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The Weekly Authority: 📱 Pixel Prototype

Pixel 7 prototype leaks, Samsung's battery lawsuit, FF 16 news, and more — get the week's top tech news right here.
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Published onJune 4, 2022

⚡ Welcome to  The Weekly Authority, the Android Authority newsletter that breaks down the top Android and tech news from the week. The 197th edition here, with that Pixel 7 prototype, Galaxy foldable specs, Final Fantasy 16 updates, and some good news for coffee drinkers.

🎉This week marked the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations here in the UK (the first British monarch to celebrate 70 years of service!), so I’ve been enjoying the two-day national holiday, and we had a street party here in town!

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Weekly Wonder

This week PlayStation’s latest State of Play gave us lots to be excited about, including Final Fantasy 16 news:

If you missed it, you can catch up here, but otherwise keep reading for everything you missed:

  • Things kicked off with a new trailer for the Resident Evil 4 remake, which we were expecting but still excited for. It’s coming March 24, 2023, plus being developed for PSVR2, and will come to PC and Xbox Series X/S.
  • The PSVR2 news continued with a look at Resident Evil Village — to be honest, looks a bit scary for me but kudos to anyone brave enough to play it! Following up the horror was another scary title, The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners Ch2, and we also got a glimpse at a VR version of No Man’s Sky.
  • But the PSVR2 trailer everyone wanted to see was a first peek at Horizon Call of the Mountain, with some amazing-looking gameplay — plus news on a new patch for Horizon Forbidden West, which landed Thursday.

Everything you need to know about PlayStation Plus

  • On to the news I’m most excited for: We got a release date for Stray! It’s coming July 19! We also got another trailer that showed off some gameplay. Oh, and it’ll be included as part of higher PlayStation Plus tiers.
  • What else? Spider-Man’s coming to PC on August 12, with Miles Morales to follow soon.
  • We saw a trailer for survival horror The Callisto Protocol, giving us serious Dead Space vibes and coming December 2.
  • Plus Rollerdrome‘s out August 16: the sci-fi roller derby game looks pretty fun — and anime action/dating sim Eternights lands early 2023.
  • In case you missed it: Street Fighter 6 got a look in, showing off new character Jamie alongside Luke, Chun-Li, and Ryu, coming in 2023, with Xbox Series X/S and PC versions on the way too.
  • The critically acclaimed Tunic hits PS4 and PS5 on September 27, and Season: A Letter to the Future looks hauntingly intriguing, coming this fall.
  • But the biggest update, the one everyone was waiting for, was Final Fantasy XVI news. We got a trailer, alongside a summer 2023 release window. I. can’t. wait.

Tech Calendar

  • June 6-10: Apple WWDC 2022
  • June 9-12: Summer Game Fest
  • June 10: The Quarry released on PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One
  • June 10: Jurassic World Dominion in theaters
  • June 12: Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase @ 12 PM CT
  • June 20-23: Collision (Toronto)
  • June 26-July 3: Summer Games Done Quick
  • July 5 @ 8 AM ET: ASUS ROG Phone 6 launch
  • July 19: Stray lands on PS5, PS4, PC

Tech Tweet of the Week

Some DALL-E 2 Kermit The Frog-inspired goodness — The Sopranos one is pretty great:

“A still of Kermit The Frog in Blade Runner 2049 (2017)” #dalle pic.twitter.com/CxyWFRJETc
— HeavensLastAngel (@HvnsLstAngel) May 31, 2022

Something extra: From Morning BrewWhat do these famous travel movie trips cost in 2022?

Have a great week!

Paula Beaton, Copy Editor.

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