Steam and Epic Games blocked in Indonesia, POKÉMON SCARLET & VIOLET legendaries are motorbikes

NEWS THIS WEEK

• Steam, Epic Games, and Origin banned in Indonesia after failing to comply with new moderation laws.
• OOBLETS has gone gold, Switch version in the works
• POKÉMON SCARLET, VIOLET’s Legendaries Are Goddamn Motorcycles, Here’s The Open World You’ll Explore
• No new Nintendo Switch hardware this fiscal year
• Report: Tencent Wants To Expand Its Empire By Becoming Ubisoft’s Biggest Shareholder
• The Dead By Daylight Dating Sim Isn’t Hot Or Romantic, It’s Just Bad
• Microsoft launches trial of Xbox Game Pass family plan in Ireland and Columbia
• Microsoft defend Activision-Blizzard buyout by saying the company don’t make any “must have” games
• Valve says you’re getting your Steam Deck by the end of the year, if you've already got on reserved, but orders still unavailable in Australia and New Zealand
• ‘CRYPT OF THE NECRODANCER’ is getting a huge DLC update and a sequel

RELEASE RADAR

• TWO POINT CAMPUS - 9 August 2022 - PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
• THYMESIA - 9 August 2022 - PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
• LOST IN PLAY  - 10 August - PC, Switch
• ARCADE PARADISE - 11 August 2022 - PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch
• CULT OF THE LAMB - 11 August 2022 - PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch.

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