Blizzard Entertainment has hired Jessica Martinez as its first Vice President, Head of Culture as part of its "ongoing initiative to create a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace culture where people at every level can learn, grow, and bring their most creative selves to their work."

Blizzard shared the news in a blogpost, saying that Jessica and other members of the leadership team will be in charge of "implementing our culture strategy, ensuring alignment across all teams and functions, and revamping learning and talent development programs."

“When you create a people-first environment where teams feel safe, valued, and work together toward a shared purpose, everyone thrives–the employees, the players, and the business," Martinez said. "Making the values of our connections show up in what we do is how we bring humanity back to business."

Jessica comes to Blizzard with more than 14 years of experience at The Walt Disney Company, where she was a leader in strategy, communications, operations, and employee experience. She served as Chief of Staff and was a key strategic advisor to both the Chief Security Office and the Chief Technology & Digital Officer for Disney Parks & Resorts.

She was also an integral part of Disney's 21st Century Fox acquisition, and was a champion of "creating a values-driven culture that connected global teams and celebrated diversity."

Martinez joins Blizzard as it is undergoing not only its planned acquisition by Microsoft, but also as the company and the larger Activision Blizzard deals with the fallout of a lawsuit filed by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing that alleged the company fostered a "frat boy" culture in which female employees were subjected to sexual harasssment, unequal pay, and much more.

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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has officially been inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame alongside Ms. Pac-Man, Dance Dance Revolution, and Sid Meier's Civilization.

These games join 32 others that have been inducted since the World Video Game Hall of Fame began at New York's The Strong National Museum of Play in 2015.

So far, the list includes such games as Grand Theft Auto 3, the original Legend of Zelda, Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Bros., Tetris, Halo: Combat Evolved, Minecraft, Final Fantasy VII, Pokemon Red & Green, and many more.

The four winners of 2022 beat out a tough group of nominees that also included Assassin’s Creed, Candy Crush Saga, Minesweeper, NBA Jam, PaRappa the Rapper, Resident Evil, Rogue, and Words with Friends.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Ms. Pac-Man both made our list of the best 100 video games of all-time at spots #34 and #53, respectively. While Dance Dance Revolution and Sid Meier's Civilization didn't make our list (Civ IV did though at spot #35!), it's hard to overstate their importance in the history of this medium.

For more, check out where Ocarina of Time ranks on our list of the best N64 games of all time, how a speedrunner beat the game in under 4 minutes... inside Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and details on how an early demo for OoT differed from the final version.

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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has officially been inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame alongside Ms. Pac-Man, Dance Dance Revolution, and Sid Meier's Civilization.

These games join 32 others that have been inducted since the World Video Game Hall of Fame began at New York's The Strong National Museum of Play in 2015.

So far, the list includes such games as Grand Theft Auto 3, the original Legend of Zelda, Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Bros., Tetris, Halo: Combat Evolved, Minecraft, Final Fantasy VII, Pokemon Red & Green, and many more.

The four winners of 2022 beat out a tough group of nominees that also included Assassin’s Creed, Candy Crush Saga, Minesweeper, NBA Jam, PaRappa the Rapper, Resident Evil, Rogue, and Words with Friends.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Ms. Pac-Man both made our list of the best 100 video games of all-time at spots #34 and #53, respectively. While Dance Dance Revolution and Sid Meier's Civilization didn't make our list (Civ IV did though at spot #35!), it's hard to overstate their importance in the history of this medium.

For more, check out where Ocarina of Time ranks on our list of the best N64 games of all time, how a speedrunner beat the game in under 4 minutes... inside Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and details on how an early demo for OoT differed from the final version.

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

N64's GoldenEye 007 is one of the most celebrated multiplayer games of all time, and now the Centre of Computing History has found the ultimate way to stop screen cheating by giving each player their own separate screen.

