7/10 - Sony bought a stake in Epic Games?

Here's this week's hottest gaming news! Topics include: Sony buys a minority share in Epic Games, Will games cost $70 next generation, and looks like we're getting a Sims TV show.

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Topics:

2k21 is going to cost $69.99 on next gen consoles, what does this mean?
https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/2/21311250/nba-2k21-playstation-5-xbox-series-x-versions-70-dollars-next-gen-price-increase-games

Ubisoft takes a page from Apex and Valorant with their battle royale: Hyper Scape
https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/2/21311443/ubisoft-hyper-scape-battle-royale-twitch-reveal-streamers

Xbox is holding a week long demo event this month
https://www.gamesradar.com/xbox-is-holding-a-week-long-summer-games-fest-demo-event-with-over-60-games/#:~:text=The%20demo%20event%20will%20run,cancelled%20due%20to%20COVID%2D19.

Amazon’s Crucible not doing well. Devs are pulling it from the internet to fix it.
https://www.playcrucible.com/en-us/news/articles/developer-update-crucible-beta

EVO’s cancelled, and so is half the fighting game community apparently
https://kotaku.com/mortal-kombat-street-fighter-pulled-from-evo-online-by-1844253712

Bethesda announces a Fallout TV show
https://kotaku.com/bethesda-announces-fallout-tv-show-1844248800

Speaking of TV shows nobody asked for: A Sims reality show?
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-07-08-ea-partners-with-tbs-for-four-episode-the-sims-reality-show

PlayStation 5 might have backwards compatibility via the cloud?
https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-ps5-ps3-ps2-ps1-ps-now-backwards-compatible-patent

Sony acquires a minority stake in Epic Games
https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-epic-games-ps5-investment