The Trump administration announced over the weekend it would delay $300 billion in new tariffs on Chinese imports, including video game consoles, following a tentative agreement reached with China’s President at the G20 Summit. Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo came out against the new tariffs in a joint letter earlier

Jade Raymond has left Electronic Arts. The original producer of the Assassin’s Creed series, Raymond founded the EA Motive studio in 2015 after a 10-year stint at Ubisoft. Originally tasked with overseeing Amy Hennig’s now-canceled Star Wars game, Motive is now at work on a different Star Wars project and a new IP.

The Chinese Room, makers of Dear Esther and Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture, have been acquired by fellow British studio Sumo Digital. Co-founder Dan Pinchbeck is staying on while Jessica Curry has departed. The news comes almost a year after the studio laid off much of its staff and went “dark.”

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