Weekly Gaming News Show

Episode 157 - June 15, 2019

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Updates and Corrections

• Atari VCS up for pre-order
• COD has to nerf overpowered loot box gun

Quick Hits

• John Riccitiello sued for sexual harassment
• Nintendo goes after E3 leaker
• Amazon lays off some developer staff
• Konami announces TGX16 mini

E3 2019 Recap

• Electronic Arts  
• Microsoft   
• Bethesda  
• PC Gaming Show  
• Ubisoft  
• Square Enix  
• Nintendo

Notable Indies

• Trails of Cold Steel III
• Sky
• Speed Brawl
• Police Stories
• Falcon Age
• Ribbiting Saga
• Brave Earth: Prologue
• Renaine
• Astalon: Tears of the Earth
• Foregone
• Blasphemous

Weekly Gaming News Show

Episode 156 - June 9, 2019

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Updates and Corrections

• Minecraft Story Mode being delisted

Quick Hits

• Shenmue 3 delayed again, still not on Xbox
• Full list of games for Genesis Mini and The Sega Power Tower?
• Sony updating chat
• Uncharted movie in 2020

Top News Stories

1. Fortnite News

• Banned players qualify for duo finals
• Underage Team Faze player?
• Collaboration with YouFunny B to bring Billy Bounce
• Final duo qualifier rescheduled

2. Starcraft based FPS cancelled by Blizzard

3. ESPN moving further into eSports

4. Bungie ushers in new era and DLC for Destiny 2

This Week In Loot Boxes

• COD Black Ops 4 and World War II loot box shenanigans       

Long Form - Unpacking Stadia - What is it - Games? - How to get in - where do we go from here?

Weekly Gaming News Show

Episode 155 - June 1, 2019

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Updates and Corrections

• Full lineup for Contra Anniversary Collection
• Super Mario Maker 2 multiplayer, without friends

Quick Hits

• Modern Warfare Announced
• MK11 DLC unveiled
• Overwatch League commissioner leaves for Epic Games
• Politics affect the gaming world

Top News Stories

1. News Out of Microsoft - June's GwG - Gamepass on PC - MS Games on Steam
2. News Out of Sony - June's PS+ Games - Last of Us 2 delayed
3. New Pokemon Games announced
4. Trolls cause Twitch major headache
5. The mysterious Death Stranding is unveiled

Long Form - Are we in a post consolidation drought?

Weekly Gaming News Show

Episode 154 - May 26, 2019

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Updates and Corrections

• Sonic Movie delayed
• Playstation and Xbox employees had no idea of the Sony/Microsoft partnership
• THQ Nordic does more shopping
• KOTOR Movie in the works
• Gaming disorder recognized by WHO

Quick Hits

• The Pokemon Company and Marvel partner with NetEase
• Sony shows off load times for the next PS
• TellTale's games being pulled from GOG

Top News Stories

1. Tfue suing Team Faze over contract
2. Streamers getting paid big bucks to play games
3. Sony opens new TV and Film division    
4. Another developer jumps into console market    
5. xCloud will have access to the full XB1 library

This Week In Loot Boxes

• Nintendo pulls mobile games in Belgium and The Netherlands
• US loot box bill has been introduced

Long Form - The revival of Movies and TV based on Video Games

Weekly Gaming News Show

Episode 153 - May 18, 2019

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Updates and Corrections

• Activision not at E3
• 10 more Genesis Mini games

Quick Hits

• Ubisoft's Skull and Bones delayed, 3 unannounced games coming
• Apex Legends banning piggybackers

Top News Stories

1. Sony & MS team up
2. Epic Games News: Epic Games Store sale and unsale, no longer PS exclusive
3. Super Mario Maker 2 Direct
4. Riot Games News: Still forcing arbitration while giving ultimatum to Echo Fox
5. Call of Duty 2020 hits road bumps

#ASKAWGNS

• Mountlover Asks - As more and more cases of abuse and harsh conditions in game development come to light, more people are talking about unionization of game developers. What hurdles would have to be overcome for this to happen and how do you think this will affect the industry.    

Long Form - Balancing games released on PC and console.

Weekly Gaming News Show

Episode 152 - May 11, 2019

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Updates and Corrections

• Riot employees stage a walkout

Quick Hits

• Gameloft adding XBL features to 3 games
• Sega acquires Two Point Studios

5 Top News Stories

1. MK and MK(?) make it to Video Game HOF
2. EA Access arriving on PS4
3. Sony's latest State of Play
4. PUBG replaced in China
5. Apex Legends heading to mobile

This Week in Loot Boxes

• US Senator introduces bill to ban loot boxes

Long Form - Is Sony or Microsoft taking the correct path heading into the next console generation?

Weekly Gaming News Show

Episode 145 - March 23, 2019

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Updates and Corrections

• News on The Atari VCS
• Final Episode of TellTale's TWD gets dated

Quick Hits

• New Sonic game in development
• Konami classic collection announced
• Call of Duty mobile unveiled

5 Top News Stories

1. Ex Valve and RiOT developers set-up new studio
2. More exclusives in the Epic Games store
3. Oculus Rift S announced
4. Nintendo Nindies March 2019
5. Google enters gaming with Stadia

Long Form - Will there be a shift in the gaming market?

A Weekly Gaming News Show

Episode 143 - March 9, 2019

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Updates and Corrections

• Vivendi has sold their last Ubisoft shares
• Tally of Blizzard employees laid off has been revealed

Quick Hits

• Abusive day one updates are back
• Halo Infinite will launch on Xbox One
• VR coming to Switch via Labo Kit

5 Top News Stories

1. Steam News

• Steam's hands off approach takes another loss
• Exploit allowed developers to promote games with wrong release dates

2. Anthem crashing PS4s

3. PS4 remote play comes to iOS

4. EA not attending E3

5. Leaked Sonic The Hedgehog Movie designs are not final

This week in Loot boxes

• Fortnite: Save the World getting sued of loot boxes

Long Form - The lack of long term releases

A Weekly Gaming News Show

Episode 142 - March 2, 2019

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Updates and Corrections

• Overkill's The Walking Dead is dead
• Baptiste hits the PTR
• Another Fortnite dance lawsuit
• Japan officially ends PS Vita production
• Riot Games hires new diversity chief

Quick Hits

• 2019 EVO Line-up announced
• Nexon has many suitors
• Nike enters into League of Legends sponsorship deal
• Chinese Overwatch players getting instant bans

5 Top News Stories

1. Free PS+ Games for March

2. Free XBL Gold Games for March

3. Nintendo News

• Resident Evil games on Switch
• Pokemon Sword and Shield
• Saints Row on the Switch

4. GOG makes several moves in the face of

5. THQ Nordic doesn't know social media

Long Form - The gaming mobile phone

A Weekly Gaming News Show

Episode 140 - February 16, 2019

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Update/Corrections

• Fortnite lawsuit plaintiff takes a hit

Quick Hits

• Sony management gets restructured
• THQ buys yet another developer
• PSOne Classic dropped to $40

5 Top News Stories

1. Activision Blizzard in the news

• Activision offering refunds for Guitar Hero Live
• Lays off 8% of staff
• King shuts down mobile studio Z2Live
• Breaks silence on Bungie break-up

2. Yusuke Hashimoto leaves Platinum Games

3. Jeronimo Barrera leaves Rockstar Games

4. Nintendo Direct recap

5. DICE Awards recap

Long Form - Has the Activision Blizzard ship started to sink?