7/2 - PlayStation acquires 2 (probably 3!) new game studios

<div>Around the Monitor's back bringing you the week's hottest gaming news! Topics include: PlayStation is buying game studios, Xbox and Kojima are making a game together, and a man is sued into the ground by Nintendo for selling ROMs.<br> <br> Check us out on all these platforms:<br> Discord: <a href="https://discord.gg/kt9AJtp">https://discord.gg/kt9AJtp</a><br> Patreon: <a href="https://Patreon.com/savedatateam">https://Patreon.com/savedatateam</a><br> Twitch: <a href="https://Twitch.tv/savedatateam">https://Twitch.tv/savedatateam</a><br> Instagram: <a href="https://Instagram.com/savedatateam">https://Instagram.com/savedatateam</a><br> Twitter: <a href="https://Twitter.com/savedatateam">https://Twitter.com/savedatateam</a><br> Facebook: <a href="https://Facebook.com/savedatateam">https://Facebook.com/savedatateam</a><br> <br> Time Codes:<br> <br> 00:00 - Intro</div> <div>2:27 - Trivia: What is Bidoof’s Pokedex Number?</div> <div>4:42 - Topics</div> <div>7:00 - Ex-Blizzard devs partner with Tencent to make a RTS game studio</div> <div><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/ex-blizzard-developers-tencent-new-studio-rts-uncapped-games">https://www.ign.com/articles/ex-blizzard-developers-tencent-new-studio-rts-uncapped-games</a></div> <div>11:36 - Man sued by Nintendo for hosting ROM site can’t even pay them $50 a month (of $2.1M)</div> <div> <a href="https://kotaku.com/nintendo-can-t-even-get-50-a-month-from-sued-rom-site-1847210881">https://kotaku.com/nintendo-can-t-even-get-50-a-month-from-sued-rom-site-1847210881</a> </div> <div>18:13 - PlayStation acquires Housemarque, Nixxes, and possibly Bluepoint?<br> <a href="https://twinfinite.net/2021/06/playstation-sony-housemarque-bluepoint-acquisition/">https://twinfinite.net/2021/06/playstation-sony-housemarque-bluepoint-acquisition/</a> </div> <div>26:26 - Indie devs say it sucks to put your game on PlayStation consoles<br> <a href="https://kotaku.com/playstation-is-hard-to-work-with-devs-say-1847210060">https://kotaku.com/playstation-is-hard-to-work-with-devs-say-1