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Massive victories for Fortnite and streamers, a Doom update, and a bunch of business news surrounding, Gamestop, Sony, and Microsoft round out a week of gaming news.
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GameStop layoffs
https://kotaku.com/gamestop-lays-off-dozens-of-regional-managers-as-it-sea-1836887114
— MVG (@ModernVintageG) July 31, 2019
Console Prices to rise?
https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/30/20747549/sony-playstation-ps4-china-tariffs
Call of Duty Modern Warfare multiplayer
EA on Switch https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/07/31/ea-argues-that-switch-owners-would-generally-prefer-to-play-their-games-elsewhere
Persona 5 Royal
No Man’s Sky Beyond (Aug 14)
Interesting read on Metal Gear Solid
https://www.polygon.com/2019/7/18/20696081/metal-gear-solid-translation-japanese-english-jeremy-blaustein
Outer Worlds on Switch
Microsoft explains Sony partnership
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/cloud-gaming-partnership-all-driven-by-sony-claims-microsoft-ceo/
Fortnite World Cup
https://coinrivet.com/16-year-old-wins-3-million-playing-fortnite/
Doom login issue
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/347550/Bethesda_removing_mandatory_login_from_Doom_rereleases_after_fan_backlash.php