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[News of the Week]

• Stadia now works on new Chromecast with Google TV and other Android TV set-top boxes
  
• Google holds Stadia keynote about how it plans to attract games and publishers to the platform
  
  
• Microsoft’s xCloud streaming service now available on iOS and PC for Game Pass Ultimate Subscribers
  
  
  • Stadia vs Xbox Cloud Gaming
    
    
• Netflix to add game streaming to service
  
  
• Sony buys Housemarque
  
• Ghost wire Tokyo delayed from October 2021 release to early 2022
  
• Casey Hudson, formerly of Bioware, creates new studio, announces new IP.
  
  
• EA Play shows Battlfield 2042 Portal
  
• Nintendo Switch OLED model (costs $350)
  • No Bluetooth support
    
  • No 4k or HDR support from the dock
    
  • No fast charging or extended battery life
    
• Valve announces Steam Deck handheld, starting at $400
  • Basically a small PC
    
  • They talked about cloud saves, allowing you to start on PC and pick up where you left off on the Steam Deck
    
  • Suspend mode coming too
    
  • Battery life = 2-8 hours
    
  • Dock coming, will be sold separately (can use any other dock)
    
• Tom Clancy's xDefiant coming soon
  
  
  • Free to play first person multiplayer shooter that combines all of Tom Clancy's big franchises
    
  • Will have cross play and is out for literally everything including streaming service like Stadia and Luna
    
  • Seems like an Overwatch competitor
    

[Features]

• Mid-year top games
  

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Zach’s Mystery
  
• Chivalry 2
  
• Overboard
  
• Griftlands
  
• Ys 9
  
• Fast 9