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This is the week of "Oh, really, THAT happened this week. I hadn't noticed. The world of video games has taken a back seat to the Russian invasion of Ukraine but there was some news this past little bit as well as a very meh performance (again) by Sony. I guess they were saving the thunder for later.
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Amazon Luna, the retail behemoth’s cloud gaming service which launched in early access in October 2020, is now available everywhere in the mainland United States. Luna will offer à la carte subscriptions to five channels, and Amazon Prime members get access to a monthly rotation of games included with that subscription.
https://www.polygon.com/22956365/amazon-luna-release-date-price-games-list
Microsoft has announced that it will suspended sales of all its products and services in Russia, following the invasion of Ukraine. This seems like a no brainer and Microsoft wasn't the only one but how do we feel about the real world invading our sanctuary of video games?
https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-russia-sales-xbox
https://mashable.com/article/video-game-developers-publishers-russia-ukraine-war-sanctions
The news doesn't get any better for Activision/Blizzard/Microsoft as the parents of a female employee that committed suicide after being harassed filed a law suit against the company this week. Details of the suit were not disclosed but Janet and Paul Moynihan, parents of Kerri Moynihan, allege that sexual harassment was a “significant factor” in her death.
https://www.polygon.com/22962017/activision-blizzard-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-suicide
This past week Sony had a State of Play which was so Epic, I didn't even hear about it till after the fact. So here's what was announced and what we think looks cool or not so cool as the case may be?
https://www.comingsoon.net/games/news/1214033-playstation-state-of-play-everything-announced-march-9-2022
https://blog.playstation.com/2022/03/08/state-of-play-returns-this-wednesday/
In last episodes vein of everybody gets a develoment company, Sony doubled down after buying Bungie and snapped up Haven Studios. Who are they? Well they just happen to be the new studio of Jade Raymond. You know the one who was in charge (producer) of Assassins Creed and Metal gear Solid 4. So what is Sony up to with this buy?
https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/03/21/playstation-acquires-jade-raymonds-new-studio-haven-studios
JAM 56: Inside Xbox 2019 Recap
JAM 55: China, Leave Our Kids Alone!
JAM 54: BlizzCon 19
JAM 53: The Great Lara Croft Debate
JAM 52: Joke's On You
JAM 51: Lite Drifts
JAM 50: Batman Day & Apple Arcade
JAM 49: Ex's and Cross's (Ft. Bill from RunJumpStomp)
JAM 48: Gears for Days
JAM 47: WoW Classic Recap
JAM 46: Pee Makes Mushrooms (ft. Bridget Levi)
JAM 45: Australia Bans Everything (ft Curley & KingKaz of Drunk Kids Gaming)
JAM 44: Ninja Leaves Twitch, JAM Stays
JAM 43: Live on Twitch, Shenanigans Included
JAM 42: Colors of the Joy Con Rainbow (Ft. TheJen from Geek Grills)
JAM 41: Lite Switch's and League Haters (ft. Bill from Run Jump Stomp)
JAM 40: Too Many Games, So Little Time
JAM 39: Let's Get Physical
JAM 38: The Wizarding World of Keanu (ft. Amy Frost aka Daniora)
JAM 37: E3 2019 - Microsoft & EA
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