinter-cell-remake-begins-development-at-ubisoft-toronto 

Game Awards Recap

• Winners ​https://thegameawards.com/nominees/game-of-the-year 
• Announcements https://www.ign.com/articles/the-game-awards-2021-how-to-watch-and-what-to-expect-announcements 

Indie Showcase Recap https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/12/round-up-every-switch-game-announced-in-nintendos-indie-world-showcase-december-2021

For the Free

• Nintendo Online Updates

Merch

• PlayStation colors 

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Welcome to Gameonysus Weekly your one stop shop for video game news. Keeping up with the biggest stories so you don’t have to. I am your host Janet Garcia and today we’re talking about updates regarding Activision Blizzard, when FIFA meets real life, and Epic Games’ latest acquisition . All these stories and so much more on today’s episode.

Intro 

Main Stories

• State treasurers pressure Activision over misconduct allegations https://www.axios.com/state-treasurers-pressure-activision-over-misconduct-352fe2e6-64d4-4f30-ba7e-39e0e13419de.html 
• Activision Blizzard walkout organizer resigns https://www.axios.com/activision-blizzard-walkout-organizer-resigns-c06e5145-a747-4cbf-b028-bd44329be19f.html 
• Nintendo calls report distressing and disturbing https://www.fanbyte.com/news/nintendo-issues-internal-response-to-activision-blizzard-reports/ 
• PlayStation lawsuit https://www.axios.com/playstation-lawsuit-alleges-gender-discrimination-6d3b5ef7-b34c-4e45-94e5-f6424983e8a7.html 
• Epic Games acquires Rock Band dev Harmonix https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-11-23-epic-games-acquires-rock-band-developer-harmonix 
• Cute FIFA story https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-11-27-liverpool-star-quits-fifa-22-tournament-early-to-play-real-life-match-scores-after-just-97-seconds-does-gamer-celebration 
• PSA: Xbox museum about you https://museum.xbox.com/en 

Game Releases and Updates 

• Life is Strange: True Colors drops on Nintendo Switch December 7th

For the Free

• Xbox games with gold december
• PS Plus games

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Welcome to Gameonysus Weekly your one stop shop for video game news. Keeping up with the biggest stories so you don’t have to. I am your host Janet Garcia and today we’re talking about Bobby Kotick getting exposed, rockstar’s apology, and the game awards nominations. All these stories and so much more on today’s episode.

Intro 

Main Stories

• Bobby Kotick Exposed https://www.axios.com/activision-blizzard-bobby-kotick-walkout-resignation-bfa5be58-3117-4a8c-9d9d-fda03afec29c.html 
• Resignation calls https://www.axios.com/activision-blizzard-employees-call-for-kotick-resignation-union-c755c30e-2d31-4188-a8fa-91fd84592222.html
• Xbox and PlayStation respond to Kotick: https://www.polygon.com/22791574/activision-sex-harassment-lawsuit-xbox-playstation-criticism-bobby-kotick  
• Activision Blizzard lack of pay parity https://www.ign.com/articles/blizzard-jen-oneal-mike-ybarra-equal-pay-after-resignation + timeline: https://www.ign.com/articles/activision-blizzard-lawsuit-timeline-the-story-so-far  
• Rockstar Apologizes https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/393o373751k48k/a-note-from-the-rockstar-games-team-re-grand-theft-auto-the-trilogy-th 
• Private Division buys olli olli world dev https://www.privatedivision.com/2021/11/15/private-division-acquires-developer-roll7/ 
• Game Awards Nomination https://thegameawards.com/nominees/game-of-the-year 

Delays

• Halo Campaign and Forge https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-11-19-dont-expect-halo-infinite-campaign-co-op-until-may-at-the-earliest 
• Saints Row delayed https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-11-17-saints-row-delayed-six-months-to-august-2022 
• Pragmata delayed to 2023

Game Event Recaps

• Xbox Anniversary 
  • Halo Multiplayer dropped early
  • 76 more games backwards compatible; last update for old games
  • Xbox documentary

Game Releases and Updates 

• A short hike console PlayStation and Xbox release date

For the Free

• Big Brain Academy Demo
• Radiohead’s kid a mnesia exhibition

Shut Up and Take My Money

• Black Friday Sales etc

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