Into The Video Game Z

Monster Hunter passes 5m in first week, pushes Switch hardware like crazy- 1:20 We name the Switch Pro- 8:44 Switch update suggests new dock for Switch Pro?- 15:28 E3 is back this year, major brands back on board, some still missing- 17:36 Becoming an older gamer- 30:29 Balan Wonderworld flops hard- 37:55 Capcom had an interesting week of marketing- 45:56 Monster Hunter Rise Week 2 Coverage/High Rank- 54:05 Journalists should stop talking about fan games- 1:11:38

NEWS: Monster Hunter Rise sells/ships 4m first weekend- 1:19 Reggie leaves Gamestop Board- 2:41 Outriders has a watermark for cheaters- 4:55 Gamestop entering PC hardware sales market- 12:12 Sega is Metacritic's top publisher of 2020- 23:10 Most events are online only again this summer- 24:47 Finally time for exclusives to start releasing- 28:07 CD Projekt Red "reconsidering" Cyberpunk multiplayer- 36:04 Sony confirms it will shut down PS3/Vita/PSP stores- 38:37 TOPICS: Slide Stars- 53:32 Monster Hunter Rise- 1:05:19 Intel's new planned US manufacturing- 1:47:06

NEWS: PSVR 2 Controllers detailed- 1:39 Playstation buys EVO- 3:14 Square Enix Presents- 13:03 PS3/Vita/PSP Shop may be closing this summer- 19:30 Embracer Group raises 890m for more acquisitions- 22:58 Microsoft rumored to be looking into acquiring Discord- 25:03 Xbox Live rebranding to Xbox Network- 27:32 Bloomberg reports Switch upgrade will include DLSS- 28:56 Qualcomm and Tencent both developing Switch-like consoles- 30:14 Genshin Impact passes 1B in 6 months- 36:09 TOPICS: The Outer Wilds- 39:59 Persona 5 Scramble- 43:39 Bravely Default II- 44:57 Razer Kishi/XCloud/Gaming Phones- 48:51 Skullgirls update flags Trojan on Windows?- 1:02:51 Invisible walls and artificial barriers in games- 1:04:39

NEWS: NVIDIA rumored to be ending production of the original Switch SOC- 00:15 Bethesda exclusivity update/new Game Pass drops- 14:04 No dual wielding or playable Elites in Halo Infinite- 18:59 Samsung to "aggressively" position OLED tech across multiple growing sectors- 28:28 EAGate controversy- 32:28 Nintendo hopes to ship 250m software units in next fiscal year with "marquee game releases"- 39:45 Blizzard layoffs- 44:38 TOPICS: V-Shift in Street Fighter V- 59:00 Dragon Ball Fighterz- 1:01:50 Bravely Default II- 1:04:44 Console sleep modes and suspend states- 1:16:56

NEWS: Switch Pro seemingly confirmed, Samsung OLED screen and 4k output option- 00:13 Guilty Gear Strive delayed- 21:02 Diablo 2 Resurrected will accept save files from original game- 23:02 Pyra and Mythra detailed in Smash presentation- 24:43 New Game Plus Expo announcements- 29:35 V1 interactive shuts down after Disintegration fails- 42:37 Marvel's Avengers XP Grind patch just makes things worse- 54:58 Microsoft gets green light for Bethesda acquisition and talks about exclusivity- 1:06:16 TOPICS: P5S is a brilliant sequel- 1:14:33 Dusk/New Blood Interactive- 1:19:09

NEWS: Sony State of Play announcements- 1:08 Pokemon Presents announces Diamond/Pearl Remakes and the ambitious Pokemon Legends Arceus- 26:13 Dragon Age 4 allowed to drop live-service aspect, EA goes more hands off- 56:24 Sony Japan Studio toning down development- 1:07:12 Sony patents controlling VR with fruits- 1:20:17 Epic Games buys Fall Guy devs Mediatonic- 1:22:35 RX 6700 XT announced by AMD- 1:23:22 Game Informer interview with Nagoshi- 1:25:21 TOPICS: Live Service Game outages- 1:31:15 Persona 5 Strikers keeps getting cooler- 1:35:43 Outriders Demo- 1:41:40 What defines a grappler?- 1:51:18

