Roblox has made the decision to change the iconic “oof” sound made when a player’s character dies and/or resets. The decision came in light of settling an issue raised by composer Tommy Tallarico, who was part of the sound design team for the 2000 game, Messiah.

Another real “oof” is that Meta is now planning on increasing the prices of their Meta Quest 2 headsets. This is all in the midst of Meta reporting huge losses in Q2 in their Metaverse division.

The Indian government has allegedly removed and banned Battlegrounds Mobile India, India’s version of PUBG, from the market. Battlegrounds Mobile India is a self-published version of the game as an attempt to mitigate and respond to the previous privacy concerns that banned the original PUBG from the country.

Vox Media has laid off about 39 staffers citing “economic uncertainty”. Vox Media’s brands include The Verge and Polygon.

Ousted Ubisoft director Ashraf Ismail now works for Tencent. Ismail was one of several individuals specifically named in the wake of allegations around toxic culture and misconduct in the workplace at Ubisoft.

Meanwhile, Rockstar Games vows they are trying to address and change its workplace culture. The next main Grand Theft Auto title may be centered around the series’ first female main protagonist.

Talks in the US government have been moving forward about boosting domestic chip production. Some worry that the bill may end up prioritizing and benefiting bigger competitors over smaller manufacturers and companies.

John Cena is joining Fortnite.

Papers, Please is coming to mobile this August.

Dragon Ball: The Breakers, is coming to the PS4 in October.

Marvel has also released a trailer for the upcoming Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

LeBron James is added as one of MultiVersus’ newest characters. But funnily enough, he is not voiced by the basketball player himself.

The MTV Video Music Awards now has a category for “Best Metaverse Performance”, the best virtual concert in a game.

The Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic remake is delayed.

But more devastatingly, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is getting delayed.

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Original Story: Take this with a big grain of salt but it seems like BioWare may be working on a new Star Wars RPG game not too different from their much beloved Knights of the Republic games. BioWare Austin, the same studio behind MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic, has begun the early work on a revival or remake for KOTOR according to a Patreon podcast from Liam Robertson. This new game will use the KOTOR format as a blueprint, but will work within the new canon, not the older stories that Disney has designated as ‘Legends’.

This would fall in line with BioWare Austin’s absence on the release date list as of late, since they’ve been silent after only helped a bit on Mass Effect: Andromeda. In addition to that Drew Karpyshyn, the writer on KOTOR, returned to BioWare in 2015 after leaving a few years back for a new project, which is still unannounced.

As of right now, this is all circumstantial and stuck together with hopes and dreams, primarily mine. A new, modern KOTOR would be very welcome, especially from the developer behind those incredible original games. EA so far is the only company making Star Wars games with Disney/Lucas, and practically every studio under their domain is handling some sort of Star Wars game. Hopefully we find out more about whatever BioWare Austin is working on either later this week at Star Wars Celebration or at E3 this summer.

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