Blizzard crisis deepens, Horizon Forbidden West and Guild Wars 2 | This Week In Videogames

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Published on August 3, 2021 4:00:23 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkBfVQMhnnk

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Horizon Forbidden West (2022)

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The Blizzard crisis worsens, Sony's holiday line-up takes a (meaningless) hit and Austin made me put Guild Wars 2 in the title!

Note: the news of Jay Allen Bracks' departure from Blizzad had not broken when this video was uploaded.
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Videos I mentioned:
The Pathless review: https://youtu.be/UohBm4cPyUo
My Outer Wilds review: Outer Wildeez Nuts
The Forgotten City review: https://youtu.be/k3O8R33Y3BQ
The Ascent review: https://youtu.be/LIO20GvInok
Godfall review: https://youtu.be/jU99yDFosk4
A Plague Tale: Innocence Review: https://youtu.be/do0z_NSeKOU

Check out Weird West on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1097350/Weird_West/
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Edited by Austin @ausomehd
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Sources:
• Forza 7: https://forzamotorsport.net/en-us/news/forza-motorsport-7-end-of-life
• Xbox Sales: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-07-28-microsoft-says-xbox-series-x-s-are-its-fastest-selling-consoles-ever
• PS5 Sales: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-07-28-ps5-is-the-fastest-selling-playstation-as-it-hits-10-million-sales-milestone
• HFW: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-is-reportedly-leaning-towards-delaying-horizon-forbidden-west-to-2022/
• Activision Blizzard
• Walkout: https://kotaku.com/activision-blizzard-employees-plan-walkout-wednesday-to-1847362030
• Bobby: https://investor.activision.com/news-releases/news-release-details/letter-ceo-bobby-kotick-all-employees
• Cosby Suite: https://kotaku.com/inside-blizzard-developers-infamous-bill-cosby-suite-1847378762
• Afrasiabi: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-07-30-activision-blizzard-confirms-former-wow-creative-director-was-fired-over-misconduct-as-cosby-suite-reports-emerge-publisher-says-it-already-conducted-our-own-investigation-and-took-corrective-action
• Bathroom: https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kvm8g/activision-it-worker-secretly-filmed-colleagues-in-office-bathroom?utm_source=reddit.com
• Hacker: https://www.vice.com/en/article/3aq4vv/blizzard-recruiters-asked-hacker-if-she-liked-being-penetrated-at-job-fair?utm_source=reddit.com
• Law firm: https://kotaku.com/activision-blizzard-hires-union-busting-firm-as-workers-1847386654
• Ubisoft
• https://www.axios.com/ubisoft-workers-letter-activision-blizzard-harassment-392fd998-9518-4d1c-9ca7-24a7c4534bb3.html
• https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-07-30-ubisoft-staff-say-company-continues-to-protect-and-promote-known-offenders-and-their-allies
• Guild Wars 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilt8HPmPWnU&ab_channel=GuildWars2
• New World 3090: https://forums.newworld.com/t/known-issue-nvidia-rtx-3090-series-100-gpu-usage/126068
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