Episode 196: We Have Horizon: Zero Dawn at Home (News Show)
Update: 2025-08-06
Description
INT. POSH HOTEL SUITE - DAY
TENCENT: Hey, Sony. Can we make a Horizon game?
SONY: Nah. We good.
TENCENT: Oh okay. Bummer.
SONY: WHAT THE F—-
So yeah… Sony is suing Tencent for what it calls a “slavish clone” of Horizon: Zero Dawn. Bold move! Also: EA, Microsoft, Capcom earnings, an update on the Mastercard/Visa censorship of legal game content, and more.
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TIME STAMPS
- [00:00:30 ] - Some News From Us!
- [00:05:21 ] - An Update on the Conservative Assault on Steam and Itch.io
- [00:15:34 ] - EA Q1 FY26 Earnings
- [00:20:25 ] - Microsoft Q4 FY25 Earnings
- [00:30:00 ] - Capcom Q1 FY26 Earnings
- [00:35:48 ] - Sony Sues Tencent Over Horizon: Zero Dawn Clone
- [00:41:59 ] - Investment Interlude
- [00:50:23 ] - Quick Hits
- [00:50:44 ] - Labor Report
SOURCES
- Mastercard Denies Pressuring Steam To Censor ‘NSFW’ Games [Update: Valve Responds] | Kotaku
- Vile is Banned | DreadXP
- Freedom to Buy Games | GOG
- Electronic Arts Reports Q1 FY26 Results | EA
- Earnings Release FY25 Q4 | Microsoft
- Consolidated financial results for the 1st Quarter of FY2025 | Capcom
- Sony’s PlayStation Sues Tencent Over Its ‘Slavish Clone’ of ‘Horizon’ Video Game Franchise | Variety
- Complaint for Copyright and Trademark Infringement | United States District Court, Northern District of California
INVESTMENT INTERLUDE
- Atari enters into an agreement to invest in Thunderful Group AB | Atari
- Puzzle & Dragons studio considers shareholder group request for a vote to dismiss its president | VGC
- Lyrical Media Launches Indie Video Game Publisher Led by UTA, Take Two Vet Blake Rochkind; Three Titles in Development | Variety
LABOR REPORT
- Supermassive Layoffs | Supermassive on LinkedIn
- Indie Publisher Firestoke Games is Shutting Down | Paul Farley on LinkedIn
- The studio behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed brings in union after facing closure | GamesIndustry
- Raven Software Workers Secure First Contract at Microsoft | CODE-CWA
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