Microsoft Delays Until October

Microsoft officially delays the acquisition of Activision/Blizzard until October 18, giving them more time to work with the FTC and CMA.

What We're Playing

• Cliff: The Big Con, Beacon Pines
• Colby: FarCry 6, Lego Star Wars, Arcade Paradise

News

• MS Looking to Extend Their Deal with Activision/Blizzard
• Games with Gold is Gone
• GP Friends And Family is Ending
• Sony Signs Ten Year Deal with Microsoft
• You’ll Probably Be Able to Change Out the Battery on Your Next Switch
• Watch Your Heated Gamer Moments Folks
• Get Stabbed in Assassins Creed
• Bungie Wins Against Gamers

Questions

Tr1pletrouble88: What do you imagine cartwheeling through jello is like?

*monotone screaming*: Alternative question: do you think it would be more fun to destroy a big block of jello by tearing it apart hulk-style or smashing it apart with a baseball bat

Cheap/Free Games

Epic Games

• Murder by Numbers!
• Elder Scrolls Online

Xbox Game Pass

• Techtonica (Game Preview) (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Toem (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• The Cave (Cloud and Console)
• Maquette (Console and PC) – July 19
• Figment 2: Creed Valley (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 20
• The Wandering Village (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 20
• Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – July 25
• Venba (Console and PC) – July 31
• Celeste (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 1

Xbox Game Pass DLC / Game Updates

• Naraka: Bladepoint Deluxe Edition Upgrade – Available now
• League of Legends Champion: Naafiri – July 20
• Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island – July 20
• Dead by Daylight: Nicolas Cage DLC – July 25

Leaving Game Pass

• Dreamscaper -- cloud, console, PC
• Expeditions: Rome -- PC
• Marvel's Avengers -- cloud, console, PC
• The Ascent -- cloud, console, PC
• Two Point Campus -- cloud, console, PC

PlayStation Plus

• It Takes Two (PS5, PS4)
• Sniper Elite 5 (PS5, PS4)
• Snowrunner (PS5, PS4)
• World War Z (PS5, PS4)
• The Ascent (PS5, PS4)
• Undertale (PS4)
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated (PS4)
• Melty Blood: Type Lumina (PS4)
• Dysmantle (PS5, PS4)
• Circus Electrique (PS4)
• Dynasty Warriors 9 (PS4)
• Samurai Warriors 5 (PS4)
• My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure (PS5, PS4)
• Fast & Furious: Spy Racers Rise of SH1FT3R (PS5, PS4)
• Monster Jam Steel Titans (PS4)

PS Plus Classics

• Gravity Crash Portable (PS5, PS4)
• Twisted Metal (PS5, PS4)
• Twisted Metal 2 (PS5, PS4)

Humble Bundle

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/cyberpunk-playground

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/athome-arcade

Prime Gaming

• Wytchwood - July 20
• Lunar Axe - July 27

Patreon

• Alan Schulte
• Joe Cole Jr.
• Anonymous
• Rich Deacon

Extra Life

https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/