Show Notes: April 1, 2018

Episode 95, A Weekly Gaming News Show

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• Nintendo reiterates their stance on 3rd party accessories

Weekly Icebreaker - Craziest event in FarCry So far.

Quick Hits

• Lawbreakers is on life support
• IOI gets a new publishing partner
• All Access pass coming to OWL

Top 5 News Stories

1. Niantic settles Pokemon GO! Fest class action suit
2. Amazon Prime April free games available
3. News on Insomniac's Spiderman
4. UbiSoft opens new studio
5. PUBG files suit against mobile game developers

This Week in Loot Boxes

• Shadow of War removing Loot Boxes

Long Form - Is the tide turning on microtransactions and loot boxes

Show Notes: April 1, 2018

Episode 94, A Weekly Gaming News Show

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Weekly Icebreaker - Off Topic - Name a Netflix/Hulu/Amazon Prime show to binge

Trenell - Portlandia, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee - Netflix

Todd - Take Your Pills, Wild Wild Country - Netflix

Quick Hits

• PSVR gets permanent price cut
• No Man's Sky coming to XB1
• XB1/PS4 crossplay inevitable according to Tim Sweeny
• Fortnite Stream attracts 1 millions viewers

Top 5 News Stories

1. April haul of PS+ Games Announced
2. April Games with Gold announced
3. Don't buy 3rd party accessories for your Switch
4. Kansas Passes Anti-Swatting bill
5. #NotMyPirateLegend

This Week in Loot Boxes

• Washington State classifies App as illegal online gambling

Long Form - Twitch and it's toxic nature - can anything be done?

Show Notes: March 25, 2018

Episode 93, A Weekly Gaming News Show

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Weekly Icebreaker - Whatcha Playing...Vol...8?

Quick Hits

• Pokemon GO! Player goes on the attack
• Is COD:MW2 remaster coming - without PvP
• PUBG shows of new map at GDC
• AtariBox prototype shown off

Top 5 News Stories

1. UbiSoft fends off Vivendi
2. Vive Pro priced - up for pre-order
3. THQ - Nordic to re-release Nickelodeon games
4. The Switch Nindies event
5. EA teaches AI how to play BF1 PvP

Long Form - Do we want AI bots in our games?

A Weekly Gaming News Show

Episode 92 March 18, 2018

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Weekly Icebreaker - What is your best Toys R Us memory?

Updates/Corrections

• Fortnite crossplatform play available for Xbox

Quick Hits

• Gerault selectable in SC VI
• Switch gets 5.0 update
• Brigitte arrives on March 20th
• Wraps taken off of Shadow of the Tomb Raider
• Sonic Racer teased at SXSW

Top 5 News Stories

1. Twitch Prime begins offering free monthly games

• New Twitch concurrent stream record

1. Fallout 3  mod cancelled
2. Overwatch Pro released due to hate speech
3. Microsoft opens cloud gaming division
4. SXSW 2018 Gaming Awards recap

This week in loot boxes

• Revamped SWBF2 loot box system incoming

Long Form - Is cloud gaming the future?

Show Notes: March 11, 2018

Episode 91, A Weekly Gaming News Show

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Weekly Icebreaker -Will developers regret the rush to The Switch?

Updates/Corrections

• Controversial game Super Seducer blocked by Sony

Quick Hits

• Overwatch League gets its first coaching change
• Days Gone delayed
• Epic banning players that team up in the free-for-all mode
• Crash N-Sane trilogy coming to PC, Switch & XB
• Division 2 leaks - Confirmed
• COD:BO4 leaks - Confirmed

Top 5 News Stories

1. Ubisoft updating rules to curb hate speech in Rainbow 6 Siege
2. Far Cry 5 bringing back map editor, with some cool extras
3. Valve to start shipping games again
4. Fortnite coming to all platforms, getting crossplay
5. Nintendo Direct Recap

This week in loot boxes

• EA gets mocked by Star Wars Battlefront  2 mod

Questions???

What Nintendo IP do you most want to see a brand new title for? - Mount Lover

Long Form -The effect of new media leaks on gaming and gaming conventions

Episode 90, A Weekly Gaming News Show

March 4, 2018

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Weekly Icebreaker - What do you think of live action shorts to expand a game's lore?

