May 24, 2021

126: Is Activision Worse Than EA?

1 hour 30 minutes

This week, Pete poses the question "is Activision worse than EA?" after he stumbled upon a smoking gun in some SEC filings. Pete and Steve also discuss Nintendo's latest Amiibo and whether locking key features behind a $30 figure is okay (spoiler: it's not). We round out the show with your listener questions and the latest bombshells from the Epic v. Apple case including an unusual game review from the Xbox team and some possible negotiations between Microsoft and Nintendo!

Chapters:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:10 - What We're Playing

00:44:14 - Zelda + Loftwing Amiibo

00:49:28 - Is Activision Worse Than EA?

00:57:33 - Summer Game Fest 2021

01:03:20 - Timesplitters Studio Reforms

01:06:24 - Epic v. Apple

01:14:53 - MailPot

Links:

Activision SEC filings: https://twitter.com/HBJohnXuandou/status/1394436795333447682

Summer Game Fest: https://www.summergamefest.com

Xbox review of The Last of Us 2: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.364265/gov.uscourts.cand.364265.551.21.pdf

Nintendo redactions: https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1394618302475931649

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