We are already at our eleventh episode. Man, time flies when it goes from one second to another second, don't it? Let's talk about the news for the week of 2/6/2024 - 2/12/2024

In this episode, we covered

Timestamps:

[01:08] IGN Staff Announce New Union Amid 'Hectic Media Landscape'

[06:58] Tencent working on mobile version of hit console game 'Elden Ring', sources say

[12:28] Disney invests $1.5 billion in Epic to create ‘persistent universe’ tied to Fortnite

[19:04] Roblox continues to grow revenues, deepen losses

[28:28] Ubisoft co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot has defended the $70 price tag for Skull and Bones, calling it a “quadruple-A game”

[35:22] Nexus Mods surpasses 10 Billion Downloads to date

[37:44] Take-Two argues that virtual currencies are "fictions" in bid to dismiss lawsuit

[45:54] Microsoft is working on its own DLSS-like upscaler for Windows 11

[46:55] Rollerdrome Review

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Oh how fast the time flies! Let's keep going with our 10th episode where we discuss the news from the week of 1/30/24 -2/5/24.

In this very tipsy episode, we covered

Timestamps:

• [00:27] Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League taken offline for the second time, eating through players' early access playtime
• [07:23] 95% of studios are working on or aim to release a live service game
• [12:58] Starfield Update 1.9.51 Reveals Major Changes To Lighting
• [16:53] Xbox Head Is Not Happy With Apple's New App Store Policy
• [24:12] PlayStation State of Play
• [47:06] The Last Of Us Part II Actor Says Fans Threatened Her Son
• [56:25] Immortality Game Review

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Let's keep going with our ninth episode where we discuss the news from the week of 1/23/24 -1/29/24.

In this episode, we covered

Timestamps:

[00:00] Introduction

[00:40] Riot Games Layoffs

[03:18] Microsoft + XBOX + Activision Blizzard Layoffs

[05:53] Sledgehammer Layoffs

[09:10] Matthewball VC Blogpost

[15:10] The Day Before Developers have new projects

[19:02] Walmart starts removing XBox games from shelves

[23:21] Nintendo investigates potential infringements (Palworld)

[38:35] Twitch makes changes to Partner / Affiliate Program

[43:11] Apple allows Streaming Apps after European Antitrust investigation

[46:57] The Last of Us 2: No Return Review

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Let's keep going with our eigth episode where we discuss the news from the week of 1/15/24 -1/22/24.

In this episode, we covered

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 01:00 Ubisoft wants you to get used to not owning your own game
• 09:25 Gamestop shuts down its NFT operations
• 13:32 Rockstar, T-Pain and NoPixel
• 18:15 Square Enix wants to less fewer but better games in future
• 25:15 Top Grossing Mobile Games of 2023
• 30:05 Microsoft might be planning to make competitive App Store
• 37:02 Yakuza: Infinite Wealth has new game plus behind paywall
• 40:39 Xbox Developer Direct
• 48:07 Russ Scott sues Ubisoft for closing The Crew
• 51:09 Sniper Elite V Review

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Let's keep going with our seventh episode where we discuss the news from the week of 1/8/24 -1/15/24.

In this episode, we covered

Timestamps:

• 00:19 Introduction
• 00:58 Mobile Games made $107 Billion in 2023
• 04:58 DLSS 3 games coming in 2024
• 08:45 CAPCOM has new DRM installed in older games
• 17:35 Twitch laid off 35% of its staff
• 25:49 God of War TV Show adaptation
• 29:20 Indiana Jones & The Great Circle possible video game from Bathesda
• 33:41 SAG AFTRA makes a deal with Replica Studios on AI usage of voice actors
• 39:47 Bathesda releasing Starfield improvements starting January 17th 2024
• 45:53 Evil West Review

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Let's keep going with our sixth episode where we discuss the news from the week of 1/2/24 -1/8/24.

In this episode, we covered

Timestamps:

• [00:00]-Introduction
• [01:21]-XBOX Achievement Overhaul
• [04:27]-Square Enix CEO wants to use AI more aggressively
• [08:09]-Horizon MMORPG
• [11:24]-The Finals Battlepass frustrations
• [19:23]-Firewall, VR game developers, shuts down
• [26:00]-Walmart and Unity working together
• [31:12]-MSI Handheld coming out soon
• [36:05]-Netflix wants to monetize its gaming platform
• [42:47]-Sifu & En Garde Double Review

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Let's keep going with our fifth episode where we discuss the news from the week of 12/19/23 -1/1/24. Apologies ahead for less than stellar quality on our microphone in this episode. We could not use our usual equipment :(

In this episode, we covered

Timestamps:

• [00:00]-Introduction
• [01:01]-Insomniac Leaks
• [03:47]-Ubisoft Hacks
• [08:30]-Rockstar hacker gets indefinite hospital stay order
• [12:01]-Sony worried about MSFT business model
• [27:06]-Obsidian wanted to collab with Bathesda once more
• [34:21]-Sea of Stars Review
• [01:02:04]-Avatar Frontiers of Pandora Rant

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Let's keep going with our fourth episode where we discuss the news from the week of 12/12 -12/18.

In this episode, we covered

Timestamps:

• [00:00]-Introduction
• [00:44]-Speculation regarding ad integration in Xbox Gamepass
• [07:30]-Refund for The Day Before purchases exceed 50%
• [12:00]-Hideo Kojima OD easter egg and Death Stranding Movie Adaptation
• [24:19]-E3 is Dead
• [30:57]-Epic v. Google & Apple
• [40:04]-GTA games in Netflix platform
• [45:03]-James McCaffrey & Andre Braugher
• [50:21]-Avatar Frontiers of Pandora Experience

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On our third episode, we will cover the news from the week of 12/03/2023 which includes

• GTA 6 Trailer
• The Day Before Release
• Star Citizen Funding Milestones
• Game Awards 2023

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On our second episode, we will cover the news from the week of 11/27/2023 which includes

• Blizzard's leaked customer survey for Diablo 4
• CDPR documentary by Gamespot
• Dragon's Dogma 2 Trailer
• Bathesda's absurd decision to respond to their negative reviews
• Fallout TV show trailer
• GTA 6 footage leak

We will also discuss our most played games of 2023, Everspace (1&2) and F1 2021/2023

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