NEWS: Anthem NEXT is canceled- 00:26 Embracer Group wants to create an archive of every game- 8:15 Blizzcon news and announcements- 10:03 PS5 Dualsense thumbsticks begin wearing after 400 hours- 18:56 Will Dualsense features be supported in the long run?- 22:20 Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 delayed indefinitely- 29:41 Sony State of Play announced- 33:16 Sony announces next gen VR headset- 39:49 Journey to the Savage Planet problems as Google shutters internal dev studios- 43:06 Cyberpunk 1.2 Patch delayed because of hack- 46:07 TOPICS: Persona 5 Strikers is much more than you think- 49:48 Guilty Gear Strive Beta impressions- 1:04:30 Ruiner- 1:23:43 YIIK: A Postmodern RPG- 1:26:08 Project Triangle Strategy Demo- 1:38:52

NEWS: Nintendo launches Switch concierge service- 1:30 Master Chief Collection gets a server browser- 5:33 AMD, NVIDIA, and Intel urge Biden to salvage US chip industry- 6:51 Valheim shoots to 3rd position in Steam concurrent player chart, sells 2m copies- 8:29 DualSense Drift lawsuit- 13:18 CDPR hackers allegedly sold Cyberpunk's source code- 15:52 Google Stadia team makes weird claims amid 1st party shut down- 18:47 Six Days in Fallujah is revived by Highwire- 30:48 Nintendo Direct all announcements and news- 41:20 TOPICS: Guilty Gear Strive Public Beta- 1:27:15 Ys IX: Monstrum Nox review- 1:29:57 Changing games to appeal to mass audience- 1:53:20

NEWS: Elite Dangerous players made forced labor camps in game- 1:01 FFXIV Endwalker announced- 5:17 Terraria Stadia version cancelled because the dev's Google accounts were banned- 11:28 Mass Effect Remaster- 16:09 Bioware/EA to decide if Anthem will continue development this week- 20:01 CD Projekt Red hacked, data ransomed- 23:49 Summer Games Fest 2021 and E3 2021 news- 28:16 Ambrella acquired by Creatures inc and dissolved- 34:33 Ubisoft wants to move away from AAA experiences- 40:31 Microsoft creates "Vault" corporation to manage Zenimax and Bethesda- 44:21 Xbox beats PS5 in the UK in January- 45:21 GTX 1050 TI goes from end-of-life to a best selling card- 47:05 Crypto miners have moved to buying up gaming laptops- 48:51 TOPICS: Titanfall 2 in 2021- 53:42 Genshin Impact Latern Rite and Pity System oddity- 1:01:03 The Medium review- 1:06:36 Ruiner impressions- 1:12:16 Persona 5 Strikers early reviews- 1:14:25 Childhood game anticipation- 1:17:30 Guilty Gear Strive- 1:22:20

NEWS: Tesla cars have a 10 teraflop gaming rig inside- 00:49 EGS gains 52m new users, but revenue stagnant- 4:29 Valve targeted by abuse lawsuit over "Favored National Clause"- 5:43 Ninja Theory is sunsetting Bleeding Edge- 7:57 Google closes Stadia internal development studios- 9:36 Kamiya says to forget about Bayonetta 3- 15:41 Sega splits amusement and gaming divisions- 18:02 Switch hits nearly 80m sold, Animal Crossing at 31m- 23:50 4.5m PS5 units sold, 87% of owners have PS Plus- 32:58 Data Analyst finds 10-15% of US PS5's were scalped- 42:36 Embracer Group acquires Gearbox for 1.3 billion- 45:42 TSMC 3nm node booked until 2024, not a good sign for hardware- 52:31 Fallout Frontier controversy- 57:04 TOPICS: Fight Crab- 1:13:21 Balan Wonderworld Demo- 1:16:42 Ethernet Installation Woes- 1:22:41 The Medium first impressions- 1:34:27 Scope is critical to a game's success- 1:36:41 Other fan projects that crashed and burned- 1:44:18