Quick Hits

• New Overwatch hero announced
• Ubisoft acquires 1492 Studio and Blue Mammoth Games
• Far Cry 5 getting live action short
• Chrono Trigger makes a surprise appearance on Steam

Top 5 News Stories

1. March PS Plus Games
2. Dev argues on Twitter withYou Tuber, issues DMCA takedown
3. Nintendo pulls user reviews after one week
4. XBL Spring update rolling out to Xbox Insiders
5. Red Bull launches their own exports fight game league

This week in loot boxes

• ESRB to label games with "In-game purchases"

Long Form - DMCAs and the ability to abuse takedowns

Show Notes: February 25, 2018

Episode 89, A Weekly Gaming News Show

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Weekly Icebreaker - What popular franchise do you like that can easily change genre

Quick Hits

• Burnout Paradise HD Remaster confirmed
• Sonic the Hedgehog movie gets a date, new director
• Discord expands verified server program
• Sledgehammer co-founders leave studio for suit and desk

Top 5 News Stories

1. March Games with Gold revealed
2. EA announces third EA Play before E3
3. PUBG news

• New map set to arrive first half of 2018
• Cheaters causing delays to game development
• Loot crate system being overhauled

     4. ESA rejects DMCA exception request

     5. D.I.C.E. awards recap

This week in loot boxes

• Riot releases loot box odds

Long Form - It's 2018, why are video games still being blamed for youth violence?

Show Notes: February 18, 2018

Episode 88, A Weekly Gaming News Show

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Weekly Icebreaker - What are you playing now?

Quick Hits

• Horizon Zero Dawn gets Writer's Guild nomination
• OWL gets first female player
• Sonic Kart racing incoming?

Top 5 News Stories

1. THQ Nordic acquires Saints Row developer Deep Silver
2. Valve bans developer from Steam
3. Mafia III studio hit with layoffs
4. Could EA be in danger of losing Star Wars IP
5. Eve Online to permanently ban repeat offenders.

This week in loot boxes

• Hawaii introduces Loot Box bill

Quesitons:

Mori Jin

#askawgns: what game had their first female pro player?? Mori Jin

Mountlover

#AskAWGNS Do you think the Star Wars IP was in better hands under LucasFilms/LucasArts or Disney? Same question for Marvel Studios?

Long Form - Publishers and Developers listening to the gaming community

Show Notes: February 11, 2018

Episode 87, A Weekly Gaming News Show

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Weekly Icebreaker - Name a gaming IP that has changed developer hands, and remained a good title.

Quick Hits

• Dr. DisRespect breaks Twitch concurrent viewer record
• PUBG bans 1 million cheaters in January
• Fortnite hits concurrent player milestone

Top 5 News Stories

1. 2018 EVO lineup has been released
2. Google rumored to be working on streaming game service
3. RDR2 first person view and battle royal mode?
4. PS4 5.50 update makes some big changes
5. Bandai Namco working on Metroid Prime 4

This week in loot boxes

• Germany considering banning Loot Boxes

Long Form - Is it a good idea to change developers for a sequel?

Show Notes: February 4, 2018

Episode 86, A Weekly Gaming News Show

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Weekly Icebreaker - Favorite SuperBowl Ad

Quick Hits

• RDR2 delayed - gets official release date
• Far Cry 5 Season Pass adding Far Cry 3 Classic

Top 5 News Stories

1. PS+ Games for February announced
2. Nintendo News

• Mario movie confirmed
• Switch online launching in September
• Switch beats Wii-U lifetime sales
• Mario Kart comes to mobile

1. EA makes the top 5
2. Bungie trying to woo back D2 players
3. Sea of Thieves closed beta #1 viewed game on Twitch

This week in loot boxes

• EA to bring MTX back to SWBF2

Long Form - Revisite Console Online Services

Playstation Plus

• Cost - $9.99/$24.99/$59.99
• Games - at Least 2 PS4/2 PS3/2 PSVita
• Must have active sub to play free games
• Must have active sub for online play
• Can share PS+ with others on your console

Switch Online

• Cost - $3.99/$7.99/$19.99
• Games - 1 available per month for limited time
• Must have online sub for online play - currently free

Xbox Live

• $9.99/$24.99/$39.99/$59.99
• Games - 4 free - 2 XB1 and 2 XB360
• Must Have active sub to play online multiplayer
• Can share XBL with family members