Microsoft is in the process of attempting to acquire Activision Blizzard in one of the biggest acquisitions in history. At $68.7 billion, it’s not just the biggest video game acquisition; it’s one of the largest of any kind across all business sectors. As such, the deal is facing regulatory scrutiny, including a lawsuit from the United States government’s Federal Trade Commission.

FTC chair Lina Khan was questioned by the Committee on Energy and Commerce this week, where she faced a question about Microsoft’s proposed buyout of the Call of Duty company. Khan was not able to speak directly about the deal because it’s in the midst of administrative proceedings, she said. As such, she said she would let the FTC’s official complaint speak for itself. That being said, Khan was able to …

Reporter Jeff Grubb of GameSpot sister site Giant Bomb says Microsoft is considering bringing Gears of War to PlayStation. This would be yet another game that Microsoft is reportedly thinking about bringing to its rival’s platform, following previous reports that mentioned Starfield, Hi-Fi Rush, Sea of Thieves, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

“Gears of War is being considered for this,” Grubb said on Game Mess Mornings (via VGC), adding that this is not a guarantee as of yet but is reportedly a proposal under consideration.

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It’s not surprising that Activision has chosen to release a Ghostbusters game right in time for the movie reboot or that it’s a four-player cooperative twin-stick shooter. Really, the only thing truly surprising about the game is how clueless it seems to be about its own genre and license. Ghostbusters is a nearly full-priced release that feels more like a budget bomb.

To put that in context, I actually like the last-gen Ghostbusters games, including the similarly themed four-way, very arcade-like, Sanctum of Slime. It’s slight and disposable, but it nailed the old-school multiplayer groove. It wasn’t a particularly good game, but it was far and away better than this one.