Much Micro So Soft – Episode 417

In this episode, I talked about the FTC v. Microsoft court case. Diablo IV Season 1 Start Date coming soon! BlizzCon 2023 Tickets on sale soon. Also talked about Diablo IV patch notes, Direct Storage, Secret Cow Level, a DDoS attack, Sprinting Suicidal Skeletons, and more! Things mentioned in this episode: Gizmodo posted an article titled: “Hearing Over Microsoft’s Takeover of Activision Blizzard Begins, With Bigwigs Set To Testify” IGN posted an article titled: “Xbox FTC Trial Day 4: Bobby Kotick and Jim Ryan Agree on One Thing – Neither of Them Like Game Pass” TweakTown posted an article titled: “Sony’s Jim Ryan: Kotick asked to negotiate Call of Duty to ‘cover himself’ if merger fails” VideoGamesChronicle posted an article titled: “Activision’s Bobby Kotick says he made ‘a bad decision’ not bringing Call of Duty to Switch” IGN posted an article titled: “The FTC Trial Unmasks Xbox’s Ambitions” The Verge posted an ongoing post titled: “FTC v. Microsoft: all the news from the big Xbox courtroom battle” PC Gamer (via Microsoft Start) posted an article titled: “Here’s where the Microsoft-Activision deal stands around the world” The Verge posted an article titled: “Microsoft is hiking the price of Xbox Series X and Xbox Game Pass” Maxroll posted information titled: “Diablo 4 Season 1 Start Date Coming Next Week & Blizzcon Tickets on Sale July 8th!” Blizzard posted “BlizzCon 2023 Tickets On-Sale July 8 and July 22! Diablo IV Forums has updates on Technical Support and more Diablo IV Patch Notes has been updated PC Gamer posted an article titled: “The Diablo 4 team confirms DirectStorage isn’t working in the game ‘but we are planning on enabling it in the future’ Wowhead posted an article titled: “More Secret Cow Level Details Unveiled” IGN posted an article titled: “Diablo 4 Fans Once Again Call for Offline Mode After DDoS Attack Renders Game Unplayable For Hours” PC Gamer posted an article titled: “My new Necromancer gloves turn Diablo 4 into a hell governed by sprinting, suicidal skeletons” Wowhead posted an article titled: “Blizzard – Diablo 4 Crash Issue Being Investigated” IcyVeins posted an article titled: “Treasure Goblin Kills Level 84 Hardcore Character” Blizzard posted: “Watch The Upcoming Diablo Developer Update Livestream” Where to find Jen’s Content Creation: Shattered Soulstone T-shirts now available on Jen’s Redbubble! Shattered Soulstone Pride shirts now available on Jen’s Redbubble! Shattered Soulstone Trans Flag shirts now available on Jen’s Redbubble! Book Of Jen website: Diablo gameplay videos BookOfJenOriginal YouTube: Diablo IV videos BookOfJenOriginal YouTube: Diablo III Season 28 (work in progress) BookOfJenOriginal YouTube: Diablo Immortal Closed Alpha playlist BookOfJenOriginal YouTube: Diablo Immortal playlist (work in progress) Jen’s Lore Corner episodes are now on Shattered Soulstone! Twitch @BarbarianKobold (NOTE: I rarely stream.) Restless Barbarian Gaming on Twitch Restless Barbarian Gaming on YouTube You can listen to Shattered Soulstone on Bonus Roll Productions – and submit a review there. Got something to say? Send a tweet to @ShatteredStone or message us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/shatteredsoulstone and we will read it off in the next episode.