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You ready for this, playa?<\/p>\n

Welcome back to the club! This week, Emmett and Al are back to talk about all of the juicy leaks coming out of the FTC\u2019s trial against Activision\/Blizzard and Microsoft. We talk about wild stories like: What other companies were Microsoft looking to purchase? Was Fallout 76 a success? What\u2019s IO Interactive\u2019s next game gonna be like? And we get into so much more because there is a LOT to talk about!<\/p>\n

Later on, in the Whatcha Playin section, Emmett talks about Thymesia, and a bunch of Steam Next Fest demos and al talks about Aliens: Dark Decent and the Dead Space Remake.<\/p>\n

Timestamps:
\nTOTS: FTC vs Activison\/Blizard & Microsoft Merger News 3:46
\nWhatcha Playin 50:03
\nThymesia 50:59
\nAliens: Dark Decent 55:20
\nSteam Next Fest Quick Hits 1:06:29
\nEcho Point Nova 1:07:30
\nEl Paso Elsewhere 1:11:42
\nEn Garde! 1:16:55
\nLoodlenaut 1:22:18,
\nDead Space Remake 1:27:14
\nHousekeeping 1:35:43<\/p>\n

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