Biggest Video Game News Of The Week (August 20 - 26)
Gamescom week is always one of the biggest on the calendar in the video game world, but shockingly, some of the biggest stories of the past seven days haven't been attached to the convention at all. Granted, a couple of the reveals made in Cologne have obviously made the cut, but PlayStation upping its prices and the Amazon/EA acquisition rumour was entirely unrelated. All of that, some big Gamescom reveals, and plenty more below as we recap the biggest stories from the past week in video games.
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In a moment reminiscent of when news of Microsoft's Activision Blizzard merger broke, a story claiming Amazon was about to acquire EA started to do the rounds on Friday morning. That naturally sent video game social media into a meltdown. That meltdown was only intensified when a second report refuted that first one, claiming Amazon had not made an offer to acquire EA. That doesn't mean it isn't going to happen, but it didn't happen on Friday as was first suggested. EA isn't officially for sale, but the rumoured race involving some very big names appears to still be on.
Meta did something pretty shocking last month and announced it would be increasing the price of the Quest 2. Considering the backlash that came with that decision, very few would have guessed PlayStation would make a similar move less than a month later. Jim Ryan broke the news on Thursday, revealing PS5s are now more expensive in most parts of the world. Europe, the UK, Canada, Australia, and Japan are on a long list of countries where the consoles are now more expensive, but the US is not. Xbox responded to the price hike by revealing it did not plan to do the same, and Nintendo confirmed the same
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