The final week of January was nothing if not eventful. While the news cycle was dominated by Gamestop's meteoric rise on the stock market, otherwise major stories have been entirely sidelined. , Cyberpunk, and fans have a lot to be excited about this week. Meanwhile, Ninja and Activision-Blizzard stay perfectly on-brand by making entirely out of touch sta𒈔tements. It's been a wild month of ups and downs, and 2021 is just getting started. Without further ado: here are the biggest stories of the week.
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GTA 6 Rumors Are Piling Up
Rumors of a female protagonist in the next Grand Theft Auto 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:go all the way back to 2019. Though GTA 6 is still unconfirmed, it hasn't stopped the rumor mill from spinning way out of control. Recently, new "leaks" have emerged on Reddit and Youtube that claim GTA 6 will take place in South America and feature both a male and female playable character. Earlier this week, YouTuber Legacy Killa and Call of Duty♓ leaker Tom Henderson both substantiated these rumors.
According to Legacy Killa, GTA 6 will take place primarily in South America, but players will have the opportunity to visit multiple locations, including Vice City. The next Grand Theft Auto hasn't been 𒊎announced and is likely years out, considering GTA 5 is coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S this year. Hopefully, we'll find out if these rumors are truܫe soon.
Gamestonks Send Wallstreet Into Panic Mode
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The Wall Street vs.💟 Main Street battle reached a climax this week when Gamestop stock peaked at over $400, forcing the popular retail trading app Robin Hood to temporarily halt trading as they 168澳洲幸运5开奖💙网:scra✱mbled to raise the one billion dollars necessary to fulfill clearinghouse deposits. The decentralized short squeeze has had a major impact on several he🔜dge funds and investm꧋ent companies, and even the White House is keeping an eye on the🐼 situation.
No matter what impact this s🐟aga ends up having on the market, it has energized an important conversation among legislators regarding trade reform. On Friday, New York representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hosted a livestream on her Twitch channel to address the Gamestonk situation. about the purchasing freeze on Robin Hood and has received bipartisan support from political rival .
Gamestop is trading at $325 at market close on Friday. After-hours trading indicates that a 🌺dip down to $315, but rest assured there will be a few more major developments in this ܫstory before all is said and done.
Cyberpunk Mods Begin Exactly As You Would Expect
On Tuesday, Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt R🙈ed released a collection of official🦩 tools and resources for modders. With official mod support, players can now modify game files and create original content for Cyberpunk 2077 without the risk of copyright violation. The mod tools are on🌌ly for PC players, so console players that were hoping a skilled modder would fix all of the bugs are, unfortunately, out of luck.
To the surprise of absolutely no one, one of the first really popular mods allowed players to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:have sex with Keanu Reeve's Johnny Silv🥃erhand. The mod, known as texture swap, coul💜d be used to replace one character model with another. Players were𝕴 swapping the joytoy model with Silverhand's, and getting it on.
CDPR removed the mod and issued a statement explaining that mod broke one of their most important rules: mods can't be harmful to others. Since Keanu Reeves can't consent to all theꦆ ways his likeness might be used, CDPR decided it best to remove the mod completely.
Activision-Blizzard Rejects Diversity Proposal
Earlier this week Activision-💛Blizzard rejected a proposal 🐻made by the AFL-CIO that would require certain diversity standards be met in hiring. The company's lawyers asked the SEC to exempt the company from a requirement to allow investors to vote on the prop🦋osal. They argued that that proposal would "amount to an unworkable encroachment on the company’s ability to run its business.”
After the story broke, Activision-Blizzard president Daniel Alegre provided a statement to stating that “We don’t need the AFL-CIO proposal to reaffirm what we already do – encourage every hiring manager🦂 to consider diverse candidates for every position.” Accountability be damned, apparently.
Ninja Reconfirms He's Full Of Bad Takes
Ninja gave an interview to this week and said a bunch of stuff that made a lot of people in the gaming community upset. As the most prominent gaming personality with the biggest audience of young gamers, Ninja told the NYT that he doesn't think it's his responsibility to teach kids about racism or bigotry and absconded his position as a role model. Ninja said, "It all comes down to parenting. You want to know who your kid is? Listen to him when he’s playing video games when he thinks you’re not. Here’s another thing: How does a white kid know he has white privilege if his parents never teach him or don’t talk about racism?" Re🌱gardless of the impact culture and entertainment have on the thoughts and behaviors of kids, Ninja believes it's ultimately the role of parents to set the example.
Ninja also doubled down on his 🌺stance♎ against streaming or gaming with women. When confronted about excluding women in a 2018 interview with Polygon, Ninja said that he doesn't play games with women because it often leads to relationship rumors. In this week's interview, Ninja reiterated this position by saying 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:"It's like, temptation, man."