We're here again to talk through the week's news in gaming. Topics include: Smash Bros won't be at EVO, just how strong is the PS5's SSD, and don't expect Elder Scrolls VI any time soon!

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Topics and articles cited:

Super Smash Bros. cut from EVO lineup, most likely due to poor online service

https://www.ign.com/articles/smash-bros-ultimate-evo-online-cut

Steam is reportedly working on a “loyalty system” to reward players

https://www.ign.com/articles/steam-seemingly-working-on-a-loyalty-system-that-could-get-you-game-discounts

Epic’s CEO says PS5 SSD is “far ahead of high-end PCs”

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/epic-games-says-ps5-tech-is-gamechanging/1100-6477224/

Unreal Engine 5 announced, new model doesn’t charge devs a dime till they break $1M

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/unreal-engine-5-announced-graphics-approach-photor/1100-6477208/

GTAV is free on Epic Games Store

https://kotaku.com/grand-theft-auto-v-is-going-to-be-free-on-pc-1843457483

Bethesda would like to remind you to not expect Elder Scrolls VI anytime soon

https://www.polygon.com/2020/5/11/21254572/elder-scrolls-6-starfield-info-bethesda-softworks-pete-hines

The Detroit Lions announced their 2020 NFL season in Animal Crossing

https://www.polygon.com/2020/5/8/21252109/detroit-lions-2020-nfl-schedule-announcement-animal-crossing-new-horizons

Respawn leaders launch their own AAA Studio without an office

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-11-respawn-founders-reunite-to-launch-a-triple-a-studio-without-an-office

We are coming back to you with all the gaming news for this week! Topics include: Can game sales continue to be high after lockdown ends? Last of Us 2 Leaks were caused by a hacker? And finally some good news out of Fallout 76.

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Topics:

Can video games expect continued success after lockdown ends?

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-04-covid-pandemic-bounce-article

Pewdiepie signs exclusive streaming deal with YouTube

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-04-pewdiepie-signs-exclusivity-deal-with-youtube

THQ Nordic and Koch Media trade IPs

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-05-thq-nordic-and-koch-media-trade-ips

Geoff Keighley announces Summer Games Fest

https://www.polygon.com/2020/5/1/21244088/summer-game-fest-digital-event-geoff-keighley-e3-2020-gamescom

Finally a good story about Fallout 76; community rallies to support beloved player.

https://www.polygon.com/2020/5/4/21246580/fallout-76-cj-martin-doctor-community-roleplay-fundraiser

Dr. Disrespect is maybe spreading misinformation about the Coronavirus. (okay he def is)

https://kotaku.com/dr-disrespects-shtick-takes-a-dangerous-turn-into-sprea-1843205562

The Last of Us 2 leaks were caused by a hacker, not a Naughty Dog employee.

https://kotaku.com/hackers-are-likely-responsible-for-the-last-of-us-ii-le-1843230805

The absolute crazy story about Doom Eternal’s soundtrack

https://kotaku.com/doom-eternals-soundtrack-has-been-a-trainwreck-1843249919

Cyperpunk 2077 will let you mod your genitals

https://www.ign.com/articles/cyberpunk-2077-customise-genitals

Everything that was announced at inside xbox

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-2020-games-event-recap-assassins-creed-dirt-5/1100-6476929/

Welp, this is probably the last show we do, because once Reggie Fils-Aime start his gaming podcast, all others will be obsolete.

