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Do the announced changes at Halo Studios (prev. 343 Industries) have you optimistic for the future of the franchise?

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DroidKnight on 30 December 2022



...to avoid getting banned for inactivity, I may have to resort to comments that are of a lower overall quality and or beneath my moral standards.

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Ryuu96 on 30 December 2022

There we go, Klob/Nate were right.

"Redfall is targeting an early May 2023 release window — the first week of May to be exact."

Massive doubt that Starfield is early 2023 now.

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coolbeans on 30 December 2022

Microsoft releasing a big 1st-party exclusive within Q1 Challenge.

[Impossible]



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Ryuu96 on 30 December 2022

January/February is safe to rule out, Lol. March would be like two months of hard marketing at most if the Xbox event is January, lets be honest, Starfield has barely been marketed so far, I suppose a certain uncaring attitude towards marketing fits both Xbox and Bethesda though so it's still possible, but very unlikely.

Late April and Early May is likely too close to Redfall for Bethesda, June is...I genuinely can't remember the last time that Xbox released anything major in June but I suppose it's still a possibility. Motorsport and Minecraft Legends are scheduled for Late March - Late June as well. So that leaves us with Early-Mid April, Late May and June, I suppose, very limited options.

Be funny if it was June and I ended up being wrong on the delay but on the very slimmest margin possible, Lol. Wonder how these leaks are coming about considering Jez said he has no sources in Bethesda, I wonder if the showcase is closer than we think, first that leaks and now the Redfall date leaks.

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Spade on 30 December 2022

Spade's 2022 Christmas Haul!!!!

Santa came hard!!! 

Bottom pic is my physical backlog going into 2023. Be interested to see if I can beat majority of those by 12/31/23. Also, thought xbox has no games, and we don't support Japanese games  

Happy New Years Xbots!! 



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shikamaru317 on 31 December 2022

Dang, just saw on Twitter that Richard Hoeg of Hoeg Law is in the hospital for some kind of emergency surgery. Hope he does well:

https://twitter.com/MrsHoegLaw/status/1608923229930033152?t=oZE526LTUH5db79tfT40lQ&s=19



NobleTeam360 on 31 December 2022
Spade said:

Spade's 2022 Christmas Haul!!!!

Santa came hard!!! 

Bottom pic is my physical backlog going into 2023. Be interested to see if I can beat majority of those by 12/31/23. Also, thought xbox has no games, and we don't support Japanese games  

Happy New Years Xbots!! 

For someone displeased with Square Enix, you sure are buying their games a lot.



Ryuu96 on 31 December 2022

Instantly regret making a long ass comment in the article section, how the fuck do you expand the edit box?!



Ryuu96 on 31 December 2022

Idas Said:

It was already established in the administrative complaint:

The Administrative Law Judge shall hold a prehearing scheduling conference not later than ten (10) days after the Respondents file their answers. Unless otherwise directed by the Administrative Law Judge, the scheduling conference and further proceedings will take place at the Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 532, Washington, D.C. 20580.

The prehearing is virtual (I think they use Zoom) and public. So, you can listen to it on Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at 3:00PM - 3:30PM.

These are some of questions that will be addressed by the parties:

- Their factual and legal theories;
- The current status of any pending motions;
- A schedule of proceedings that is consistent with the date of the evidentiary hearing set by the Commission;
- Steps taken to preserve evidence relevant to the issues raised by the claims and defenses;
- The scope of anticipated discovery, any limitations on discovery, and a proposed discovery plan, including the disclosure of electronically stored information;
- Issues that can be narrowed by agreement or by motion, suggestions to expedite the presentation of evidence at trial, and any request to bifurcate issues, claims or defenses;
- Other possible agreements or steps that may aid in the just and expeditious disposition of the proceeding and to avoid unnecessary cost.

There will be more prehearing conferences before August 2023.


Ryuu96 on 31 December 2022

Idas Said:

Here are the next important dates:

- January 3rd 2023: Prehearing conference with the FTC Administrative Law Judge. It's virtual and public.

- Early January 2023: Provisional findings and remedies (if required) from the CMA. My guess would be between January 3rd and 17th.

- January 18th 2023: Original outside date (when the parties expected the merger to be done). If MS quits before that date they have to pay a termination fee of $2,000,000,000; if they don’t, the outside date gets extended until April 18th 2023.

- Late January 2023: Statement of objections from the EC (unless MS can offer a convincing remedy package to avoid it).

- February 3rd 2023: Decision from New Zealand.

- March 1st 2023: Final report and remedies (if required) from the CMA.

- April 11th 2023: Final decision from the EC (if MS didn’t close the deal in before in Europe).

- April 18th 2023: Second extension of the original outside date. If MS quits before that date they have to pay a termination fee of $2,500,000,000; if they don’t, the outside date gets extended until July 18th 2023.

- April - May 2023: Decision from the SAMR in China.

- July 18th 2023: The end of the second extension and final outside date in the merger agreement. If MS quits before that date they have to pay a termination fee of $3,000,000,000; if they don’t, they’ll have to renegotiate the outside date with ABK.

- August 2nd 2023: Beginning of the FTC in-house trial.

- Early 2024: Decision from the FTC administrative law judge.

- Anything beyond that: Unknown

If everything goes super well for MS in 2023 (approvals by the CMA, EC and SAMR + a positive ruling from the Supreme Court in the Axon case), and the FTC doesn't want to settle with a consent decree, I think that at least there is one more year ahead :s

The FTC in-house trial is in August 2023, but a ruling will take 7-10 months. And even if that's positive for MS, then it goes back to the Commission. So, add 6-9 extra months before MS can go to federal court (add 6-9 extra months for that process alone).

The administrative process is a dead end for MS, the FTC knows it and uses it in that way. MS now has to play ball with the FTC because there is no other way, but they know perfectly well that they need a shortcut to bypass-it one way or another.

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