Summary: <p>Microsoft officially delays the acquisition of Activision/Blizzard until October 18, giving them more time to work with the FTC and CMA.</p> <p>What We're Playing</p> <ul> <li>Cliff: The Big Con, Beacon Pines</li> <li>Colby: FarCry 6, Lego Star Wars, Arcade Paradise</li> </ul> <p>News</p> <ul> <li>MS Looking to Extend Their Deal with Activision/Blizzard</li> <li>Games with Gold is Gone</li> <li>GP Friends And Family is Ending</li> <li>Sony Signs Ten Year Deal with Microsoft</li> <li>You’ll Probably Be Able to Change Out the Battery on Your Next Switch</li> <li>Watch Your Heated Gamer Moments Folks</li> <li>Get Stabbed in Assassins Creed</li> <li>Bungie Wins Against Gamers</li> </ul> <p>Questions</p> <p><strong>Tr1pletrouble88:</strong> What do you imagine cartwheeling through jello is like?</p> <p><em>*monotone screaming*:</em> Alternative question: do you think it would be more fun to destroy a big block of jello by tearing it apart hulk-style or smashing it apart with a baseball bat</p> <p>Cheap/Free Games</p> <p><strong>Epic Games</strong></p> <ul> <li>Murder by Numbers!</li> <li>Elder Scrolls Online</li> </ul> <p><strong>Xbox Game Pass</strong></p> <ul> <li>Techtonica (Game Preview) (Cloud, Console, and PC)</li> <li>Toem (Cloud, Console, and PC)</li> <li>The Cave (Cloud and Console)</li> <li>Maquette (Console and PC) – July 19</li> <li>Figment 2: Creed Valley (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 20</li> <li>The Wandering Village (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 20</li> <li>Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – July 25</li> <li>Venba (Console and PC) – July 31</li> <li>Celeste (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 1</li> </ul> <p>Xbox Game Pass DLC / Game Updates</p> <ul> <li>Naraka: Bladepoint Deluxe Edition Upgrade – Available now</li> <li>League of Legends Champion: Naafiri – July 20</li> <li>Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island – July 20</li> <li>Dead by Daylight: Nicolas Cage DLC – July 25</li> </ul> <p>Leaving Game Pass</p> <ul> <li>Dreamscaper -- cloud, console, PC</li> <li>Expeditions: Rome -- PC</li> <li>Marvel's Avengers -- cloud, console, PC</li> <li>The Ascent -- cloud, console, PC</li> <li>Two Point Campus -- cloud, console, PC</li> </ul> <p>PlayStation Plus</p> <ul> <li>It Takes Two (PS5, PS4)</li> <li>Sniper Elite 5 (PS5, PS4)</li> <li>Snowrunner (PS5, PS4)</li> <li>World War Z (PS5, PS4)</li> <li>The Ascent (PS5, PS4)</li> <li>Undertale (PS4)</li> <li>SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated (PS4)</li> <li>Melty Blood: Type Lumina (PS4)</li> <li>Dysmantle (PS5, PS4)</li> <li>Circus Electrique (PS4)</li> <li>Dynasty Warriors 9 (PS4)</li> <li>Samurai Warriors 5 (PS4)</li> <li>My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure (PS5, PS4)</li> <li>Fast & Furious: Spy Racers Rise of SH1FT3R (PS5, PS4)</li> <li>Monster Jam Steel Titans (PS4)</li> </ul> <p>PS Plus Classics</p> <ul> <li>Gravity Crash Portable (PS5, PS4)</li> <li>Twisted Metal (PS5, PS4)</li> <li>Twisted Metal 2 (PS5, PS4)</li> </ul> <p>Humble Bundle</p> <p><a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/games/cyberpunk-playground">https://www.humblebundle.com/games/cyberpunk-playground</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/games/athome-arcade">https://www.humblebundle.com/games/athome-arcade</a></p> <p>Prime Gaming</p> <ul> <li>Wytchwood - July 20</li> <li>Lunar Axe - July 27</li> </ul> <p>Patreon</p> <ul> <li>Alan Schulte</li> <li>Joe Cole Jr.</li> <li>Anonymous</li> <li>Rich Deacon</li> </ul> <p>Extra Life</p> <p><a href="https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/">https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/</a></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message