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Topics:

Reggie Fils-Aime is launching a gaming podcast

https://www.ign.com/articles/reggie-fils-aime-has-launched-a-gaming-podcast

Indivisible launches on Switch without Developer knowing it

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-04-28-indivisible-launches-on-nintendo-switch-without-developers-knowledge

2K games says they are taking time off for the next WWE game

https://kotaku.com/2k-games-wants-to-spend-more-time-developing-next-game-1843107317

Riot acknowledges toxicty in Valorant after employee posts video of her sexual harassment

https://kotaku.com/riot-says-it-will-curb-valorant-toxicity-after-own-empl-1843112735

People are abusing the Valorant Beta Key system (big shocker), Twitch vows to fix it

https://kotaku.com/following-valorant-beta-key-controversy-twitch-prohibi-1843156328

Fortnite’s Travis Scott Concert breaks records with 12.3M players tuning in

https://twinfinite.net/2020/04/fortnites-travis-scott-astronomical-concert-breaks-records-as-12-million-tune-in/

Let’s talk about that Google Stadia Connect, huh?

https://twinfinite.net/2020/04/new-stadia-games-octopath-traveler-pubg-star-wars/

FF7 Remake producer promises they won’t “Drastically change the story”

https://www.ign.com/articles/final-fantasy-7-remake-future-story-changes

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We're back with another weekly dose of gaming news! This week's topics include: GameStop starts to reopen stores, People are actually downloading Google Stadia now that it's free, and NPCs in Fallout 76 are stealing players' weapons.

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Topics:

Now that it’s free, google stadia finally breaks 1 million installs.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-04-23-two-months-free-offer-pushes-stadia-past-1m-installs

Kotaku’s Jason Schreier is going to Bloomberg

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-04-20-the-uncertain-unflinching-future-of-games-media

GameStop is reopening some stores; CEO taking a 50% pay cut

https://kotaku.com/gamestop-will-reopen-some-stores-in-the-middle-of-a-pan-1842988817

Ubisoft is prepared to delay games if next-gen consoles miss launch window

https://www.usgamer.net/articles/ubisoft-delay-games-if-next-gen-consoles-miss-launch-window

An official Death Stranding jacket costs $1,900

https://twinfinite.net/2020/04/death-stranding-acronym-jacket/

PAX West is… still happening?

https://twinfinite.net/2020/04/pax-west-2020-covid-19/

Xbox files a patent for a Series X logo

https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-series-x-logo

Fallout 76 bug is causing NPCs to loot player corpses

https://www.ign.com/articles/fallout-76-npc-bug-stealing

We're back to talk the hottest gaming news from this last week! Topics include: There will be a shortage of PS5 consoles this holiday season, Valorant's anti-cheat software is accused of being spyware, and did anybody remember Amazon was making an MMO? We sure didn't.

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Topics used:

Looks like there will be a shortage of PS5’s this holiday season, price to be $499-$549

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-04-16-sony-reportedly-limiting-ps5-launch-window-to-6m-units

Riot in hot water after Valorant’s anti-cheat has to launch when your computer starts

https://www.polygon.com/2020/4/15/21221046/valorant-anti-cheat-beta-system-launch-boot-up-drivers-uninstall

Riot has no plans to run Valorant esports league, also players must turn off blood

https://www.polygon.com/2020/4/15/21222580/valorant-riot-esports-league-tournaments

Activision Blizzard’s CEO Bobby Kotick gave 10,000 employees his cell phone number

https://kotaku.com/activision-blizzard-ceo-bobby-kotick-gave-10-000-employ-1842867213

League of Legends player told to change his name by Riot (his name is Corona)

https://kotaku.com/riot-tries-to-force-league-of-legends-player-named-coro-1842889237

GTA6 is on the way, but it will take a while, because Rockstar is addressing crunch

https://kotaku.com/18-months-after-red-dead-redemption-2-rockstar-has-mad-1842880524

ESRB now has a ratings label for games with lootboxes

https://www.ign.com/articles/esrb-announces-new-ratings-label-for-loot-boxes

Amazon announces it’s delaying their MMO that I didn’t even remember existed.

https://www.polygon.com/2020/4/9/21215503/amazon-mmo-new-world-delayed-coronavirus

Riot's new game Valorant went live on Twitch this week in a closed beta, but it instantly shot to the top of the most watched games. How was it able to do this and so much more of this week's top gaming news! This is, Around the Monitor.

