Mike and Ting talk about Amazon and Google's game cancellations and studio closures, rapid fire news, and Global Game Jam 2021.

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Show Notes:

Google and Amazon

• Google Stadia Shuts Down Internal Studios, Changing Business Focus
• Google employee growth, 2001 through 2019
• Jade Raymond Joins Google as Vice President
• Amazon Can Make Just About Anything—Except a Good Video Game
• Amazon Wants to ‘Win at Games.’ So Why Hasn’t It?
• Fully Customizable Game Engine - Amazon Lumberyard
• CRYENGINE
• Valve cancelled a lot of games over the last 10 years, including Half-Life 3 and Left 4 Dead 3
• New World
• Amazon’s Next CEO Says He’s Committed to Making Video Games
• Amazon buys video-game streaming site Twitch

Rapid Fire

• Goldeneye 007’s lost Xbox 360 remaster has leaked—as a full-game speedrun
• We have finally played the lost, official Goldeneye 007 remaster for Xbox 360
• This Leaked Goldeneye 007 Remaster Is a Legal Nightmare - IGN Now (YouTube)
• Lucasfilm Games Begins a New Era
• LucasArts
• Open World Star Wars Game in Development at Ubisoft
• Get Your Fedoras and Whips Ready for a New Indiana Jones Game
• The Mandalorian
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
• Resident Evil Village: Trailer Breakdown - Secrets, Theories and Details You Might Have Missed (YouTube)

Global Game Jam

• GGJ Online (2021) Keynote and Theme Reveal Video (YouTube)
• GGJ Online Diversifiers!
• Pointillism
• Trials (series)
• Office Assistant
• Papers, Please
• Pointillist shader (for the “Get to the point” diversifier) from my unfinished Global Game Jam 2021 solo project
• Our Global Game Jam 2021 game: Found in SPAAAACE!
• Pre-Chat: GME, DOGE and WallStreetBets
• GGJ 2021 Hong Kong Award Winners
• GGJ 2021 Hong Kong Games