We're back with episode 62 of Today's News Tonight, in which we chat about Activision Blizzard laying off a bunch of employees even as CEO Bobby Kotick is reportedly due to receive a $200 million payout, Tetsuya Nomura revealing fresh details about Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis, FFVII Remake Intergrade, and FFVII: The First Soldier in a new Famitsu interview, Bandai Namco and other developers + publishers speaking out against the horrific proliferation of anti-Asian hate crimes in the wake of the pandemic, Grand Theft Auto Online's absurdly long load times finally being fixed... by a player instead of Rockstar, Sanrio characters and whoopee cushion farts coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, a 24-year-old Samurai Shodown prototype being found underneath a tree in California (?!), and more!

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