The news of the week (#49 2025)

One of the news of the year came this week when Netflix announced the purchase of Warner Bros., including the film studios, the HBO Max service and development teams such as Rocksteady Studios (Batman: Arkham) and NetherRealm Studios (Mortal Kombat), in exchange for $82.7 billion. It will be at least a year before the operation can be closed and regulators have yet to say theirs. Continuing in the Internet section, we have a fine of 120 million euros for X for violating the Digital Services Law, while Meta is being investigated for the access of AI providers to WhatsApp.

In games we have talked about the launch of Destiny 2: Los Desertores, Elden Ring Nightreign: The Forsaken Hollow, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Marvel Cosmic Invasion, Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow, Routine, Blood: Refreshed Supply and Red Dead Redemption for the current generation. In addition, we have a summary with the news from the last PC Gaming Show where games like SOL Shogunate, Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! and Carmageddon: Rogue Shift. Total War Medieval III is also on the way. On the other hand, we have learned that Saudi Arabia will control 93% of Electronic Arts after its purchase.

In technology we have the upcoming demise of Crucial, an SSD and RAM brand that Micron will abandon to improve supply to AI data centers. We have also seen the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold, a double-hinged mobile phone that converts into a 10-inch tablet, while Meta has acquired the services of Alan Dye, responsible for Apple's interfaces.

Nintendo

Xbox

• Routine, Mortal Kombat 1, Death Howl and Dome Keeper lead the new batch of games for Game Pass.
• Fallout 76 receives Burning Springs, an update with a new area and the ghoul with a commission business.
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the biggest third-party Game Pass release in 2025.
• Tim Cain, creator of Fallout, works for Obsidian.

PlayStation

• Fast & Furious director Justin Lin is directing the Helldivers movie.
• Amazon renews the God of War series for a second season.
• The Axis Unseen, a horror and heavy metal game, will arrive on December 4 on PS5.
• An edition of DualSense with Genshin Impact motifs announced.
• Destiny 2 receives The Deserters, an expansion inspired by Star Wars.
• Helldivers 2 for PC reduces its installation size from 154 GB to 23 GB.
• Gran Turismo 7 receives the Spec III update and Power Pack add-on with endurance challenges.
• Sony produces and publishes the new cooperative shooter from Mike Booth, creator of Left 4 Dead.

PC/mobile
Multiplatform

• December releases: Metroid Prime 4, Marvel Cosmic Invasion, Terminator 2D: No Fate and Routine.
• CD Projekt Red plans to release the new The Witcher trilogy over a period of six years.
• Styx: Blades of Greed will be available on February 19, 2026.
• Launch trailer for Marvel Cosmic Invasion, a beat 'em up with 15 playable heroes.
• The director of the Splinter Cell remake returns to Ubisoft and regains his position.
• Ron Gilbert canceled a Zelda-type pixel art RPG due to lack of funding and says he would like a 3D Monkey Island.
• Red Dead Redemption debuts on PS5, Xbox Series and Switch 2, its third generation of consoles.
• Ball x Pit reaches one million copies and announces three updates.
• Saudi Arabia will control 93% of Electronic Arts after its purchase.
• 007 First Light details the pillars of its gameplay with the first development diary.
• Elden Ring Nightreign receives The Forsaken Hollows expansion with two new characters, bosses and an environment.
• First trailer for The God Slayer, an open-world RPG set in an oriental steampunk metropolis.
• Routine arrives, a first-person science fiction and horror game set on a moon base.
• Replaced, a retro-futuristic 2.5D action platformer, will be available on March 12.
• Total War Medieval III announced, a delivery that returns the saga to its historical roots.
• Launch trailer for Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow, an installment that takes the saga to virtual reality.
• Available Blood: Refreshed Supply, a remaster redesigned from the original code that includes new content.
• Carmageddon returns with a roguelite vehicular combat experience.
• Introduced Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!, a retro FPS in the hands of Auroch Digital (Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun).
• Announced [url=Anunciado SOL Shogunate, un RPG de acción y space opera samurái
  ]SOL Shogunate[/url]a samurai action and space opera RPG.
• PC Gaming Show Summary: Samson, Dungeons of Dusk, Cairn, Neath and many more games.
• Path of Exile 2 will welcome the Druid as a new playable class on December 12.
• Romeo is a Dead Man, Suda51's new game, will be available on February 11.
• Tekken 8 closes season 2 with the addition of Miary Zo.
• Tiny Bookshop will arrive on PS5 on April 10 and will have a physical edition.

Technology/Internet