Microsoft Has Bought Activision Blizzard (For Reals) | Words About Games Podcast #374

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:21:22 - Moody has discovered 24/7 chill gaming streams

0:25:57 - Microsoft has finally bought Activision Blizzard

0:44:31 - Persona 5 Royal

0:54:31 - Assassin's Creed Mirage

1:08:32 - Indie Game of the Week - Born of Bread (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1555140/Born_of_Bread/)

1:12:39 - moody's time to shine???

1:13:15 - Pete Hines is retiring from Bethesda

1:18:21 - Super Mario Bros. (1993) Is Getting A New Worldwide Release In 4K

1:20:21 - Cities: Skylines 2 performance has "not achieved the benchmark we targeted", Paradox admits ahead of launch

1:32:23 - Report: 53% of devs say toxic behavior has worsened in past year

1:41:37 - EGX Comes Under Fire For Sexism, Security Concerns

1:54:03 - Streamer's Shiba Inu to become first dog speedrunner at AGDQ 2024

1:57:00 - What's happening next week?

2:07:32 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

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