Into The Video Game Z

NEWS: Geoff Keighley drops out of producing for E3 2020- 0:58 Activision Blizzard pulls all their games from GeForce Now- 7:42 Pokemon Home launches to some difficulties- 9:48 Report suggests PS5 taking around $450 to produce due to DRAM and NAND Flash memory shortages- 14:32 Playstation Forums shutting down- 27:08 Sonic at the Olympic Games without Mario?- 32:31 Kickstarter votes to form a union- 35:21 New Coral Switch Lite/Animal Crossing Direct- 42:14 Stadia rolling out to some non Google phones soon- 57:36 TOPICS: Plat Chat in Overwatch- 1:04:17 Everspace Stellar Edition for Switch- 1:09:43 Fire Emblem Three Houses: Cindered Shadows review- 1:12:01

NEWS: Rockstar Co-Founder Dan Houser leaves company- 1:11 Rod Fergusson leaves Microsoft to run Diablo at Blizzard- 5:54 EVO 2020 Lineup- 15:39 Phil Spencer says Microsoft sees Google and Amazon as major future competitors- 31:50 Ring Fit Adventure back to #1 in Japanese charts- 42:18 Call of Duty mobile makes Activision's mobile division the most profitable last year, more mobile games on the way- 47:31 Bioware plans to rework Anthem significantly- 53:58 Atlus survey asks fans if they'd like to see Switch ports of major franchises- 1:03:35 Dragon Ball Fighterz Season 3 reworks- 1:09:14 TOPICS: The state of Blizzard and all of their games- 1:30:06 Are there too many Soulslike games now?- 2:17:43

NEWS: Switch surpasses 50M sales, Switch Online hits 15M, 3DS at 75.7M- 1:09 Xbox game revenue down, but Game Pass doubles subs, and new Xbox Live monthly active user records are hit- 10:58 Sony survey asks players if they'd like to use Remote Play on Switch- 16:27 PS5 price may be a response to Xbox Series X price- 21:40 Stadia draws criticism for lack of communication- 33:03 Jedi: Fallen Order breaks 8m in sales, exceeds EA expectations- 38:34 Nintendo has no 2020 Switch model revision plans- 40:55 Taipei Game Show delayed due to Coronavirus- 43:01 Steam concurrent player count hits new record of 18.8M- 46:48 Nintendo not too worried about PS5 and Xbox Series X, plan for the Switch lifespan to be longer than usual- 48:44 The Last of US 2 content ratings- 1:03:03 Flashpoint launcher preserves 36k flash games- 1:09:31 Nvidia brings GeForce now out of beta- 1:11:49 Warcraft 3 Reforged is just overall a problem- 1:20:32 Wonderful 101 Kickstarter- 1:32:02 EVO Lineup prediction- 1:45:53 TOPICS: Coffee Talk, an indie VN where you play as a Barista- 1:47:23 New FF7 Remake trailer- 1:49:43 More Bluepoint remake speculation- 2:00:16 We're being forced to review two games- 2:03:43 Meta podcast housekeeping and episode wrap up- 2:08:32

NEWS: Ninja Theory Project Mara- 2:37 Xbox Series X images leak online- 7:29 Nintendo Eshop Pre-order ruling in Europe- 12:04 Stardew Valley hits 10M in sales- 16:01 KOTOR Remake leak rumors- 19:25 GDC Survey sheds light on what platforms devs are currently working on/PS5 & Xbox Series X launch title questions- 26:45 Ocarina of Time speedrunner manages to spawn in Star Fox ARWings through exploit- 41:30 Leak suggests two new Silent Hill projects in the works- 47:23 Resident Evil VIII rumors- 51:24 Game Consoles excluded from Chinese import tariffs- 58:40 Pokemon Home details- 1:01:25 Guilty Gear Strive further details and announcements- 1:09:36 TOPICS: DBZ Kakarot Review- 1:30:26 Kingdom Hearts 3 ReMind Review- 1:48:21 TemTem- 1:51:08 How has Game Journalism advanced in the past decade?- 1:59:20

NEWS: Cyberpunk 2077 delayed until September- 1:41 Dying Light 2 delayed indefinitely- 7:29 Valve Index sold out in most places ahead of Half-Life Alyx's release- 9:59 Byleth is the next Smash Bros Ultimate DLC character- 14:44 Ultra Instinct Goku will be added to Dragon Ball Fighterz- 28:23 TOPICS: DOOM Eternal- 45:48 Dragon Ball Z Kakarot- 53:30