The Centre of Computing History shared a video of this new way to play GoldenEye 007 on Twitter, and it shared how it undertook this endeavor for its upcoming 25 Years of GoldenEye Dev Talk Evening.

4 screen GoldenEye on the original N64 hardware! No screencheating here! …but how?
Come and experience this at our GoldenEye evening, celebrating 25 years of GoldenEye for Nintendo 64: https://t.co/F918hEQ20v pic.twitter.com/05jA82upb8

— Computing History (@computermuseum) May 4, 2022

While the event is sold out, it will allow fans who have already secured a ticket a chance to try out this separate screen GoldenEye experience for themselves.

The event will also bring three of GoldenEye's developers - Martin Hollis, Dr. David Doak, and Brett Jones - in as guests, and will have development documents, concept art, and playable versions of GoldenEye Japan and possibly the canceled GoldenEye Remastered for Xbox 360.

If you want to have this set-up for yourself, the Centre of Computing History warned that it was a bit tricky and also quite expensive, as it required roughly £8,000 of video distribution equipment. It also noted it was running the game on an original N64 using an original GoldenEye 007 cartridge.

While this may be tough for most people to recreate, GoldenEye 007 Xbox Achievements did appear online earlier this year and potentially hint at a new port that may be headed our way in the future.

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N64's GoldenEye 007 is one of the most celebrated multiplayer games of all time, and now the Centre of Computing History has found the ultimate way to stop screen cheating by giving each player their own separate screen.

The Centre of Computing History shared a video of this new way to play GoldenEye 007 on Twitter, and it shared how it undertook this endeavor for its upcoming 25 Years of GoldenEye Dev Talk Evening.

4 screen GoldenEye on the original N64 hardware! No screencheating here! …but how?
Come and experience this at our GoldenEye evening, celebrating 25 years of GoldenEye for Nintendo 64: https://t.co/F918hEQ20v pic.twitter.com/05jA82upb8

— Computing History (@computermuseum) May 4, 2022

While the event is sold out, it will allow fans who have already secured a ticket a chance to try out this separate screen GoldenEye experience for themselves.

The event will also bring three of GoldenEye's developers - Martin Hollis, Dr. David Doak, and Brett Jones - in as guests, and will have development documents, concept art, and playable versions of GoldenEye Japan and possibly the canceled GoldenEye Remastered for Xbox 360.

If you want to have this set-up for yourself, the Centre of Computing History warned that it was a bit tricky and also quite expensive, as it required roughly £8,000 of video distribution equipment. It also noted it was running the game on an original N64 using an original GoldenEye 007 cartridge.

While this may be tough for most people to recreate, GoldenEye 007 Xbox Achievements did appear online earlier this year and potentially hint at a new port that may be headed our way in the future.

Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Cobra Kai Season 5 is coming to Netflix on September 9, several months earlier than anticipated. Since its shift from YouTube to Netflix, new seasons of the show have been arriving on New Year’s Day or New Year’s Eve.

“Our New Year’s tradition just got bumped up a few months,” declared a new post on the show’s official Twitter account, alongside a short trailer that showcases a glimpse of where a few of the key characters are headed in the upcoming fifth season.

Our New Year’s tradition just got bumped up a few months. Cobra Kai Season 5 drops Sept 9, only on Netflix. pic.twitter.com/zwV47yCG5z

— Cobra Kai (@CobraKaiSeries) May 6, 2022

The trailer touches on the aftershocks of the events of the season 4 finale, confirms some interesting team-ups, and has plenty of the slimy Terry Silver.

In IGN’s Cobra Kai season 4 review we found it an admirable continuation to the series and said, “A different kind of hokeyness is evident in Season 4, but it’s met by more complex emotional journeys and unexpected team-ups that will leave fans counting down the days until Season 5.”

Cobra Kai's creators recently confirmed they are thinking about their endgame plan for the show and have "always viewed it as at least six" seasons, but they're still working out the right length to nail the landing.

