Respawn plans to release 3 more 'Star Wars' games

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You can expect three more Star Wars games to come out of Respawn Entertainment. EA announced that the studio behind Titanfall and Apex Legends is working on a follow-up to its 2019 hit Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, but it isn't known if it'll be a direct sequel. A first-shooter game in the pipeline is overseen by a former Star Wars Battlefront producer. And then there's a strategy game produced by Respawn in the works with Bit Reactor leading its development. That new third-party studio is headed up by Greg Foertsch, who previously worked on the XCOM series.

EA's exclusive license to develop and publish Star Wars games will expire next year. And it looks like it wants to churn out as much as it can before that happens. 

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Spotify will pull Neil Young's music after Joe Rogan and vaccine misinformation dispute

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Musician Neil Young wanted Spotify to choose between him and its controversial star podcaster Joe Rogan. And it looks like the streaming service chose the latter as it is in the process of removing Young's extensive catalogue from Spotify. The artist made a formal request for its removal on January 26, Wednesday, and by the time you read this, it might no longer be on the platform. 

Young was outraged by what he claims is the platform spreading misinformation about vaccines through podcasters like Rogan, who has episodes on his show containing misinformation, including an interview with Dr. Robert Malone, who claims that "psychosis" led people to believe vaccines were effective.

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Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event to take place on Feb. 9

If you were waiting for the official date of Samsung's next event, the company has confirmed it will take place on February 9. We can expect to see "the most noteworthy S series ever created," a nod to the Galaxy S22 Ultra getting more Galaxy Note features. The event will stream live on the Samsung Newsroom and Samsung's YouTube channel starting at 10 a.m. EST.

The event might focus on the new Samsung flagship phones. But there are rumours that we might see the Galaxy Tab S8 series at the event, too.

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Check out Microsoft's limited edition Year of the Tiger Xbox Series S

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The regular Microsoft Xbox Series S might be hard to get your hands on, but this limited edition model might be harder to cop. For Chinese New Year, the company has a Year of the Tiger edition of the Xbox Series S. There will only be 15 units available. Those in China can only get one through special sweepstakes from WeChat and bilibili China. 

It doesn't look like there are any different hardware features from the regular model besides the striking design. Chinese cartoon artist Bu2ma created this design in a red skin with cool tiger motifs in black. There's also golden Chinese lettering that signifies the zodiac sign.

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