Mike and Ting talk about live service games, the 25th anniversary Pokemon Direct and BlizzConline.

The “book club” game is: Death Stranding.

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Show Notes:

Live Service Games

• Valor (Freelancer Theme) by BioWare
• Anthem Update
• The Future of Artifact
• Artifact Classic - Steam Charts
• Artifact Foundry - Steam Charts
• Electronic Arts Removes Multiplayer Mode From Dragon Age Game in Big Pivot
• @jasonschreier - BTW I should elaborate on one thing. Although some people within BioWare have been pushing for this, as the story says, there are also people at BioWare who very much wanted DA4 to be a multiplayer service game. Reality is never as simple as "EA wants X; BioWare wants Y."
• Games as a service
• Ready Player One
• Star Citizen
• Destiny (video game)

Pokemon Direct

• Pokémon Presents | #Pokemon25 (YouTube)
• Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl
• Pokémon Legends: Arceus
• Pokemon Sword and Shield Quality of Life Improvements Make It More Strategic
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
• Pokémon Puzzle League
• New Pokémon Snap
• Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
• Pokemon Fans Voice Concerns About Pokemon Legends: Arceus

BlizzConline

• BlizzConline 2021 - Opening Ceremony - Blizzard Entertainment (YouTube)
• World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic: Release date, news, level boosts, and everything we know so far
• Relive the Legacy: Announcing the Blizzard Arcade Collection
• Hearthstone Mercenaries is a roguelike mode with teams of heroes and simultaneous combat
• Hearthstone Region Transfer
• Overwatch 2: 55 New Details Revealed at BlizzCon 2021
• Overwatch and Overwatch 2 will have a shared multiplayer experience (2019)
• Don't expect Overwatch 2 or Diablo 4 in 2021
• A leaked Elden Ring trailer is being circulated online
• Everything we know about Diablo 4
• Diablo III - Leah Dies - Diablo is born (YouTube)
• Every Comic Book Guy "Worst. Episode. Ever." Supercut (YouTube)
• Diablo 2: Resurrected - What's new and what's staying the same in the remaster
• The outrage over Warcraft 3: Reforged, explained
• Why wasn’t Starcraft at Blizzcon 2021?