{"id":181223,"date":"2021-01-30T17:48:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T17:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/video-game-news-gamestop-g4-resident-evil-village-bayonetta-3-returnal-the-last-of-us\/"},"modified":"2021-01-30T17:48:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T17:48:27","slug":"biggest-gaming-news-of-the-week-1-24-21-1-30-21-game-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/01\/30\/biggest-gaming-news-of-the-week-1-24-21-1-30-21-game-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Gaming News of the Week: 1\/24\/21 – 1\/30\/21 | Game Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In gaming news for this week, GameStop gets played in the stock market, while games like Cyberpunk 2077<\/em> are now allegedly playable in the latest Tesla automobile. Game Rant has compiled some of the biggest gaming news stories from this past week together into a concise post for fans and enthusiasts to stay up to date on the most important events in the industry per week. Highlighting the most relevant stories, this list is not inherently and totally objective, and will not contain every news story this week. Rather, this is intended for gaming fans who want a quick rundown on the largest\/most impactful stories that occurred in the last week in games.<\/p>\n

This week’s roundup of gaming news<\/a> is certainly busy, with tons of different stories coming out ranging from exciting, to disappointing, to downright strange. Obviously the GameStop “Stonks” and r\/wallstreetbets saga has been the center of attention this week. G4 announces its most iconic shows are set to return next summer. Upcoming PS5 exclusive\u00a0Returnal<\/em> has been delayed, though not very far.\u00a0Naughty Dog’s\u00a0The Last of Us 2<\/em> reaches another impressive milestone as one of the most critically acclaimed video games of all time. For some reason, Hideki Kamiya wants fans to “forget” about\u00a0Bayonetta 3<\/em>. All that and more in this week’s recap of the biggest gaming news.<\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0More People Are Watching The Wolf of Wall Street Because of the GameStop Stock Situation<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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One of the biggest gaming news events didn’t necessarily involve games, but the GameStop retailer itself. This week, after a collective of activists under the r\/wallstreetbets subreddit invested into GameStop<\/a>, resulting in the struggling gaming company’s share price soaring several hundred percent. The entire short-selling ploy was orchestrated from that Reddit forum, with many claiming they were gaining many thousands of dollars in market profit.<\/p>\n

Currently, many of the investors from that subreddit are refusing to sell, with the goal of jeopardizing the hedge fund investors who were originally short-selling GameStop stock to make a profit at the company’s expense. Now many hedge funds like Melvin Capital have closed out their short positions after incurring massive losses. Even as of this writing, many members of the community to express “don’t sell” sentiments as GameStop’s share price continues to fluctuate<\/a>.<\/p>\n