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Topics:

Google Stadia goes free for 2 months

https://www.ign.com/articles/google-stadia-free-starting-today-pro-subscription-free-for-two-months

This week’s hottest news story: Cooking Mama Drama

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-cooking-mama-game-for-switch-that-came-out-and-then-disappeared

The official revels of the PS5 Controller: The Dualsense

https://blog.us.playstation.com/2020/04/07/introducing-dualsense-the-new-wireless-game-controller-for-playstation-5/

Valorant’s beta dominates Twitch in part due to Streamer code giveaway

https://twinfinite.net/2020/04/valorants-closed-beta-is-dominating-twitch-thanks-to-streamer-code-giveaway/

UFC gets its own private island to host fights… essentially becoming a Dead or Alive game

https://kotaku.com/ufc-gets-private-island-is-now-basically-a-fighting-ga-1842718437

One man rigged a ringfit controller to play darksouls

https://kotaku.com/playing-dark-souls-3-with-a-ring-fit-adventure-controll-1842710390

Overwatch league players fined for swearing in the chat

https://kotaku.com/overwatch-league-players-fined-1-000-each-for-typing-s-1842707059

Gearbox is helping scientists map all microbes in human body using Borderlands 3

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-04-08-gearbox-to-help-scientists-map-the-human-gut-biome-with-borderlands-science

This week the global pandemic continues to wreck havoc on the world and the planning of the games industry, including the most recent news that The Last of Us Part II has now been delayed indefinitely. What more can we expect to see?

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Topics:

Last of Us Part II is delayed indefinitely

https://kotaku.com/the-last-of-us-ii-delayed-indefinitely-1842646231

Gearbox employees won't be receiving huge bonuses they had expected this year

https://kotaku.com/sources-despite-huge-sales-borderlands-3-developers-a-1842617645

Gamescom is going digital in August

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-31-gamescom-to-be-held-at-least-in-digital-format-in-august

Star Wars Jedi Academy has secret crossplay and PC players are massacring Switch players

https://kotaku.com/star-wars-jedi-academy-has-secret-crossplay-and-pc-pl-1842569714

There is a Pong RPG game coming this Spring

https://kotaku.com/theres-a-pong-rpg-coming-out-this-spring-1842613383

Phil Spencer says Xbox Series X won’t be delayed even if Halo Infinite is

https://www.usgamer.net/articles/xbox-head-phil-spencer-series-x-launch-halo-infinite-coronavirus-delays

We might see a bunch of Mario remakes on the Switch this year

https://twinfinite.net/2020/03/rumor-nintendo-remaking-games-35-birthday-paper-mario/

Holy shit Hello Neighbor has made $16M

https://twinfinite.net/2020/03/hello-neighbor-played-30-million-times-book-sales-earn-16-million/

Bethesda will not hold digital event to replace E3 showing this year

https://twinfinite.net/2020/04/bethesda-no-e3-livestream-coronavirus/

Phil Spencer feels good about Xbox, says pricing will “stay agile” to compete with PS5

https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-series-x-vs-ps5-phil-spencer-feels-really-good-about-power-and-price

We're back with another episode featuring the hottest gaming news! Forgive us for some technical difficulties, we think Discord has been just a little too overloaded recently for obvious reasons. This week's topics include Animal Crossing becoming the fastest selling game on the Nintendo Switch and ESPN turning to video games in the absence of any sports to broadcast.

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Topics:

Animal Crossing becomes the fastest selling switch game https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-22-animal-crossing-new-horizons-smashes-sales-records-in-the-uk

Nintendo presses Sony to remove Mario creations from Dreams

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-23-nintendo-presses-sony-to-remove-mario-creations-from-dreams

Epic Games announces publishing partnership

https://www.polygon.com/2020/3/26/21195206/epic-games-publishing-remedy-entertainment-playdead-gen-design

ESPN has turned to Tetris and Golden Tee Tournaments

https://www.polygon.com/tv/2020/3/21/21189256/sports-coronavirus-espn-8-the-ocho

NASCAR drivers are going to race each other online and it will be broadcast on TV

https://kotaku.com/nascar-drivers-are-racing-each-other-online-and-its-go-1842478763

