Lots of news: First and foremost, Wizards of the Coast learned very quickly that games can be made (and broken) by consumers, Chinese government will soon have a controlling interest in many game studios, and Skull & Bones once again fails to make it's scheduled landing, leaving us to wonder if this boat will ever get to shore.
It's slow days for news, but that's when all the crazy stuff bubbles to the surface. Another studio gets bought up by another international conglomerate, January's free Amazon Prime games, Steam Awards 2022, and the strange tale of Microsoft losing its ever-lovin' mind in a court filing.
Yes, we're hungover... Well... Edie is. But we have two weeks of news to catch up on. Epic hit with a massive judgement, gamers sue over the Microsoft-Activision acquisition, and C-suite departures from Activision. Yes, there's more than Activision in the news, but when there's a shitshow, lean in.
It's been a really, REALLY weird week. Elon Musk loses his mind, launches a new Twitter service, and it (predictably) goes off the freakin' rails. Then we find out this Control title is not a spin-off but a sequel. Then Ubisoft says Prince of Persia isn't cancelled, but they refund all the preorders. We're livin' in CRAZY TOWN!
Yes, V Rising is free to play this weekend and we have another chapter in the Bayonetta 3 Shitshow... do we need a new banner? Also, Games with Gold and PSPlus free games for November, and Modern Warfare 2 proves why disks are dead.
We're back and ready to rumble. We dish the dirt over Bayonetta's voice actress calling for a boycott of the title, Brazil approving the ActiBlizz buyout, and how some of the shittiest people on consoles actually HELPED People Can Fly.
It's one thing to shut down your service; it's a whole other to say it's not shutting down, signing contracts with developers, and then shutting it down and not letting people working for you know until they read it in the news. That's just evil. On the plus side, one of the more evil people in games just lost her job. Sayonara, a&*hole. And Twitch launches a new feature that is THE STUPIDEST THING EVER!!!
We talk an arrest in the GTA 6 leak and how it had a surprisingly good side-effect, how a big content creator destroyed his career with one tweet, and all the other big news of the week. We also review Pillars of Eternity 2 and Hellpoint.
2 hr 51 min
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Releasing weekly podcasts since 2008, GameHounds brings you news, reviews, and commentary on what's going on in the video-game industry. Nick Dinicola and Edie Sellers dig deep into the important news…
with unique and sometimes hilarious perspectives, and they aren't afraid to argue their unique perspectives. This show is for mature audiences, as both Edie and Nick are big, fat pottymouths. Join us live on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/thegamehounds) or YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@GameHoundsVids) on Sundays at noon PT/3pm ET and watch us record the show! Want to connect with us directly? Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/V6RGHdynEQ.