On this week's show the Pals are exploring the rumors circling around the next Bioshock, Sony's plans for the PS5 and much more!

PLUS: Wait, you can BEAT World of Warcraft?

What we’re playing (2:47):

• Ni No Kuni II Impressions

• Sean’s Guild Beat WoW!

RANDOM QUESTION OF THE WEEK (20:58)

DA NEWS:

1. It appears that an unnamed secret studio is hard at work on a new Bioshock game(43:57):

https://kotaku.com/how-the-makers-of-mafia-iii-lost-their-way-1825242177

2. Boss Key Productions launched battle royale game Radical Heights to save the studio (54:10):

https://www.polygon.com/2018/4/9/17207682/radical-heights-battle-royale-boss-key-steam-early-access-f2p

3. BlizzCon HYPE (107:14):

https://www.polygon.com/2018/4/9/17215386/blizzcon-2018-dates-ticket-sales-blizzard

4. Minecraft for Nintendo Switch is getting Xbox Achievements (1:11:53):

https://www.polygon.com/2018/4/12/17229492/minecraft-nintendo-switch-xbox-achievements-better-together-update

5. Flash news:

a. EA has confirmed that A Way Out has sold more copies than EA thought it would sell in it’s lifetime:

https://www.pcgamer.com/a-way-out-sells-one-million-copies-within-three-weeksmore-than-ea-thought-it-would-sell-in-its-liftetime/

b. Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 and 2 Launch on July 24th:

http://www.capcom-unity.com/capkel/blog/2018/04/10/mega-man-x-legacy-collection-1-and-2-launch-july-24th

c. Sega also confirmed HD rereleases of the PS2 classics Shenmue I & II:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPtlofIccAk

d. They also announced two retro initiatives:

i. Sega Ages:

https://twitter.com/mochi_wsj/status/984969583344762885?s=19

ii. The Sega Genesis/Sega Mega Drive mini:

Main Topic: Closing down the show with another Jason Schreier joint, according to his sources despite the rumors about dev kits being released, the PlayStation 5 is still a ways off.

https://kotaku.com/sources-the-playstation-5-is-still-a-ways-off-1825152206

Outro Music:

"Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat

The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel.

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