GameStop is forced to close stores, only staying open for curbside pickup

https://twinfinite.net/2020/03/gamestop-to-officially-close-stores/

Plague Inc. features new mode where you combat a pandemic

https://www.ign.com/articles/plague-inc-getting-free-new-mode-in-which-you-fight-a-pandemic

Newest Smash Bros character is going to be from ARMS

https://www.ign.com/articles/super-smash-bros-ultimates-next-dlc-character-will-be-from-arms

Even in these trying time we are here to bring you the week's hottest gaming news (what else can we do anyways?). Topics include the next gen console specs and why does GameStop's corporate management suck so bad?

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MediaMolecule kicks off beta evaluation for commercial use of Dreams content

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-16-media-molecule-kicks-off-beta-evaluation-for-enabling-commercial-use-of-dreams-creations

First off, GameStop employees don’t feel safe or adequately equipped

https://kotaku.com/gamestops-employees-fear-its-coronavirus-policies-are-d-1842367297

And yesterday, they announced they would stay open during lockdown

https://kotaku.com/gamestop-we-can-stay-open-during-lockdowns-because-wer-1842415962

GameStop decided to sell DOOM Eternal a day early to break up crowds

https://www.ign.com/articles/gamestop-will-sell-doom-eternal-early-to-help-separate-crowds

Square says no delay for FF7, but physical copies might not arrive on time (same with Animal Crossing), will this drive more digital sales and kill physical media faster?

https://twinfinite.net/2020/03/ff7-remake-coronavirus-covid-19-delay/

Playstation and Xbox revealed next gen specs

https://www.gameinformer.com/2020/03/18/comparing-the-technical-specs-of-playstation-5-and-xbox-series-x

Phoenix Suns to continue playing their canceled season in NBA 2K on Twitch

https://twinfinite.net/2020/03/phoenix-suns-to-play-their-canceled-games-in-nba-2k-on-twitch/

Ring Fit Adventure is now selling out across the US

https://twinfinite.net/2020/03/nintendo-confirms-ring-fit-adventure-copies-selling-out-quickly-in-the-us/

Ubisoft’s CEO, Yves Guillemot, sends out nice message to staff

https://twinfinite.net/2020/03/ubisoft-ceo-rallies-staff-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-with-warming-message/

While the global economy is slowing down, the video game news sure isn't! This week is jam packed with news stories and we're here to debate them all for you!

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Topics:

E3 is officially canceled… what does this mean for the industry and the future of the event

https://www.ign.com/articles/e3-officially-canceled

https://www.ign.com/articles/e3-2020-canceled-explained

Warner Brothers Games reportedly were going to host a conference at E3

https://www.usgamer.net/articles/report-rocksteadys-new-game-batman-and-harry-potter-were-set-to-be-at-e3-2020

Turns out Doom Eternal won't be in 4k on Stadia even though it was promised

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-03-11-no-doom-eternal-is-not-true-4k-on-google-stadia

Reggie Fils-Aime joins GameStop’s board of directors

https://www.gameinformer.com/2020/03/09/reggie-fils-aime-joins-gamestop-board-of-directors

HBO is producing a Last of Us tv series

https://www.gameinformer.com/2020/03/05/neil-druckmann-and-chernobyl-creator-making-the-last-of-us-series-for-hbo

Horizon Zero Dawn is officially coming to PC this fall

https://www.polygon.com/2020/3/11/21175205/horizon-zero-dawn-pc-sony-microsoft-cross-play-nintendo-platform-exclusive-death-stranding-ps4

Pokemane and Dr. Disrespect sign multi year exclusivity deals with Twitch

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-12-pokimane-drdisrespect-sign-multi-year-twitch-exclusivity-deals

Epic acquires Cubic Motion, studio who did the facial animation for God of War and Hellblade

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-12-epic-acquires-cubic-motion