Podquisition 397: Landlords Are Petty Dictators

It's not enough to just have power over someone's life.

Games we played this week include:

Stray (15:45)

Multiversus (22:35)

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (38:50)

Vampire Survivors (46:55)

Frogun (51:30)

LIVE A LIVE (54:00)

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News things talked about in this episode:

First hints of what Disco Elysium devs are doing found in job listings (54:50)

https://www.eurogamer.net/disco-elysium-dev-seeks-artists-with-a-love-of-sci-fi-and-video-games

Former Xbox exec Peter Moore says Microsoft encouraged console wars (55:50)

https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-encouraged-console-wars-peter-moore

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is latest first-party Nintendo release to leak in advance of release (58:00)

https://www.eurogamer.net/xenoblade-chronicles-3-leaks-playable-on-steam-deck-before-switch-release

Resident Evil Village getting accessibility update, but third-person mode pushed to paid DLC (59:10)

https://www.eurogamer.net/resident-evil-village-will-receive-free-accessibility-update-alongside-dlc

Ubisoft’s failure to address their issues is making them worse (1:01:05)

https://www.eurogamer.net/a-year-later-a-better-ubisoft-says-none-of-its-demands-have-been-met

Rockstar has finally made some changes to work culture (1:07:45)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-27/gta-6-release-date-rockstar-cleans-up-image-after-employee-backlash

Last of Us Part 1 remake includes audio descriptions of cutscenes for visually impaired players (1:06:05)

https://kotaku.com/the-last-of-us-part-1-remake-naughty-dog-sony-playstati-1849320167

Sony expresses concern over Microsoft acquisition of Activision, specifically Call of Duty (1:08:45)

https://www.eurogamer.net/sony-doesnt-sound-thrilled-microsoft-is-buying-call-of-duty-maker-activision

Diablo Immortal player spends so much the game becomes unplayable for them (1:12:00)

https://www.eurogamer.net/diablo-immortal-player-spends-100k-on-game-now-cant-find-anyone-suitable-to-matchmake-with

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