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Follow-ups/Corrections
Prince of Persia:Sands of Time - Been removed from the 2023 release window.
Sega - Dreamcast/Saturn mini NOT announced. Sega says its due to cost issues.
XBox/Bethesda Showcase - This weekend is only PART of the story. There will be a second showcase on June 14th. https://www.engadget.com/xbox-bethesda-games-showcase-extended-date-stream-140256730.html
Right to Repair - New York has just passed the digital fair repair act (Assembly Bill A7006B), making it one of just a few states in the US to do so. The bill, which was introduced in April 2021, passed the senate on June 1st and passed assembly today. It's now headed to the governor for signing (or veto), and will take effect a year after it becomes law.
The act, titled "Digital Fair Repair Act," will require OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) to "make diagnostic and repair information for digital electronic parts and equipment available to independent repair providers and consumers if such parts and repair information are also available to OEM authorized repair providers." That means companies can no longer dictate where you can bring your devices to get them repaired by limiting the access to components or diagnostic information.
Joining Massachusetts who passed a similar bill back in November, and California looks to be the next to join the party. https://www.engadget.com/new-york-passes-digital-fair-repair-act-bill-185302417.html

Trailers
Callisto Protocol - https://youtu.be/iGQTa16PqjE

Instagram
Grid Pinning rolling out to all users. You can now highlight up to three images or Reels at the top of your grid. The roll out of this coincides with the release of more tools for creators, on both mobile and desktop.
https://www.engadget.com/instagram-grid-pinning-now-available-180201676.html

Gaming Unions
Bioware's quality assurance testers working on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf have voted to form the first unionized workplace for the video game industry in Canada. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 401 applied to become the certified bargaining agent for Keywords Studios, the contracting company through which the testers are employed, back in April
In the US, QA workers at Activision Blizzard studio Raven Software voted to unionize last month. That came after they went on strike following layoffs that affected 12 testers and after the studio split the remaining workers among various departments, perhaps in an effort to make unionization efforts hard to organize. Xbox head Phil Spencer announced that Microsoft will recognize the union after the tech giant's acquisition of Activision Blizzard is complete.
https://www.engadget.com/bioware-qa-testers-video-game-labor-union-canada-070813657.html

Suggests
Super Mario World

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