On this week’s show the Pals talk more Smash, the possible end of Heroes of the Storm & Epic’s vision of a crossplay future.

PLUS: Sean loses his mind over in game ads in Street Fighter V.

-What we’re playing

-DA NEWS:

23:36 1. Kingdom Hearts III Opening Movie Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VawSnaxtSI

29:34 2. KH 3 leaks are out there, so beware:

https://www.facebook.com/KingdomHearts/posts/10155942725980841

33:50 3. Discord isn’t ready to give up the online storefront fight just yet:

https://blog.discordapp.com/why-not-90-10-3761ebef4eab

41:04 4. Sonic the Hedgehog Official Poster tease:

https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/12/10/sonic-the-hedgehog-movie-first-look-check-out-the-exclusive-official-poster

49:56 5. Spawn is returning to the world of fighting games with Mortal Kombat 11:

https://www.cbr.com/spawn-mortal-kombat-11/

RANDOM QUESTION OF THE WEEK

1:02:08 6. Capcom takes in game ads to an all new level in Street Fighter 5:

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-12-13-street-fighter-5s-in-game-ads-ruin-the-series-famous-character-design

1:16:26 7. It’s your last chance to grab an NES or SNES classic:

https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/14/18140804/nes-classic-snes-classic-out-of-stock-nintendo

1:26:35 8. Heroes of the Storm is in trouble:

https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1073369823730647040

https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/blizzard/22833558/heroes-of-the-storm-news

Meat & Potatoes:

1:46:20 Can Epic games bring us a cross-play future?

https://www.businessinsider.com/epic-games-cross-play-xbox-playstation-nintendo-pc-2018-12

The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics.

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