WARNING - Continued discussion of the Activision/Blizzard situation. Some listeners may find this content distressing.

We dive into the news, what we have been playing and get Leia's thoughts on the continued, evolving (devolving) situation at one of the worlds largest Developer/Publishers.

NEWS

-Report: Horizon Forbidden West Delayed To 2022: https://kotaku.com/report-horizon-forbidden-west-delayed-to-2022-1847396038 

-Xbox Games with Gold for August announced: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-07-28-xbox-games-with-gold-for-august-announced 

-PlayStation Plus games for August: https://blog.playstation.com/2021/07/28/playstation-plus-games-for-august-hunters-arena-legends-plants-vs-zombies-battle-for-neighborville-tennis-world-tour-2/  

-Everyone Makes The Same Choices In Mass Effect, Apparently: https://kotaku.com/everyone-makes-the-same-choices-in-mass-effect-apparen-1847370895 

-Everything shown in Annapurna Interactive's showcase: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-07-29-everything-shown-in-annapurnas-interactive-showcase 

-PS5’s Storage Expansion Update Is More Complicated Than It Needs To Be: https://kotaku.com/ps5-s-storage-expansion-update-is-more-complicated-than-1847386799 

- Activision/Blizzard - The Horror Show Continues

-Everything that's happened since the Activision Blizzard lawsuit went public: https://www.pcgamer.com/activision-blizzard-lawsuit-controversy-timeline-explained/ 

https://kotaku.com/everything-that-has-happened-since-the-activision-blizz-1847401161 

-More Activision Blizzard allegations emerge as former dev calls for industry unionisation: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-07-31-more-activision-blizzard-allegations-emerge-as-former-dev-calls-for-industry-unionisation 

-Blizzard Devs Say Some Men Were Sexually Harassed, Too: https://kotaku.com/blizzard-devs-say-some-men-were-sexually-harassed-too-1847363241 

-Over 1,000 Activision Blizzard Employees Sign Letter Condemning Company's Response To Allegations [Update: Now Over 2,000]: https://kotaku.com/over-1-000-activision-blizzard-employees-sign-letter-co-1847364340 

-Activision Blizzard Employees Say They Don't Trust the Company to Keep Them Safe: https://www.vice.com/en/article/akgy9g/activision-blizzard-employees-say-they-dont-trust-the-company-to-keep-them-safe 

-Angered Activision Blizzard Employees Plan Walkout, And They Have Demands: https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3dx8w/angered-activision-blizzard-employees-plan-walkout-and-they-have-demands 

-Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick tells staff company's initial response to discrimination lawsuit was "tone deaf": https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-07-28-activision-blizzard-boss-bobby-kotick-tells-staff-companys-initial-response-to-discrimination-lawsuit-was-tone-deaf 

-Inside Blizzard Developers’ Infamous Bill ‘Cosby Suite’: https://kotaku.com/inside-blizzard-developers-infamous-bill-cosby-suite-1847378762 

-How Blizzard's reputation collapsed in just 3 years: https://www.pcgamer.com/how-blizzards-reputation-collapsed-in-just-3-years/ 

-Ubisoft employees sign open letter slamming management's "empty promises" following last year's toxic work culture allegations: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-07-28-ubisoft-employees-sign-open-letter-slamming-managements-empty-promises-following-last-years-toxic-work-culture-allegations 

-Destiny crossplay update information: https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/50506  

GAMES

- Jupiter Hell

- Dice Legacy

- Chernobylite

- Warhammer 40,000 BattleSector

- Destiny 2

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