On Netflix’s part, the company has reportedly just been hit with a lawsuit by its shareholders who claim that the company misled them about the extent of its recent subscriber losses. The slump resulted in the biggest one-day drop in Netflix’s share price in the company’s history.

Luke is Games Editor at IGN's Sydney office. You can chat to him on Twitter @MrLukeReilly.

Cobra Kai Season 5 is coming to Netflix on September 9, several months earlier than anticipated. Since its shift from YouTube to Netflix, new seasons of the show have been arriving on New Year’s Day or New Year’s Eve.

“Our New Year’s tradition just got bumped up a few months,” declared a new post on the show’s official Twitter account, alongside a short trailer that showcases a glimpse of where a few of the key characters are headed in the upcoming fifth season.

Our New Year’s tradition just got bumped up a few months. Cobra Kai Season 5 drops Sept 9, only on Netflix. pic.twitter.com/zwV47yCG5z

— Cobra Kai (@CobraKaiSeries) May 6, 2022

The trailer touches on the aftershocks of the events of the season 4 finale, confirms some interesting team-ups, and has plenty of the slimy Terry Silver.

In IGN’s Cobra Kai season 4 review we found it an admirable continuation to the series and said, “A different kind of hokeyness is evident in Season 4, but it’s met by more complex emotional journeys and unexpected team-ups that will leave fans counting down the days until Season 5.”

Cobra Kai's creators recently confirmed they are thinking about their endgame plan for the show and have "always viewed it as at least six" seasons, but they're still working out the right length to nail the landing.

On Netflix’s part, the company has reportedly just been hit with a lawsuit by its shareholders who claim that the company misled them about the extent of its recent subscriber losses. The slump resulted in the biggest one-day drop in Netflix’s share price in the company’s history.

Luke is Games Editor at IGN's Sydney office. You can chat to him on Twitter @MrLukeReilly.

Green Lantern: Beware My Power is coming to 4k Blu-Ray on July 26, 2022. That’s right – DC’s cosmic hero is blasting his way back onto our screens in the form of his own animated movie.

“In Green Lantern: Beware My Power, recently discharged Marine sniper John Stewart is at a crossroads in his life, one which is only complicated by receiving an extra-terrestrial ring which grants him the powers of the Green Lantern of Earth,” reads the official synopsis.

Previously announced back in 2021, the animated Green Lantern movie introduces John Stewart in animated form.

But it looks as though his transition to Green Lantern is far from simple.

“Unfortunately, the ring doesn’t come with instructions – but it does come with baggage, like a horde of interplanetary killers bent on eliminating every Green Lantern in the universe. Now, with the aid of the light-hearted Green Arrow, Adam Strange, and Hawkgirl, this reluctant soldier must journey into the heart of a galactic Rann/Thanagar war and somehow succeed where all other Green Lanterns have failed.”

A new trailer gives us our first glimpse at John’s plight… and it looks pretty cool, too. Green Lantern last appeared on the big screen in 2011 in the critically-panned Green Lantern movie... but has yet to make his Justice League debut in the current Warner Bros. pantheon.

Still, this upcoming animated feature sets the stage for an interesting addition to DC’s animated works, with a focus on John Stewart over the traditional Green Lantern, Hal Jordan.

The 4K Blu-Ray includes the new featurette, John Stewart: The Power and the Glory – a new documentary that explores John Stewart’s legacy including new interviews with those who helped shape his story.

Green Lantern: Beware My Power stars Aldis Hodge as John Stewart alongside Jimmi Simpson as Green Arrow, Ike Amadi as Martian Manhunter, Brian Bloom as Adam Strange, Jamie Gray Hyder as Hawkgirl, and Rick D. Wasserman as Sinestro with additional voices by Nolan North.

