This month in the meta: A Nintendo Direct, State of Play, Ring Fit, AI assistants for XBox and PlayStation, more loot box scrutiny, and racial bias.
Nintendo shows off upcoming games with a new Nintendo Direct (Nintendo).
Then, Sony showed off its upcoming games with a new State of Play (PlayStation).
Nintendo releases a new game and peripheral – Ring Fit (The Verge).
Microsoft begins a Google Assistant beta for the Xbox One (Xbox).
And just before Microsoft’s announcement, Sony files a patent for PlayStation Assist (VGC).
The UK Parliament completes a report scrutinizing loot boxes (The Quad).
Do you blame video games for mass shootings? A paper published by Psychology of Popular Media Culture claims that you’re a racist (MIT Technology Review). Good for them!