One other lengthy week on the books, and fortuitously this one was not totally dominated by the Microsoft-FTC-Activision Blizzard scuffle. Actually, on condition that Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have prolonged their deadline for the acquisition to October, it seems that the entire occasion is on ice for the close to future. This offers each events (and the U.Ok.’s CMA) extra time to barter. Anyway, if I’ve to go another week doing a column on the FTC vs Microsoft, I’m going to go barely extra mad than traditional. So as a substitute, let’s discuss another stuff that occurred this week.

Ubisoft posted a slight dip in gross sales for Q1 FY24, although CEO Yves Guillemot stays optimistic, saying it was a “better-than-expected efficiency.” The corporate additionally revealed it plans to launch 10 video games on this fiscal 12 months, together with Murderer’s Creed Mirage, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Rainbow Six Cellular, The Crew Motorfest, The Division Resurgence, Simply Dance 24, XDefiant, Prince of Persia The Misplaced Crown, Cranium & Bones (FINALLY) and “one other massive recreation.” Your guess is pretty much as good as mine as to what that final one might be.

PlayStation dropped a brand new story trailer for the upcoming Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, which lastly gave us a superb have a look at Venom. They’re nonetheless very shy about letting us hear Tony Todd’s voice — throughout two trailers, he’s mentioned 9 phrases. But it surely nonetheless seems to be excellent and I’m excited to listen to extra. Talking of trailers, Netherrealm right this moment launched two new trailers for Mortal Kombat 1. Within the first, we noticed three new confirmed kombatants: Li Mei, Tanya and Baraka. Within the second, we received our first confirmed DLC kharacters, and the rumors have been true: Homelander, Omni-Man and Peacemaker be part of the fray, as do returning fighters Takeda, Ermac and Quan Chi.

As for my private gaming schedule, I can lastly, FINALLY play Last Fantasy XVI now that my husband has completed it. The sacrifices I make for love, truthfully. However now I can lastly see what all of the fuss is about — I’ve barely made it a couple of hours into the sport and I’m already loving how totally different the sport is from earlier titles. me, I really like a superb spectacle motion recreation and it definitely is that to date. I’ll most likely additionally play some Pikmin 4 now that it’s lastly out. I’ve by no means performed a Pikmin recreation earlier than, so this’ll be shiny and new for me!

What to play this week

What’s new:

• Pikmin 4
• Xenonauts 2
• Viewfinder
• Pokémon Sleep
• My Pleasant Neighborhood
• Cross Tails
• Brewpub Simulator

New on subscription providers:

• Techtonica (Xbox Sport Go)
• Toem (Xbox Sport Go)
• The Cave(Xbox Sport Go)
• Maquette (Xbox Sport Go)
• Figment 2: Creed Valley (Xbox Sport Go)
• The Wandering Village (Xbox Sport Go)
• It Takes Two (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
• Sniper Elite 5 (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
• Snowrunner (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
• World Battle Z (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
• The Ascent (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
• Undertale (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Backside – Rehydrated (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
• Melty Blood: Kind Lumina (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
• Dysmantle (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
• Dynasty Warriors 9 (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
• Samurai Warriors 5 (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
• My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Journey (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
• Quick & Livid: Spy Racers Rise of SH1FT3R (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
• Monster Jam Metal Titans (PlayStation Plus Further+Premium)
• Gravity Crash Moveable (PlayStation Plus Premium)
• Twisted Steel (PlayStation Plus Premium)
• Twisted Steel 2 (PlayStation Plus Premium)
• Wytchwood (Prime Gaming)
• Embr (GeForce Now)
• Stardew Valley+ (Apple Arcade)