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This time there aren’t many reasons to be happy: we discuss Phil Spencer’s departure from Microsoft Gaming, try to understand who will be responsible for the key directions from now on, and regret the closing of Bluepoint Games. We also go over the Ubisoft CEO interview and note the return of “veterans” to the Assassin’s Creed development team. We don’t miss yet another round of rumors about Crimson Desert, and we look at fresh details for Star Wars: Galactic Racer.

The episode’s impressions turned out atypical: Artyom shares his experience using the Eufy Omni E25 robot vacuum, while Fedya talks about buying a Fujifilm X100VI camera. But we didn’t forget about entertainment content either—all three are thrilled about the first season of the series “Knight of Seven Kingdoms.”

In the Boosty segment, Vlad explains what competency porn is (and no, it’s not what you might be thinking), and he also harshly discusses the film “Running Man.” Artyom, in turn, shares his impressions of both parts of “Greenland.”

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Timecodes:
00:00:18 — Hello
00:02:14 — Phil Spencer leaves
00:39:29 — Interview with Yves Guillemot and other Ubisoft stuff
00:51:04 — Bluepoint Games closing
00:58:00 — Back to Crimson Desert
01:08:34 — Details for Star Wars: Galactic Racer
01:12:34 — PS Plus Essential in March
01:15:26 — Artyom’s robot vacuum
01:31:10 — Fedya’s camera
01:49:49 — “Knight of Seven Kingdoms”
02:03:54 — Boosty block
02:12:09 — About competency porn
02:29:30 — “Running Man”
02:44:46 — About both parts of “Greenland”
03:03:00 — Track at the end