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Why does it really feel like it’s been at least a thirty day period because I past wrote a single of these columns? Oh correct, due to the fact so significantly things occurred! 1 of the downsides of creating on a Friday is that I wasn’t able to address the weekend’s news in previous week’s column. Enable me explain to you, it went down this weekend. It went down this 7 days. My head is nevertheless spinning.

Here’s a fast recap of the greatest announcements at the different displays (besides the Summer season Recreation Fest, which I covered final week):

I think that about addresses the major stuff, but pointless to say there are loads of other stories in there. In non-show news, Activision Blizzard has apparently closed its personal inner investigation into its individual issues with harassment. One decision part of their report states: “While the board and management have applied the higher than actions to proceed to enhance the workplace, it should be explained that the organization has been subject matter to an unrelenting barrage of media criticism that attempts to paint the whole firm (and lots of innocent employees) with the stain of a pretty small portion of our personnel populace who engaged in negative conduct and were disciplined for it”

By the way, on a wholly linked notice, the organization has a shareholders assembly coming up, exactly where it is encouraging shareholders to vote from compiling a report about its attempts to stop just these abuse from occurring. It is also encouraging them to vote in favor of its executive payment package, that would increase CEO Bobby Kotick’s wage.

Considering that it’s been this kind of a large 7 days, I confess I haven’t experienced as substantially time for game titles (besides far more of the Three Hopes demo, which I’m still fired up about). But now that I have a a few-working day weekend in advance of me, I may give Neon White a try. But following Xbox disclosed a new gameplay trailer for Slime Rancher 2, the sequel to the wiggly sim title that I enjoy with my total heart, I made a decision to reinstall that and played a large amount of it the previous several days. If anything at all can maintain me from burning out, it is my adorable, jiggly children.

What to perform this 7 days

What is new:

• Neon White
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
• Lumbearjack
• Redout 2
• Zorro: The Chronicles
• Starship Troopers: Terran Command

New on subscription companies:

• Undertaking Highrise: Architect’s Edition (Xbox Online games with Gold)
• Raskulls (Xbox Game titles with Gold)
• Kirby Tremendous Star (Nintendo Change On-line*)
• Kirby’s Dream Land 3 (Nintendo Switch On the internet*)
• Kirby’s Aspiration Study course (Nintendo Switch On the internet*)
• Chivalry 2 (GeForce Now)
• Builder Simulator (GeForce Now)
• Supraland (GeForce Now)
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Chilly Metal II (GeForce Now)
• Postal: Mind Destroyed (GeForce Now)

*These video games truly released on NSO past week, but I forgot to notice it in previous week’s column.