Into The Video Game Z

NEWS: Pokemon sells 3M in one week, best Switch game launch so far, 4th best selling Black Friday item Ubisoft reverts Rainbow Six graphic content changes NPD October- best October for revenue since 2008, PS best console October console sales since 2002 Switch update temporarily stopped the physical hardware exploit used to hack it Smash Ultimate leaks early, what does this mean for Nintendo? Nintendo of America gets 60% of revenue during holiday season Playstation exclusive "Agent" finally cancelled after nine years Bethesda being investigated by US Law Firm for Fallout 76 refund controversy Chinese KH3 ads allegedly censor Winnie the Pooh due to jokes about resemblance to China's President Spyro Reignited down to #9 in UK charts, FIFA 19 up to #1 Red Dead Online beta begins Black Friday anecdotal data TOPICS: Smash Bros Ultimate gameplay impressions How to Nuzlocke Pokemon Let's Go What's the worst game you've ever played?

NEWS: EA partnering with Petroglyph to remaster Command & Conquer Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert THQ Nordic has 35 unannounced games in the pipeline US Army starting their own Esports team Sony will not be attending E3 2019 PS5 specification rumors/release date, have we seen next gen launch titles already? Rumor that disk-free Xbox One S coming as soon as Spring We set our next gen release predictions Fortnite wins golden joystick game of the year award Fallout 76 scores, crashes, and technical details Spyro surpasses Red Dead Redemption in UK weekly sales Cliff Bleszinski vows to never make a game again TOPICS: Spyro Reignited Hitman 2 Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee super in depth

NEWS: Hajime Tabata leaves Square Enix as all FFXV DLC is cancelled, Square posts 33 million loss Patrick Soderlund starts a new studio, Embark, with backing from Nexon Day Z enters "beta" version after half a decade The Game Awards promise to have biggest news lineup yet, we lightly discuss some nominees Prima Games, creators of most of your strategy guides, is shutting down after 28 years XO18 Microsoft Conference news round-up TOPICS: Playing Second Life as an exploration game Warhammer 40k Mechanicus Missed this generation? Best console to buy for Black Friday What's the difference between Indie, AAA, and AA games?

NEWS: Fallout 76 uninstalls itself NES and SNES Classic surpass 10 million sales Smash Bros Direct roundup, we examine the grinch leak post-mortem Blizzcon announcements/Diablo Immortal Controversy Ubisoft altering Rainbow Six Siege worldwide to remove blood, skulls, and gore for Chinese market NPD data releases from the 90's: best selling games on N64 and Gameboy Color EA announces Project Atlas, their next gen development platform TOPICS: Diablo III on Switch Red Dead Redemption 2 update Smaller news stories (Sony censor update, Masuda stepping down from directing, GOTY update, etc) Death Mark Punchline

NEWS: Smash Bros Ultimate Leak allegedly reveals remaining new characters Xbox GamePass coming to PC Library of Congress allows DMCA exemption for server code/game code, opening path to game preservation Playstation Classic reveals full games list Switch reaches 22.86 million sales, investors worry they won't meet their target for fiscal year Red Dead Redemption 2 has biggest opening weekend of any entertainment product ever at 750 million Sony forcing Japanese devs to submit all games to additional censor review in English, even if their games aren't coming to western markets TOPICS: My Hero One's Justice Red Dead Redemption 2 How will Sakurai surprise us with the upcoming Smash Direct? Is there a bias towards Quarter 3 products during game award season?

NEWS: Rockstar gets search and seizure warrant for homes of alleged GTA V cheaters Local game stores won't get Red Dead Redemption 2 in stock until November Obama says he doesn't care about Pokemon Days Gone delayed until April Level 5 looking to revive Ushiro, a cancelled PSP project Intellivision announces the Amico; their new console coming in 2020 Nintendo rolls out a Labo-in-classroom initiative Bethesda releases an odd letter ahead of Fallout 76's Beta DMC V $8000 special edition TOPICS: Soul Calibur VI Update on Rockstar Crunch-time controversy

PSN name changes finally on the way Halo Infinite won't be at XO18 PS4 Message has potential to brick consoles, allegedly fixed Rumors that MvC Infinite will be relaunched as Marvel vs. Capcom 4 after major update Future of Arc System Works games? Red Dead Redemption 2 has 700 voice actors, 300k animations, and 500k lines of dialogue. Some Rockstar employees working 100 hours a week on RDR2, we discuss crunch time TOPICS: Call of Duty Black Ops IIII in depth discussion Assassin's Creed Odyssey/hands on with the Google Stream Beta

NEWS: Switch revision coming as early as summer 2019, focus on enhancing screen Nintendo wants to be remembered as an entertainment company, not a video game company Next gen Sony console officially under development, backwards compatibility rumors What generation will the next consoles be? Remaining Telltale employees laid off, Skybound Games to finish Walking Dead Microsoft announces Project XCloud, a new game streaming service Microsoft allegedly close to buying Obsidian; the creators of Fallout: New Vegas and KoTOR 2 TOPICS/REVIEWS: Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise Super Mario Party Assassin's Creed Odyssey Design your own game studio: What would you do?

NEWS: Sony allowing crossplay with select third party games, starting with a Fortnite beta Oculus Quest announced; 2nd gen VR? Vader Immortal: Star Wars game with Ninja Theory help for Oculus platform No Playstation Experience this year Mojang making dungeon crawler spinoff for Minecraft Harry Potter RPG footage leaks online? WB hirings foretold this? Game Freak, Creatures Inc, and Nintendo trademark "MonPoke" Google debuts beta for playable game streaming through Google Chrome, starting with Assassin's Creed Odyssey Sony shutting down servers for Warhawk, Twisted Metal, and Playstation All Stars TOPICS: Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna the Golden Country Valkyria Chronicles 4 Mega Man 11 Forza Horizon 4

NEWS: Sony reveals Playstation Classic Red Dead Online announced Sony announces the PS Vita will end production in 2019, effectively killing the handheld console Spiderman sells 3.3 million copies in three days, outpaces revenue of Homecoming, opens door for more Marvel games DMC V to have microtransactions Target introduces 30% discount on games with pre-order temporarily (DEAL HAS CHANGED) Xbox announced XO18, a big Xbox event for November Virtual Console data found in Switch E-shop? Nintendo's stock raises 2% after Bowsette takes over internet Telltale Games fires hundreds of employees, cancels all projects suddenly, likely shutting down TOPICS: Pitfalls of digital only games/always online games Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna the Golden Country