Into The Video Game Z

NEWS: Former Firewatch Team working on Half-Life Alyx and DOTA Underlords at Valve- 1:01 Persona 5 passes 3.2M- 5:52 Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan says Sony no longer in handheld business- 10:27 Switch launches in China- 14:58 Disk-Less Project Scarlett model and leaked Scarlett specs?/future of framerate and resolution- 19:13 Minecraft had 100.2 Billion views on Youtube in 2019- 40:09 2K announces new BioShock project- 42:50 Are we doomed to never recapture the childhood joy of games?- 46:00 Redbox is shutting down game rentals- 49:20 AI Dungeon 2 is the future- 54:19 All announcements from Sony's State of Play- 1:11:06 All announcements from Nintendo's Nindie presentation- 1:28:39 TOPICS: Halo: Reach on PC- 1:49:17 Did design aspects from Silent Hills/PT carry over to Death Stranding?- 1:58:56

NEWS: Stadia Pro adds more free games and refunds previous buyers- 1:04 Senior Ubisoft devs join Stadia's Studio- 2:52 Facebook acquires Beat Saber devs to make games for Oculus VR- 6:53 The Vatican is making a Minecraft server- 10:39 Quantic Dream and Riot Games lose HR lawsuits and pay out to employees- 15:58 Playstation wins highest selling console brand award with 450 million units sold in 25 years- 21:28 Are the PS5 dev kits similar to the final design?- 27:44 Black Friday sales data, who won?- 33:26 Xbox planning to drop a 1st party game every 3-4 months next gen- 36:57 New content announcements: COD drops content, Starship Troopers RTS, Trails on Switch, Resident Evil 3 Remake, Nier?- 40:22 TOPICS: Skill based matchmaking/stress in games- 51:19 EA Battlefront 2 in 2019- 1:11:13 The Game Awards- All Winner Predictions and Choices- 1:18:52 Our Games of the Year- 3:12:00 Are there RPGS that are story based like Three Houses but have multiplayer like Divinity?- 3:21:13 Why aren't more people talking about Path of Exile 2?- 3:27:57 Will MMORPGs every take the world by storm again?- 3:37:13

NEWS: Lord of the Rings Online Director says he'd "happily haunt the server room after he dies"- 1:31 Minecraft on Switch is Microsoft's first million unit seller in Japan- 5:40 EverQuest designer and producer Brad McQuaid passes away- 10:48 Pokemon Gold/Silver 20th Anniversary, Sword/Shield sales, and Pokemon Company moves to sue leakers- 12:47 Amazon's game streaming service, Stadia's launch, and Xcloud's future- 32:53 Phil Spencer says VR is not a priority for Xbox Scarlett- 45:09 Half Life Alyx is announced & Valve Index talk- 48:22 TOPICS: The original DSi is aesthetically perfect- 1:00:08 Labbing in Skullgirls and other games- 1:01:03 Death Stranding is much longer than expected- 1:06:01 Hands on impressions of Microsoft's Xcloud streaming service- 1:06:57 Farming Simulator has a competitive scene- 1:14:27

NEWS: All news from XO19 including XCloud, GamePass, and new game reveals Bioware might be looking to pull a Realm Reborn and remake Anthem Valve is making a VR Half Life game PS5 Controller patent/mock-ups Stadia launches, and does not deliver John Carmack steps down at Oculus CTO to work on AI The Game Awards nominations are live Pokemon Sword/Shield is messing with Roku devices and SD cards in some circumstances. TOPICS: Full Pokemon Sword/Shield review Full Jedi: Fallen Order review

NEWS: Herman Hulst steps up as head of Sony Worldwide Studios as Yoshida moves to indie curation Terry Bogard gets 40 minute Smash presentation Overwatch and Overwatch 2 will eventually merge into a single client Pokemon Sword/Shield leak, controversies abound on both side. Tencent wants to learn console game creation from Nintendo, and wants to release their games in the US Stadia launches with a lineup of 12 games TOPICS: Death Stranding review Modern Warfare Outer Worlds Disco Elysium Silk

NEWS: PS4 overtakes Wii sales and becomes the 2nd best selling console of all time Jedi: Fallen Order expected to ship 6-8 million by end of fiscal year Switch passes 41 million in sales Pokemon Sword and Shield dex size leak Blizzcon announcements/protests Diablo 4 WoW Shadowlands Overwatch 2 Imran Khan reveals on Kinda Funny that 3DS games and a canned Fire Emblem remake may emerge on Switch Super Smash Bros Ultimate is the best selling fighting game of all time Kojima productions hopes to be making movies in the future TOPICS: Guilty Gear 2020 changes Death Stranding reviews and difference between critic/hobbyist reviews Luigi's Mansion 3 review

Rabid Pokemon fiends Cam and Anna team up to review & say goodbye to the 7th Generation of Pokemon while ushering in the 8th.

NEWS: Fallout 76 "1st" Subscription Service and the state of Bethesda Blizzcon is coming, what will it look like? Overwatch 2 leaks? Mike Ybarra ends up at Blizzard after leaving Xbox Xbox Game Pass deals expand Xbox All Access updates for next generation Last of Us 2 delayed until May Ubisoft gets hit hard as most games delayed, Ghost Recon significantly underperformed Starbreeze resumes Payday 2 development with new paid DLC Media Molecule wants Dreams games to be published beyond the platform EA games will be returning to Steam Shigeru Miyamoto wins "Person of Cultural Merit" award in Japan Death Stranding coming to PC in 2020 TOPICS: FFXIV Shadowbringers Patch 5.1/Nier Raid Call of Duty Modern Warfare review The Outer Worlds review

NEWS: Riot Games announces a ton of new League of Legends related games Blizzard + Hong Kong situation develops more as AU team banned Analogue announces a new handheld Early reviews for Sword & Shield, Death Stranding, Jedi Fallen Order, and Outer Worlds all looking good Harada tells Smash beggars to stop asking for characters in game, Sakurai backs him up Switch hits 15M in the US Atelier Ryza producer surprised at the game's "popularity" Xbox One Controllers will work with the next gen Xbox Images of PS5 dev kit leak? THQ Nordic expands to Japan Suda 51 and SWERY are teaming up on something Sharp files patent for handheld gaming device TOPICS: The Trails of Cold Steel 3 conundrum Code Vein Epic Games Store cloud save issues

NEWS: Stadia VP claims Stadia latency will eventually beat consoles by predicting your next button press Stadia Founders Edition out Nov 19th, Xcloud enters public preview Blizzard and Hong Kong situation develops further Fortnite "The End" and Chapter 2 Epic Games commits to not banning people for political speech Mike Ybarra leaves Microsoft Atari VCS lead architect resigns Steam will soon let people play local multiplayer over the internet Apple selling Xbox One controller on their online store WWE 2k20 is a mess TOPICS: Destiny 2 Shadowkeep changes The state of sports games Would Stadia's negative latency work? Konami and next gen consoles