Xbox is really mad at PlayStation

Go to http://shopify.com/insidegaming to sign up for a free trial and start selling today. Xbox and PlayStation continue to fight it out as the Activision Blizzard acquisition moves through regulatory review. In the latest update, the UK defended Sony’s position and Microsoft is not happy. A number of corporate burns followed. All the sweet, sweet details in today’s Roundup! In other news; Blizzard apologizes again for Overwatch 2, Splatoon 3 is setting new sales records, there is a glimmer of hope for Stadia players, and the RTX 4090 is the new GPU king. This week we contemplate the 5-Second review as an ongoing segment and the Coming Soon section is once again packed to the gills with tons of games including Gotham Knights, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, Norco, New Tales from the Borderlands, and a full release of Vampire Survivors! Thanks for watching and have a great weekend! 00:00 - Xbox is really mad at PlayStation 06:00 - Blizzard apologizes for Overwatch 2... again 07:38 - Splatoon 3 is setting new sales records 08:20 - Stadia saves are not completely doomed 09:25 - The RTX 4090 is the new GPU king 11:16 - ??? 11:51 - Coming Soon 28:27 - Quick teaser for next week Listen and subscribe to Ship Hits the Fan at https://bit.ly/shiphitsthefan Buy our shirt! https://is.gd/u3xCtA OR follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/jack_p https://twitter.com/DarthBurrit0 http://twitter.com/InsideGaming SOURCES [GamesIndustry.biz] UK Regulator details concerns over Activision Blizzard acquisition https://www.gamesindustry.biz/uk-regulator-details-concerns-over-microsofts-proposed-acquisition-of-… [GamesIndustry.biz] What Microsoft has to do in order to buy Activision Blizzard https://www.gamesindustry.biz/microsofts-acquisition-of-activision-blizzard-whats-going-on-and-what-… [Bloomberg] Microsoft says bias sony attack on $69 million dollar deal swayed UK https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-12/microsoft-says-biased-sony-attack-on-69-billion-d… [VGC] Sony says it believes Xbox owning CoD could influence players' console choice https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-says-it-believes-xbox-owning-call-of-duty-could-influe… [GamesIndustry.biz] Microsoft will face deeper investigation over Activision acquisition https://www.gamesindustry.biz/microsoft-activision-acquisition-expected-to-face-deeper-investigation… [Eurogamer] EA says Activision acquisition could be a great opportunity https://www.eurogamer.net/ea-boss-says-questions-over-call-of-duty-exclusivity-tremendous-opportunit… [Gamerant] Take-Two CEO says Microsoft buying Activision is good https://gamerant.com/take-two-ceo-microsoft-buying-activision-good/ [Twitter] Mike Ybarra's apology tweet https://twitter.com/Qwik/status/1579954877869850624?s=20&t=F5xtFFqtsjVyvVOtSsNCIg [Overwatch] Overwatch blog, second apology https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23865964/ [Kotaku] Overwatch 2 players are having their rosters locked https://kotaku.com/overwatch-2-torbjorn-bastion-roster-locked-heroes-bugs-1849640751 [The Verge] Torbjorn and Bastion were removed from Overwatch 2 https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/11/23398942/overwatch-2-bastion-torbjorn-removed [GamesIndustry.biz] Splatoon 3 is now the fattest-selling game in Japan https://www.gamesindustry.biz/splatoon-3-sold-27m-boxed-copies-in-three-weeks-japan-monthly-charts#:…'s%20home%20market. [Forbes] Google Stadia shutdown catches developers off guard https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/09/30/googles-stadia-shutdown-has-caught-stadia-develope… [The Gamer] Red Dead 2 players beg Rockstar to transfer their Stadia save https://www.thegamer.com/red-dead-online-google-stadia-closing-save-data-lost/ [PC Mag] The RTX 4090 is the new GPU King https://www.pcmag.com/news/despite-high-price-nvidias-rtx-4090-sells-out-fast-on-launch-day [Eurogamer] Digital Foundry RTX 4090 review https://www.eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-2022-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-review-extreme-performance?pag…