Into The Video Game Z

NEWS: - Welcome to the new generation - Xbox Series S/X open to biggest launch of Xbox history, 70% of owners have Game Pass - Phil Spencer not worried about the state of 343 Studios - Xbox to stop reporting console sales numbers - "First or best" for Bethesda games on Xbox - Xbox Series X and PS5 direct game/framerate comparisons - PS5 Dualsense is amazing and uses same tech from the same company as Switch HD Rumble - PS5 errors; download queue errors and splash screen freezes - Sony's Jim Ryan says hiking new games above $70 was not considered - Xbox team considering price hike for 1st party games to $70 as well - PS5/Xbox Japanese first week sales numbers - Yakuza producer interested in making a Sonic game - Most stressful popular games ranked in sports medicine study - Apple changes 30% dev cut to 15%, but only for smaller app developers - Star Wars Squadrons adding new content despite previous statements - Capcom hack leaked projects TOPICS: - PS5 can use 4k signal on some 1440p displays - AMD vs NVIDIA GPU and how DLSS works - Testing out Amazon's streaming service, Luna - Dead IP that should be revived - THQ Nordic customer support

NEWS: All "week 1" next gen games and thoughts- 1:24 Next gen features explained and still missing now that consoles are out- 13:11 Sony allegedly considered higher than $70 for next gen games- 33:17 Early reports of launch console hardware issues, but not widespread- 41:15 Switch hits 68m sold, Animal Crossing hits 26m- 44:02 Sega to sell off arcade business and shift to console game development- 46:06 Ryzen 5000 series obliterates Intel competitors- 50:13 EA Play has 6.5m subscribers and Take Two is skeptical of subscription services- 52:14 Capcom hit by ransomware- 1:00:18 A new Mass Effect is in development- 1:01:23 EVE Online players do 47m tasks to aid coronavirus research- 1:03:45 TOPICS: Yakuza 7 first impressions- 1:10:54 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla first impressions- 1:19:29 Game of the Generation- 1:30:44

NEWS: Fromsoft confirms Elden Ring still exists- 00:13 Retro Studios moving to new HQ in 2021 to facilitate Metroid development- 8:25 Persona 5 Scramble dropped from Tecmo Koei's localization plans- 9:32 Ubitus is the company behind the new Switch cloud gaming initiative- 13:55 Genshin Impact makes 245M in first month- 18:34 Egregor hacking group claims hack of Watch Dogs Legion and Crytek- 20:06 Xbox Series S will have 364gb of usable space for games- 32:27 COD Warzone will still run on the Modern Warfare 2019 engine- 34:06 TOPICS: Miffed, Merry, Mixed Minute- 37:16 Some humans maybe got an RTX 3070 this time- 45:37 How well will the current gen hardware/games age as we transition to next gen?- 48:17

NEWS: Cyberpunk 2077 delayed again- 00:58 Stadia creative director streaming royalty comments- 15:15 Halo Infinite loses another key staff member- 17:40 Oculus games will be lost if Facebook account deleted- 27:29 Facebook launches free cloud gaming test- 35:54 Microsoft can't make Zenimax plans until it's fully acquired- 38:04 Phil Spencer discusses potential of Xbox streaming sticks- 41:38 PS4 lifetime shipments hit 113M- 42:59 Original Fire Emblem localized out of nowhere- 46:10 Early build of Pokemon Sword/Shield from 2018 leaks- 51:22 Nintendo Direct Mini announcements- 55:23 AMD announces RX 6800, RX 6800XT, and RX 6900XT- 1:08:30 TOPICS: The Escape from Tarkov experience- 1:21:57 Returning to Team Fortress 2- 1:28:34 Pokemon Crown Tundra DLC review- 1:34:18 The Trails series thoughts & Trails of Cold Steel IV full review- 1:39:24 Future gaming mascots- 3:04:00

NEWS: Oculus Quest 2 Facebook requirement causing significant problems- 1:02 Oculus quietly ends support for Oculus Go on Quest/Quest 2- 8:34 Microsoft might actually withhold Bethesda games from Playstation- 18:49 Microsoft seems tepid on bringing more games to Nintendo platforms- 21:53 Microsoft may just want to strong arm Nintendo/Sony into allowing Xbox ecosystem before bringing multiplats- 22:26 Switch breaks records in the US as best selling console for 22 consecutive months- 45:44 US Department of Justice and 11 states file antitrust lawsuit against Google, how it relates to games- 48:48 Ubisoft announces Ubisoft Connect to replace UPlay and Player's Club- 50:05 Devolver Digital buys Serious Sam devs "Croteam"- 51:54 TOPICS: Hades full review- 54:05 End of a Generation thoughts; seminal games, contentious years, and a rocky start- 1:08:00