Jeff Wamester directed the movie based on a script by John Semper and Ernie Altbacker. Jim Kreig is on board as producer alongside Butch Lukic with Sam Register as executive producer.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Green Lantern: Beware My Power is coming to 4k Blu-Ray on July 26, 2022. That’s right – DC’s cosmic hero is blasting his way back onto our screens in the form of his own animated movie.

“In Green Lantern: Beware My Power, recently discharged Marine sniper John Stewart is at a crossroads in his life, one which is only complicated by receiving an extra-terrestrial ring which grants him the powers of the Green Lantern of Earth,” reads the official synopsis.

Previously announced back in 2021, the animated Green Lantern movie introduces John Stewart in animated form.

But it looks as though his transition to Green Lantern is far from simple.

“Unfortunately, the ring doesn’t come with instructions – but it does come with baggage, like a horde of interplanetary killers bent on eliminating every Green Lantern in the universe. Now, with the aid of the light-hearted Green Arrow, Adam Strange, and Hawkgirl, this reluctant soldier must journey into the heart of a galactic Rann/Thanagar war and somehow succeed where all other Green Lanterns have failed.”

A new trailer gives us our first glimpse at John’s plight… and it looks pretty cool, too. Green Lantern last appeared on the big screen in 2011 in the critically-panned Green Lantern movie... but has yet to make his Justice League debut in the current Warner Bros. pantheon.

Still, this upcoming animated feature sets the stage for an interesting addition to DC’s animated works, with a focus on John Stewart over the traditional Green Lantern, Hal Jordan.

The 4K Blu-Ray includes the new featurette, John Stewart: The Power and the Glory – a new documentary that explores John Stewart’s legacy including new interviews with those who helped shape his story.

Green Lantern: Beware My Power stars Aldis Hodge as John Stewart alongside Jimmi Simpson as Green Arrow, Ike Amadi as Martian Manhunter, Brian Bloom as Adam Strange, Jamie Gray Hyder as Hawkgirl, and Rick D. Wasserman as Sinestro with additional voices by Nolan North.

Jeff Wamester directed the movie based on a script by John Semper and Ernie Altbacker. Jim Kreig is on board as producer alongside Butch Lukic with Sam Register as executive producer.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly opening an inquiry into Sony's planned acquisition of Bungie, marking a notable ramp-up in federal oversight of gaming mergers during a period of major industry consolidation.

According to sources speaking with The Information, last week the FTC began seeking more information about the deal in an investigation that could potentially delay its closing by six months or even more. Though a closing date wasn't announced alongside the initial announcement, The Information reports it could be pushed into early 2023.

The FTC is reportedly focused on concerns that Sony might be motivated to prevent competing companies and services, such as Xbox, from accessing Bungie's games such as Destiny 2. That means examining how popular Destiny is, and whether a possible restriction would meaningfully harm Sony's competitors and create antitrust violations. While Sony has publicly committed to keeping Bungie games cross-platform, its ability to restrict both current titles and future releases in the future is a point of antitrust concern.

This investigation represents another sign of the FTC's recent, more aggressive approach toward potential antitrust issues in the gaming industry. While it is customary for the FTC to look into large deals, the spree of major gaming acquisition in recent years as well as the growing size of such deals appears to have prompted greater scrutiny, particularly under Biden-appointed FTC chair Lina Khan.

For instance, in February, reports suggested that the FTC was similarly investigating the planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft to determine whether it would harm consumers, partners, or competitors. And Khan has stood at the head of a planned crackdown on merger guidelines, and has similarly pushed a block of a planned Nvidia acquisition and reopened an antitrust case against Meta.

The FTC's investigation doesn't necessarily mean the acquisition will be meaningfully impacted, especially given the immense legal challenge required to ultimately block a deal. However, the increased scrutiny on the gaming and tech sectors will likely remain a consideration in future acquisitions as more and more major companies express interest in adding to a growing pile of internal studios and the industry is further consolidated.

Update 4:08pm PT: Responding to an inquiry from IGN, the FTC declined to comment.

Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.