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With the current rebranding of Facebook to Meta, the Oculus VR business has also been rebranded under the Meta umbrella. “Starting in early 2022, you'll start to see the shift from Oculus Quest from Facebook to Meta Quest and Oculus App to Meta Quest App over time" stated Meta chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth. In a surprise decision, a Facebook account will no longer be a prerequisite to using the VR headset. “Meta is working on new ways to log into Quest that won't require a Facebook account”.
Intel has warned chip shortages could last until 2023. "We're in the worst of it now, every quarter next year we'll get incrementally better, but they're not going to have supply-demand balance until 2023," said Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger.
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) which investigates commercial national security issues has added Tencent’s acquisition of UK game developer Sumo Group to its list. Tencent will pay almost £1 billion to acquire the company which is famed for making PlayStation first party games Sack Boy and Crackdown 3.
Last week news broke that God of War will be launched on Steam on 14th January 2022 for €49.99. This week details emerged that Sack Boy, another PlayStation darling, will be heading to PC. Sony launched a new label for all the first party PlayStation games that will come to the PC, 'PlayStation PC LLC'. With the availability of Horizon Zero Dawn, Days Gone and Death Stranding on the PC and the release of Uncharted Trilogy of games, God of War and Sack Boy coming to PC, it should be expected that future exclusive first party games for the PlayStation platform could be timed exclusives only.
Stadia has created a Free Trails Test mode in its O/S allowing for 30 minutes of free time to play games on the platform.
Similar to Sony closing down server support for PS3 games earlier this year, 343 Industries confirmed that Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo 4, Halo: Reach, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Spartan Assault, and Halo Wars will no longer be supported on the Xbox 360 console from February 2022.
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Week commencing Monday 1 Nov. 2021
| Date | Title | Platform(s) | Genre(s) | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Nov. | Cupid Parasite | NS | Visual novel | Idea Factory | Idea Factory International |
| Knockout City | PS5, XSX | Sports | Velan Studios | Electronic Arts | |
| World War Z | NS | Third-person shooter | Saber Interactive | Mad Dog Games | |
| 4 Nov. | A Boy and His Blob | NS | Puzzle-platform | WayForward | Ziggurat Interactive |
| The Binding of Isaac: Repentance | NS, PS4, PS5 | Roguelike | Nicalis | Nicalis | |
| Just Dance 2022 | NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX, Stadia | Rhythm | Ubisoft Paris | Ubisoft | |
| Tales of Luminaria | iOS, Android | Action role-playing | Bandai Namco Studios | Bandai Namco Entertainment | |
| Mr. Driller Drill Land | PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX | Puzzle | Bandai Namco Entertainment | Bandai Namco Entertainment | |
| Where Cards Fall | Win, NS | Puzzle | The Game Band | Snowman | |
| 5 Nov. | Call of Duty: Vanguard | Win, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX | First-person shooter | Sledgehammer Games | Activision |
| Kid A Mnesia Exhibition | Win, Mac, PS5 | Adventure, puzzle | Namethemachine, Arbitrarily Good Productions | Epic Games |