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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 36: E3 2019 - Square Enix & Bethesda
JAM 35: E3 2019 - Nintendo & Ubisoft
JAM 34: Avengers Endgame SPOILERCAST!!!
JAM 33: Alex's European Adventure
JAM 32: Don't Lick My Loot Box
JAM 31: Why So Sour?
JAM 30: An Epic Conspiracy, Nintendo VR, and Stadia (ft. Bill from Run Jump Stomp)
JAM 29: Switch Models & The Internet!
JAM 28: Snoop Dogg, Sexy DDR Time, and Old Consoles
JAM 27: Collegiate Gaming, Ugly Controllers, and WoW Patches... Oh my!!!
JAM 26: Nintendo is Killing It!
JAM 25: Blizzard Layoffs
JAM 24: Violent Taxation
JAM 23: We Feel Old
JAM 22: GLAAD Awards & Video Games
JAM 21: Star Wars & EA - Future of the Video Game Franchise
JAM 20: Video Game Divorces
JAM 19: Open World Games in 2019
JAM 18: 2018 Recap
JAM 17: Video Game Awards '18
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