The week on JVL: what not to miss (S02/2022)

Every Sunday, the editorial staff invites you to discover the essential video game news of the week. Here is the summary of what you should not miss from 01/16 to 01/23.

You haven’t been able to follow the video game news of the week, but you would like to know what information you should not miss?

Stop moving, you’ve come to the right place! JVL invites you to discover which news has had the most success in the world of your favorite consoles and games in recent days, here is the essential of the week from 01/16 to 01/23:

• Microsoft rachète Activision Blizzard (Call of Duty, WoW…) (Mardi 18/01)
  After Bethesda, the Redmond company continues its takeovers with another major third-party publisher, Activision Blizzard, behind franchises like Call of Duty, World of Warcraft or Candy Crush. The amount is huge.
• Phil Spencer: “we want to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation” (Friday 21/01)
  The boss of the new Microsoft Gaming branch has reconfirmed his desire to keep Call of Duty games on PlayStation consoles. “Sony is an important part of our industry,” he says.
• A sextape of Tifa (FF7) is embedded in a Senate conference in Italy (Wednesday 01/19)
  When you make a videoconference on Zoom, you have to know how to secure it to avoid Zoombombing. The Italian senate has just had the sad experience of this, with a Final Fantasy hentai.
• Sony gives dates for 22 games to watch in 2022 (including GoW Ragnarok) (Monday 01/17)
  The list of “22 of 22” displayed by PlayStation makes it possible to discover dates or release windows for games scheduled for 2022 on Sony consoles. Some therefore confirm an arrival this year.
• You can now buy PS5s on PlayStation Direct in France (Wednesday 01/19)
  Say goodbye to scalpers (come on, we believe it): France can now access the store on Sony’s official website and buy the brand’s products, including the PS5, directly.
• Microsoft Owns Activision-Blizzard: List of All In-Game Licenses (Mardi 18/01)
  True Crime, Tenchu, Spyro, Crash Bandicoot or even Phantasmagoria, so many licenses that Microsoft will now have in hand thanks to its takeover of Activision-Blizzard-King.
• Long live Football, another new competitor to FIFA? (Monday 01/17)
  After UFL and Goals, and while waiting for a last burst of eFootball, yet another game that might overshadow the FIFA license. Here is the Chinese title “Long Live Football”.
• Phil Spencer (Xbox) gives his opinion on the future “PlayStation Game Pass” (Monday 01/17)
  The boss of Xbox gave his opinion on the likely competition from Sony in the sector: according to him, it is obvious that the future of video games goes through day one releases on PC, consoles and cloud.
• The intro of MGS 2 in preparation under Unreal Engine 5, and here is an extract (Thursday 20/01)
  Who doesn’t remember the legendary intro of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty on the Manhattan Bridge? A developer is working on an Unreal Engine 5 remake.
• Co-star of the new Marvel series “Moon Knight”, Gaspard Ulliel is dead (Wednesday 01/19)
  Disney+ announced on Tuesday the return of Gaspard Ulliel to the small screen next March with the new series Moon Knight. But the 37-year-old Frenchman left us on Wednesday following a terrible accident.
• EA unhappy with Battlefield 2042: the game might become free to play (Friday 21/01)
  Electronic Arts is obviously not satisfied with the performance of Battlefield 2042 and is thinking regarding solutions.
• Call of Duty soon exclusive to Xbox? Sony reacts to Activision takeover (Thursday 20/01)
  For the first time, a Sony spokesperson comments on this acquisition and hopes to see no change. Microsoft has also posted on possible exclusive games.
• Bobby Kotick should leave Activision, but the employees are furious (Mardi 18/01)
  In all likelihood, Bobby Kotick will only take over as editor’s chair temporarily. Despite this, employees shared their anger at Microsoft’s decision.
• Xbox Game Pass will have a bunch of Activision Blizzard games (Mardi 18/01)
  More than 25 million subscribers and pretty prospects in sight? Phil Spencer is not beating around the bush: he wants to “put as many Activision Blizzard titles as possible in the Xbox and PC Game Pass”, regardless of their age.
• Battlefield 2042 finally adds the scoreboard! (Wednesday 01/19)
  Battlefield 2042 is constantly evolving and receiving many updates. One of the next patches should also add the scoreboard. Better late than never.

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