This week, it's Ellen's first rodeo as your permanent nice host, Stephen looks forward to watching someone else play The Last of Us Part II, and Mark is a bad VR person.

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Remakes:

• FFVII Remake
• Persona 5 Royal
• Saints Row: IV - Re-Elected
• Doom 64

Delays

• Last of Us Part II
• Iron Man VR
• Marvel’s Avengers

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Events

Confirming your nice hosts' suspicions, just after this episode was published, GDC announced that GDC Summer will be an online-only event.

San Diego Comic-Con 2020 is officially canceled due to coronavirus - Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times

Media drama!

Press Sneak Out - Jason Schreier, Kotaku

Jason Schreier (and co-hosts) took his podcast to the Maximum Fun network.

Two More Editors Depat G/O Media in Ongoing Exodus - Brandon Katz, ObserverVox Media Furloughs 9% of Staff for Three Months, Cuts Salaries and Benefits - Todd Spangler, Variety

Valorant

Why Valorant’s anti-cheat system has to launch when your computer starts - Austen Goslin, PolygonRiot places $100,000 bounty on Valorant anti-cheat system bugs - Jordan Gerblick, GamesRadarValorant makes you watch before you play—that’ll change online games forever - Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica

Hardware Shortages

Resellers Using Checkout Bots Are Driving the Nintendo Switch Shortage - Joseph Cox, MotherboardNintendo Switch Is Sold Out Everywhere, So This Guy Built One Himself - Matthew Gault, Vice

PS5

Sony Plans Limited PlayStation 5 Output in First Year - Takashi Mochizuki and Yuki Furukawa, BloombergPS5 controller, the DualSense, officially revealed - Connor Sheridan, GamesRadar