Into The Video Game Z

NEWS: AMD says they're working on "secrets" for both Sony and Microsoft Nintendo Direct news roundup; all the games, announcements, and controversies: Smash Ultimate, Luigi's Mansion 3, Lots of Final Fantasy ports, Katamari Damacy, Town (Game Freak), and much more. Assassin's Creed Odyssey coming to cloud gaming service for Switch in Japan Capcom Vancouver (Dead Rising series) ceasing all projects, no word of employee relocation Fortnite cited in 5% of UK divorce cases TOPICS: Shadow of the Tomb Raider Senran Kagura Reflextions Pixelmon

NEWS: TGS/Death Stranding Pre-talk THQ Nordic picks up Kingdoms of Amalur; the game Rhode Island made Next Zelda game still targeting the Switch Some Switch games won't support cloud saves, will the paid-internet be worth it? Tencent/China introduce new campaign to limit children's playtime, and also freeze game licensing Sony TGS Preshow games: Project Awakening, Crystal Chronicles, Samurai Shodown, Judge Eyes, KH3, Prelude Rune, Space Channel 5 VR Too Kyo Games- new studio from creators of Danganronpa and Zero Escape Trilogy Adult-only games now releasing on Steam Belgian government launches criminal investigation into EA over FIFA 19 gambling law breaches NPD survey: 34 percent of players exclusively play mobile games TOPICS: (Mini-reviews) Battlefield V Beta Spiderman SnK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy Mega Man Destiny 2 Forsaken

NEWS: Games are being altered in Belgium/Netherlands to not allow purchase of lootboxes with real money Nintendo forces takedown of Pokemon Essentials; a popular tool used to make fangames Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida says no crossplay because "PS4 is the best place to play," Mike Ybarra from Xbox responds PS5 codename potentially revealed in Unreal Engine 4 backend "Erebus" Battlefield V delayed four weeks to November 20th, blames Fortnite Square Enix and Tencent team up for a new AAA IP, and discuss possibility of a joint venture company There's probably a Nintendo Direct coming on Thursday, what should we expect to see in it? TOPICS: Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker Destiny 2 Forsaken What are some "cursed" games; or games that feel like they shouldn't exist?

NEWS: NPD July is out; Octopath best selling in US, Switch wins console revenue and most units sold Xbox All Access bundles a console with memberships much like a phone contract, for a very low fee Investment paper covers cloud gaming and the failure of OnLive service, are their excuses valid? Bandai Namco MMO Bless Unleashed coming first to Xbox in 2019 Nindies Showcase Summer 2018; all the games and announcements Assassin's Creed will be skipping 2019 Dotemu bring back Streets of Rage with first new game since 1994 Cyberpunk 2077 Gameplay reveal- Our impressions Shooting at Madden 19 Qualifier in Florida- EA's Response TOPICS: Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate When it comes to remakes or remasters, what's best? Satoru Iwata gets a lot of deserved credit; but who are some other big names in the console game industry who deserve recognition

NEWS: Patrick Soderlund is leaving EA THQ Nordic acquires rights to Timesplitters and Second Sight Steam's streaming service accidentally launched, can it compete with Twitch? Amazon Prime and Twitch Prime make changes, drop pre-order discount. Spyro Reignited is delayed for a couple months, why? Rumors of Switch upgrade; why they're likely fake Nintendo Nindies shows off new indie titles coming to Switch Nobody seems to want Battlefield V TOPICS: Major game announcements/new trailers/details from Gamescom 2018: DMCV Ace Combat 7 Biomutant Sekiro: Shadow's Die Twice Jump Force Soul Calibur VI Dark Pictures Anthology Just Cause 4 We check out Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate

NEWS: Bethesda blocks sale of "new" copy of Evil Within 2 on Amazon claiming false advertising Bethesda plays hardball with Sony over Elder Scrolls Legends on PS4: Cross-play or no release Switch online service will go live in late September, will it be viable? Monster Hunter World pulled from China after a few days; impact on Tencent, and why it got banned. Emuparadise taken down; we talk a ton about game preservation and cataloging industry history Dark Souls for Switch finally has a release date Doom Eternal Shown off at Quakecon TOPICS: Base Goku and Vegeta in Fighterz In light of Quiet Man; is there a market for cheap-experimental games from major publishers? If game companies were fighting game characters, who would they be?

NEWS: Sega of America has a new president NES Classic outsold all consoles last month Octopath Traveler shipped 1 million in three weeks Fortnite skipping Google Play Store for Android to avoid fees Fallout 76 won't be on Steam Nintendo confirms the NES pronunciation, and are bad people for it Persona Q2 gets Japanese release date and a ton of new info IGN writer allegedly plagiarized Boomstick gaming review of Dead Cells Game/DLC Announcement Roundup from EVO TOPICS: Kill la Kill Game Dead or Alive 6 Soul Calibur 6 SNK Heroines Punch Planet Is Shin Megami Tensei Dx2 Liberation a "true" game experience despite being on mobile? Smash Bros Direct reveals new characters/info

NEWS: Epic Games projected to be worth 5-8 Billion, more than Square Enix, Capcom, CD Project Red. Q1 sales data; Switch barely under 20 million units, PS4 breaks 82 million, Sony's pace beats Nintendo. Spectrum ISP kicked out of New York for throttling online games and streams, as huge game companies move towards streaming, how will internet service be handled? Gamestop stopping their Elite Pro membership program, Amazon UK axes the 20% discount on new games, and Best Buy Gamer's Club is gone. The deals are dying. TOPICS: EVO is this weekend, new fightstick technology announced, and our boy Sam has his match schedules. No Man's Sky NEXT Update, does the game finally deliver on its promises? Difficulties/Methods of Video Game Writing/Characterization (feat. a special writing guest) Should we have sequels for Xbox, GC, PS2 games? Should we cling to the past, or look to the future?

NEWS: Microsoft planning to show off new Xbox hardware and accessories at Gamescom in August Rumor; Microsoft developing TWO new consoles under "Scarlet" codename, could put Sony in tough spot Microsoft developed a new streaming technique to reduce latency issues in game streaming Octopath Traveler restock sells out in 3 hours, but down to 16th in the UK Charts. Crash still #1?! TOPICS: Game Freak and the future of Pokemon Nintendo sues two major ROM distributors, let's talk about legality and emulation Furi on Steam Octopath Traveler's stories have some disconnect? Which style is inherently better; contained experiences or live service games?

NEWS: Code Vein delayed to 2019 ESA President says calls for unionization are in their infancy/crunch time not a major concern Tencent expanding their WeGame platform into worldwide market, will compete with Steam Nintendo rolling out Tegra-hack resistant Switch consoles Baldur's Gate lead designer James Ohlen leaves Bioware after 22 years, Bioware's last chance? Germany bans pre-orders on games with no official release date Are pre-orders bad for the industry? TOPICS: Rainbox Six Siege is auto-banning anyone using a slur, is an automated system the right way to go? Octopath Traveler review: deserves much higher than a Metacritic 85 Should major studios stop focusing on throwing hundreds of millions into single games? Should indie content be regulated on Steam and other platforms? How would this be done?