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Tony:

-Sony has an… Interesting controller patent: https://www.eurogamer.net/sony-controller-soft-hard-buttons-patent

-Nintendo Treehouse: https://www.nintendolife.com/guides/nintendo-direct-june-2026-every-announcement-game-reveal-and-trailer

Jarron: 

-XBox Drama:

• Margins can’t continue: https://www.engadget.com/2191897/xbox-ceo-says-current-margins-cannot-continue-in-public-letter-to-staff/

• They could spin off: https://www.theverge.com/games/949584/microsoft-spinning-off-xbox

• Studio Closures: https://www.theverge.com/games/950204/xbox-ninja-theory-shutdown-hellblade-senua https://www.theverge.com/games/949964/xbox-compulsion-games-closure-craig-duncan-departure https://www.ign.com/articles/psychonauts-developer-double-fine-responds-to-closure-reports-with-a-single-emoji

-Steam Machine is imminent:

https://videocardz.com/newz/valve-steam-machine-spotted-on-geekbench-with-steamos-suggesting-reviews-may-be-underway

Owen:

-I think we need to have a Golden Eye 007 party.

Cancelled Xbox 360 version of GoldenEye 007 gets recompiled for PC — ‘No emulator, the game runs as a real native executable,’ insists dev | Tom's Hardware 

-Pokemon Go (yes it’s still a thing) will now let you play without playing. Kind of.

Pokémon Go Adds Virtual Item That Helps Play the Game For You