NEWS: PS5 biggest features not yet revealed- 1:04 Sea of Thieves hits 10M players- 8:02 Rumors that a 2021 Star Wars game will kick off a new direction for the series- 9:35 Pokemon Go makes nearly 900m in 2019- 16:44 GTA IV runs out of keys and is pulled from Steam- 19:28 FF7 Remake and Square Enix Avengers game delayed- 20:33 Smash Bros showcase will reveal final Fighters Pack character- 23:55 Pokemon Direct announces Mystery Dungeon remake and Sword/Shield Expansion Pass- 37:36 Matt Booty says Xbox Series X will have no exclusive titles for the first year or two- 1:19:43 Sony will skip E3 2020- 1:27:53

NEWS: Sega merging division into Sega Group Corporation- 1:58 Rumors of a new Sonic Adventure game?- 2:53 Pokemon Company releases two Facebook Pokemon games- 7:10 Pokemon Direct coming- 8:00 Unknown Switch SKUs, Platinum announcements, and fighter pack deadline all point towards a Nintendo Direct soon- 15:42 Super Kirby Clash downloaded 4M times- 18:53 Retroarch adds screen text reader for accessibility- 20:43 Console manufacturers are still spending millions on TV ads, Sony spent the most, but Xbox had the most reach in 2019- 22:03 Phil Spencer shows off Xbox Series X processor- 23:00 Vestaria Saga is the latest game from Fire Emblem's creator; Shouzo Kaga- 27:43 The Witcher 3 hits new records on Steam with release of Netflix series- 29:34 CD Project Red and Andrzej Sapkowski reach agreement over The Witcher license- 31:09 Vince Zampella taking over DICE LA- 36:10 Assassin's Creed Ragnarok leaks on Gamestop Italy and Amazon Germany- 39:28 Xbox Game Pass adds GTAV, Tekken 7, Fatal Bullet, and Frostpunk- 44:55 Silent Hills Art Director Masahiro Ito is a core member on an unknown new project- 50:35 Taiwanese supply chain tips off Digitimes newspaper regarding Switch Pro models in production- 52:49 New LOTR game where you play as Gollum- 1:05:09 TOPICS: What launch titles may we see for the PS5/Series X?- 1:08:00 What's DOTA 2 like in 2020- 1:15:54 The wonderful and terrible world of Empire at War mods- 1:31:01

NEWS: We pre-recorded this episode so we made up fake news for the week- 1:27 TOPICS: Games that defined the decade and started trends for better or for worse Minecraft- 6:28 Dark Souls- 11:01 Skyrim- 19:53 Breath of the Wild- 27:05 Red Dead Redemption 2- 32:28 Mass Effect Series- 34:48 League of Legends/DOTA 2- 41:58 GTA V- 47:59 Destiny- 51:20 Warframe- 55:57 No Man's Sky- 56:47 FFXIV Realm Reborn- 58:40 Pokemon Go- 1:00:58 Gatcha Games- 1:05:55 Uncharted/Last of Us- 1:06:21 Overwatch- 1:10:19 Indie Games- 1:12:22 Amnesia The Dark Descent/Five Nights at Freddy's- 1:17:00 The Walking Dead- 1:20:11 VR Gaming- 1:22:23 PUBG/Fortnite/Apex Legends- 1:25:00

NEWS: Falcom announces Zero/Ao ports to PS4, new Trails game, and the creation of a new engine- 1:59 Capcom is inviting Resident Evil Ambassadors to test out yet another unannounced game- 12:55 Witcher 3 gets boost on Steam with release of Netflix series- 23:48 Modern Warfare takes UK Holiday sales, Crash still on list for sure- 24:24 Stardew Valley ported to Tesla cars- 26:32 TOPICS: GTFO- 34:37 2019 Month by Month Roundup/Review- 46:23 2020 Q1 games- 1:29:08

NEWS: Xbox Series X is revealed- 1:47 DOOM is getting free updates on Switch- 24:56 M-Two Inc made from former Capcom/Platinum staff- 25:51 Switch and Xbox Adaptive Controller make TIME Magazine's top 10 gadgets of the decade- 29:15 Sony debuts new PS4 back button accessory- 33:38 2019 in industry statistics: Most discussed games, most covered, most profitable, most popular character searches, etc- 36:45 The Game Awards 2019: All announcements and awards- 52:26 TOPICS: Spiritfarer- 1:40:29 Gothic Remake Playable Teaser- 1:41:46 No Players Online- 1:44:40 Favorite part of a gaming community?- 1:46:45 Should remakes count for Game of the Year/are fighting games remakes?- 1:53:02