This month in the meta: Sony and Microsoft shock the meta; the ESA squares off against a US senator; Iron Maiden sues Ion Maiden; and EA finds a whole new way to horrify people.
Sony and Microsoft make shocking announcement that PlayStation will use Microsoft’s could services for video game streaming (Microsoft).
US Senator makes best attempt thus far to ban loot boxes and pay-to-win mechanics (Washington Post). The ESA (the video game industry’s lobbying group) condemns the bill (Digital Trends).
The ESA (also the video game industry’s trade association) released its annual fact sheet (ESA) which will impact future game investments.
The ESA confirms Stanley Pierre-Louis as CEO (The Hill).
Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, plans to combat gamer toxicity (The Verge).
Iron Maiden sues Ion Maiden for copyright infringement (CNN). However, Germans have not indicated if they would be suing the British rock band over copyright infringement of their torture device.
The NCAA and EA discuss copyrights for a possible new NCAA game (97.1) – it’s not looking good.
Roblox and Tencent form partnership (Business Insider) furthering China’s influence over word gaming.
EA makes big progress in video game hair (Vice) which then ends up horrifying people (Business Insider).