We're back with the hottest gaming news! This week's main topics are: Will the Rock star in a grand theft auto movie gta, we weigh in on Xbox buying Activision, and Twitch rolling out a new strategy for streamers to make consistent money. 

Show Notes:

00:00 - Intro

2:18 - Trivia: What is the Rotten Tomatoes score of the 2005 DOOM movie?

4:49 - Topics

6:50 - The Rock is going to star in another video game movie, what will it be?

https://www.gameinformer.com/gamer-culture/2022/01/25/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-is-working-on-a-video-game-movie-and-itll-be 

13:41 - What does Xbox buying Activision mean for company culture there?

https://www.polygon.com/22889580/microsoft-activision-blizzard-acquisition-bobby-kotick 

20:21 - Activision’s Raven Software has 34 workers trying to unionize

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-21/activision-employee-group-forms-union-a-first-in-video-games

27:47 - What does Xbox buying Activision mean for Sony?

https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/01/21/xbox-head-phil-spencer-confirms-intent-to-keep-call-of-duty-on-playstation-after#:~:text=I%20confirmed%20our%20intent%20to,week%20with%20leaders%20at%20Sony. 

35:29 - TT Games, makers of the Lego games, has reports of terrible crunch

https://www.polygon.com/features/22891555/lego-star-wars-the-skywalker-saga-has-led-to-extensive-crunch-at-tt-games

42:27 - Twitch plans to roll out a new program allowing streamers to earn a set salary payout

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/twitch-rolls-out-new-way-for-streamers-to-make-money/1100-6499974/

48:02 - Yakuza’s creator officially announced his new studio with Netease https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/yakuza-veterans-confirm-founding-of-nagoshi-studio/

54:03 - Runescape is getting not one, but two tabletop games ths year!

https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/22899249/runescape-tabletop-games-2022

58:02 - The Winner is…

59:46 - Closing and Plugs

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