{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 196: We Have Horizon: Zero Dawn at Home (News Show)","description":"INT. POSH HOTEL SUITE - DAY TENCENT: Hey, Sony. Can we make a Horizon game? SONY: Nah. We good. TENCENT: Oh okay. Bummer. &amp;lt;ONE YEAR LATER&amp;gt; SONY: WHAT THE F\u2014- &amp;lt;fin&amp;gt; So yeah\u2026 Sony is suing Tencent for what it calls a \u201cslavish clone\u201d of&amp;nbsp;Horizon: Zero Dawn.&amp;nbsp;Bold move! Also: EA, Microsoft, Capcom earnings, an update on the Mastercard\/Visa censorship of legal game content, and more. You can support Virtual Economy\u2019s growth via our&amp;nbsp;Ko-Fi&amp;nbsp;and also purchase&amp;nbsp;Virtual Economy merchandise! TIME STAMPS  [00:00:30] - Some News From Us! [00:05:21] - An Update on the Conservative Assault on Steam and&amp;nbsp;Itch.io [00:15:34] - EA Q1 FY26 Earnings [00:20:25] - Microsoft Q4 FY25 Earnings [00:30:00] - Capcom Q1 FY26 Earnings [00:35:48] - Sony Sues Tencent Over Horizon: Zero Dawn Clone [00:41:59] - Investment Interlude [00:50:23] - Quick Hits [00:50:44] - Labor Report  SOURCES   Mastercard Denies Pressuring Steam To Censor \u2018NSFW\u2019 Games [Update: Valve Responds] | Kotaku Vile is Banned | DreadXP Freedom to Buy Games | GOG  Electronic Arts Reports Q1 FY26 Results | EA  Earnings Release FY25 Q4 | Microsoft Consolidated financial results for the 1st Quarter of FY2025 | Capcom  Sony\u2019s PlayStation Sues Tencent Over Its \u2018Slavish Clone\u2019 of \u2018Horizon\u2019 Video Game Franchise | Variety  Complaint for Copyright and Trademark Infringement | United States District Court, Northern District of California  INVESTMENT INTERLUDE   Atari enters into an agreement to invest in Thunderful Group AB | Atari  Puzzle &amp;amp; Dragons studio considers shareholder group request for a vote to dismiss its president | VGC  Lyrical Media Launches Indie Video Game Publisher Led by UTA, Take Two Vet Blake Rochkind; Three Titles in Development | Variety  LABOR REPORT   Supermassive Layoffs | Supermassive on LinkedIn  Indie Publisher Firestoke Games is Shutting Down | Paul Farley on LinkedIn  The studio behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed brings in union after facing closure | GamesIndustry  Raven Software Workers Secure First Contract at Microsoft | CODE-CWA  ","author_name":"Virtual Economy","author_url":"https:\/\/www.virtualeconcast.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/37712215\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/191638675"}