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Press X
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Topics:
Pyoro suggests Thousand-Year Door and Luigi’s Mansion 2 news is coming for March 10, MAR1O Day https://twitter.com/Pyoro_X/status/1764619742105788742
Tropic Haze agrees to pay Nintendo $2.4 million to settle Yuzu lawsuit, will not offer Yuzu anymore https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/switch-emulator-creator-settles-nintendo-lawsuit-for-2-4m/
$2.4 million judgment https://twitter.com/oatmealdome/status/1764704580724576465
Proposed Final Judgment https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.rid.56980/gov.uscourts.rid.56980.10.1.pdf
Yuzu’s final message (Citra, 3DS emulator, dead too) https://twitter.com/yuzuemu/status/1764733659444064671
Original story for reference: Nintendo sues Switch emulator Yuzu for ‘facilitating piracy at a colossal scale’ https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/27/24085075/nintendo-switch-emulator-yuzu-lawsuit
EA lays off 5% of employees, closes Ridgeline Games (working on single-player Battlefield), cancels Star Wars FPS (Mandalorian game), focuses away from licensed IP (Iron Man and Black Panther still in development)
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/electronic-arts-is-laying-off-5-off-its-workforce/
EA’s Star Wars strategy game still in development following Respawn cancellation https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/eas-star-wars-strategy-game-still-in-development-following-respawn-cancellation/
New game in the Titanfall universe, NOT Titanfall 3: https://www.pcgamesn.com/titanfall/respawn-new-game
EA ‘confident’ Dragon Age: Dreadwolf will release this year (per Jeff Grubb) https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ea-confident-dragon-age-dreadwolf-will-release-this-year-its-claimed/
Xbox Partner Preview set for March 6, 2024 https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/03/04/xbox-partner-preview-march-2024-announce/
Contra: Operation Galuga release date March 12 (announced March 1):
“In addition to Story and Arcade modes, #Contra: Operation Galuga features a Challenge Mode with 30 nail-biting missions! These include speedruns, limited ammo battles, surviving enemy hordes, and more. ##ContraOG hits consoles and PC on March 12!” https://www.konami.com/games/contra/og/
Questions from Discord:
Beavis Christ: What's a franchise that needs a good game adaptation, either because it hasn't had an adaptation or because it has but it was bad?
What we’re playing:
Mary: Persona 3 Reload, Inscryption
John: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, not Wild ARMs
Greg: Apex Legends, Halo Infinite, Helldivers 2, Mortal Kombat 1
Brett L: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth not Assassins Creed Odyssey
Brett M: Mr.Shifty (beat) Baldur’s Gate 3, Persona 3 Reload, Soul Hackers 2, Halo Infinite (campaign), Wolfenstein: The Old Blood