As a UK person, the name Burning Beaver is just .... Unfortunate :L

Somerville being a short sub 5hr game is great. I wish more games where far shorter like that. If every game was a tightly woven 10hr experience, that would be great!

Bored of hearing about whether Microsoft will keep Call of Duty on PlayStation or not? Good, because so is Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer. In an interview on Decoder, a show hosted by The Verge’s Nilay Patel, Spencer has settled the debate over the future of Call of Duty on PlayStation once and for all.

Phil Explains for the 50th Time That CoD Will Stay on PlayStation.

Bet Phil is as sick of this question as everyone else, Lol. It's as clear cut as you could possibly get now, it was already clear cut but there is no wiggle room in this statement, the dude even listed PS7 as a supported platform! He's also clear that it's for new CoD releases, the next CoD after MW2 and the next one after that and the next one after that and the next one, etc.

I still think regulators will force them into a contract (which I think is nonsense but oh well) but they seem to be happy to do that, as long as it doesn't state forever, 10 years? 20 years? However far away PS7 is? They just don't want to sign "forever" which is understandable. I still think Sony won't be happy with that, but regulators should be.

I've been saying this from the beginning when MS first commented on it, CoD isn't leaving PS. Unfortunately, Phil can say it in the most clear and precise way and there will still be those who think it's a ruse.

Video response is better, Lol.

Hoeg Law spoke about that EU dude's tweet, and it was a lot worse than expected, I wonder if Microsoft will use it as evidence against EC, Lol. Hoeg said it would be useful if Microsoft appeals against their decision (if they decide to do so). He spoke on personal bias and made it sound like he was a part of the competition authority, it doesn't matter now if he isn't, there is reasonable doubt that he would know stuff and he can't just claim personal opinion when talking on behalf of a company he works at.

Basically, all about optics, he made a mission statement by saying "The Commission is working to ensure" and didn't say "As a PlayStation fan, I hope" which is a credibility issue and makes it look like he's speaking on behalf of the EC and they're prejudging a decision before Phase 2. It also calls into question what he knows due to his ranking in the agency which makes it likely that he does know something, especially since he was formerly in that department.

Like I said, words mean nothing in business only binding contracts. Since Phil stated he is willing to sign such a contract that will be the only thing that truly settle the question or issue. Personally, COD is a small price to pay for what MS truly wants so I am sure they just want the deal done and if COD is what holding it up, they are more than willing to keep making money on PS system with COD while they continue to add value to GP and reach out to the platform they really want to dominate which is mobile devices. Being able to stream full COD on any mobile device using GP is probably the ultimate goal and MS really is not trying to compete with Sony any more but instead looking in a totally different direction.