NEWS: Final Month of the Generation Ryzen 5000s series debuts on November 5th with impressing game benchmarks- 2:51 Sony to remove PS3 and Vita games from main Playstation store- 11:44 Marvel's Avengers PC playerbase dips close to 1000 concurrent, devs believe players will return soon- 16:10 Microsoft Store opens up new policies to clearly distinguish themselves from Apple's game rules- 26:22 Microsoft and Gamestop enter a strategic partnership- 33:00 Baldur's Gate 3 is rad, has a Bard quest in their EULA, and issues on RTX 3080 because Larian can't get one to test with- 47:16 After launching and un-launching Crucible; Amazon cancels development on the game- 56:02 TOPICS: Giovanna revealed for Guilty Gear Strive- 59:27 The "Franchise Investment Meta"- 1:03:41 Oculus Quest 2 hands on impressions- 1:12:26 Looking back at Dishonored 2- 1:24:33

NEWS: Steve from Minecraft added to Smash- 00:40 Joycon drift lawsuit update- 6:28 Call of Duty Modern Warfare no longer fits on 250gb SSD- 10:49 PS5 allegedly has 664gb of usable drive space? How and why?- 12:39 Minecraft Cave and Cliff update- 23:20 Sony unifies the regions and changes Japan's "confirm" button from O to X Genshin Impact is making a big impact- 30:01 Hideki Naganuma is based and tried to become an employee of Nintendo twice- 36:46 ESRB rates Arkane Collection and Wolfenstein Alt History Collection- 39:34 TOPICS: Phasmophobia- 43:09 Star Wars Squadrons full review- 47:21 Easing into VR play- 1:01:08

NEWS: Xbox expandable storage debuts at $220- 00:57 Xbox SSD game allocation and PS5 storage space speculation- 4:25 Runescape coming to Steam- 9:58 Amazon Luna is Amazon's game streaming service- 14:23 Next Smash character speculation- 18:36 Microsoft planning to continue making consoles after Xbox Series S/X- 32:52 CD Projekt Red walks back on previous claims and embraces crunch to finish Cyberpunk 2077- 36:44 TOPICS: Genshin Impact early impressions- 57:00 DB Fighterz Patch notes, new characters, and general fighting game talk- 1:03:19

NEWS: Pre-order problems for RTX 3080, PS5, and Xbox Series S/X- 00:52 3DS ends production- 17:16 Nintendo Direct Mini announcements- 23:05 Sony's Jim Ryan throws shade at Xbox Series S- 34:13 Sony first party games will be $70- 37:48 No PS1/PS2/PS3 backwards compatibility for PS5- 45:47 Game Pass has 15M subscribers- 49:48 Microsoft acquires Zenimax Media for 7.5B, giving them Bethesda, ID, Arkane, Tango Gameworks, and more- 51:24 Rumors of Microsoft acquiring Sega resurface, but that would be extremely difficult- 1:10:11 Blizzard Co-founder Mike Morhaime opens new studio with ex-blizzard veterans- 1:27:24 TOPICS: Half Life Alyx is game changing- 1:28:58 Marvel's Avengers needs some work- 1:35:59

NEWS: Ubisoft Forward announcements- 1:00 505 Games and the Control DLC upgrade fiasco- 20:48 Star Wars Squadrons- 24:12 Gamestop considering console financing plans- 33:48 Apple changes IOS app rules to allow services like Stadia and Xcloud, with caveats- 34:51 Xbox originally planned to announce Series S and prices next week- 36:29 Nintendo's Furukawa talks a bit about future console plans- 37:57 Oculus Quest 2 announced at $299- 41:47 Playstation 5 Showcase announcements/analysis- 44:18 TOPICS: Tony Hawk Pro Skater quick impressions- 1:30:14 Fall Guys Cheater's Island- 1:31:55 Redacted news stories of the week (Bungie/Microsoft and PS5 production numbers)- 1:35:27 Marvel's Avengers quick impressions- 1:38:58 Xbox Series S not running enhanced versions of games- 1:45:25