Phil Spencer feels good about the Activision Blizzard Acquisition, Dead Island 2 finally gets a gameplay trailer, and Masahiro Sakurai Starts a Youtube Channel.

Phil Spencer is confident that the Activision Blizzard deal will go through while he waits for approval from a panel of countries. Playstation raised concerns about Microsoft having too much exclusivity on IPS. Phil Spencer also mentioned to Bloomberg that it's "something we're just going to see less and less of", and believes console exclusives have been fading for some time now. This comes as more and more Sony exclusive games head to PC and Game Pass.

Dead Island 2 got a gameplay trailer for the first time in years, showing off some gore filled moments with a hands on experience in person during GamesCom. The game is expected to launch on February 3rd, 2023.

Super Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai is starting a YouTube channel on game design, appropriately called Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games. He detailed his vision to create bite-size videos about a range of topics in video game design, with an emphasis on classic games.

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00:00 Intro
00:12 Phil Spencer Feels Good About The Activision Blizzard Acquisition
01:04 Phil Spencer Comments On Console Exclusivity
02:10 Dead Island 2 Gets A Gameplay Trailer
03:11 Masahiro Sakurai Gets a YouTube Channel
03:42 Outro