Would not have been surprised to see Blizzard on this list because whoever they've got doing their writing now isn't any better.

Earliest one I saw was in the "Lethal Force" comic, so April. That was after "The Imposter" in Feb. which got amogus memes banned on the antifastonetoss reddit.

I also just got emergency alerts spammed to my phone: "City of San Jose - Get vaccinated today!"

Last thing of this nature I saw from them was that "Latinx" sale or event or whatever it was a few months ago. Nothing specifically about women's day as far as I'm aware.

Harry Potter was the series that helped me discover I liked fantasy stories. Since then I've read a bunch more, many I've re-read, Discworld being my favorite. Haven't gone back to Harry Potter once, not counting the movies(EDIT: Then Hogwarts Legacy of course, it was the realized dream of a HP game I always wanted as a kid). The idea of someone reading those books and not wanting to try anything else similar baffles me.

I've not played the game and I'm not planning to, but I haven't seen any forced third person in the various streams I've watched. Where does it happen?

I thought it was only in active development for ~2 years?

Either way, it should be embarrassing that their game barely reaches the quality of a Bethesda game launch.

Stalker 2 if that counts and whatever comes next for Half Life.

Even if stalker turns out not great, the original games weren't amazing either. I just like the setting a lot. And Alyx shows me Valve has that spark for the series again, so I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with it, VR or otherwise.