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Xbox and PSN both go dark | EU clears the Saudi buyout of EA | Atari hands 10 games to Universal

W30July 31, 20265 min read

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Xbox Went Down For 15 Hours; New CTO Calls Outage “Unacceptable” | The PSN outage made PS5 games unplayable, even in single-player

Electronic Arts buyout by Saudi Arabia’s PIF is cleared by European regulators

Atari Signs Deal With Universal To Turn 10 Iconic Games Into Movies

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