Into The Video Game Z

NEWS: Mario 35th Anniversary announcements- 1:59 Steam hardware survey shows how strong most gaming PCs are and what hardware/resolutions are most often used- 29:17 Specs, price, and release date for Xbox Series S and Series X- 37:09 Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity announced out of the blue- 1:03:34 Bloomberg reports that Nintendo told dev partners to prepare games for 4k- 1:15:36 Apple counter-sues Epic Games over breach of contract- 1:17:49 TOPICS: Vader Immortal is a great VR experience- 1:19:22

NEWS: Call of Duty Cold War will carry $70 price tag- 2:18 Halo Infinite gets new veteran staff to help it along- 4:59 Halo Infinite has Monster energy sponsored guns- 6:54 Xbox Series S is confirmed but Microsoft won't say so- 11:08 PS5 pre-order page is up- 12:36 Sony to explore porting first party titles to PC- 15:36 Ubisoft briefly mentions no backwards PS1, PS2, or PS3 compatibility- 17:05 RTX 3070, 3080, 3090 announcement- 21:26 Gamescom 2020 huge announcement roundup- 32:57 TOPICS: Yakuza Ishin may be localized- 59:30 Challenges of VR- 1:03:43 Hunt: Showdown- 1:10:54

NEWS: Apple vs Epic Part 2 (Restraining Order, Microsoft, Moral Crusade)- 00:26 Sega to start "aggressively porting games" to PC after P4G success- 20:45 Halo Infinite rumors of dev problems and delays- 25:27 Bloomberg reveals some solid Switch upgrade rumors including potential 4k target- 45:39 Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2 has its writer and creative director fired suddenly- 57:32 Control Ultimate Edition debacle- 1:00:17 DC Fandome sees announcement of a couple new games- 1:02:43 TOPICS: Upgrade your PC or go for Xbox Series X?- 1:15:31

NEWS: Epic Games and Apple go to war- 1:00 THQ Nordic/Embracer Group pick up Insurgency/Metro devs- 20:39 Capcom closely monitoring next-gen pricing situation- 21:59 Sega of Japan has some new PR- 24:42 3 Billion people play games globally- 28:57 Oculus VR to start requiring a Facebook Account- 32:59 Phil Spencer says Microsoft is not trying to sell more consoles than Sony or Nintendo- 35:30 Recent rumors: Xbox/PS5 pricing, Zelda leaks, Metroid staff shakeups, Nintendo September meeting- 57:54 TOPICS: Fall Guys timed shop isn't the best- 1:17:12 Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 is too strong- 1:21:43 FFXIV Shadowbringers 5.2/5.3 is neat- 1:31:38

NEWS: Switch passes 61M sold- 1:42 Animal Crossing sells 22M, becomes Japan's second best selling game of all time- 2:40 Pikmin 3 gets a Switch port, further invalidating the Wii U- 4:09 Microsoft has no plans to end Xbox Live Gold- 6:57 Microsoft cancels future Xbox 20/20s- 13:11 Halo Infinite delayed until somewhere in 2021- 16:20 IOS bans Xcloud due to Apple rules on remote connections- 21:37 Xbox Series S confirmed through controller packaging- 23:44 Spiderman Avengers Exclusivity- 26:33 Sony State of Play- 33:39 Yoshinori Ono retires from Capcom after 30 years- 41:08 AT&T calling off sale of Warner Bros Interactive for now/Suicide Squad game- 41:46 TOPICS: Fall Guys- 50:51 Yakuza 0- 54:17 What is Nintendo's Holiday plan?- 58:20 Which Sega arcade is shutting down in Akihabara?- 1:08:36

NEWS: The Summer of E3 and Sony's State of Play- 00:26 343 Responds to Halo: Infinite feedback- 6:11 Halo Infinite's Multiplayer will have a free to play component and run at 120fps?- 11:53 Specialty controllers will work on PS5, but PS4 dualshocks will not work on PS5 games- 29:15 Take-Two CEO says prices for new games will be set on a game-to-game basis, and $70 is not a concrete standard- 32:52 TOPICS: Squad- 38:53 FABLE possibilities- 44:23 Where did game morality systems go?- 50:28 Akihabara's Sega arcade shutting down- 56:16 Fighting Game dev roundtable reveals 50% of Tekken players on Wi-Fi- 1:01:18 Guilty Gear new character trailers- 1:03:16 Gaining Game Industry work experience?- 1:10:29

NEWS: Xbox First Party Games Showcase announcements and analysis- 2:28 G4 will be returning in some form in 2021- 1:13:16 Intel posts major losses as they delay 7nm production- 1:17:47 N64 Source leaks solve decades-old mysteries- 1:28:19 Eiyuden Chronicle is a Suikoden spiritual successor, and is targeting Nintendo's next console- 1:33:22 Ubisoft commits to $60 price point for holiday games, but doesn't rule out a higher-priced future- 1:36:46 US Army leaves Twitch and bill is introduced in the US to prohibit army recruitment via esports and video game streaming- 1:38:08 TOPICS: As the physical market becomes niche, could we see more case variants?- 1:47:39

NEWS: Xbox First Party Showcase Speculation- 00:20 Sony increases PS5 production to 10M- 5:21 Paper Mario devs not allowed to make new Mario universe characters anymore- 6:48 Xbox One S All Digital and Xbox One X to end production- 11:16 Xbox Game Pass and Xcloud will be bundled together come September- 13:57 Xbox Live Gold year membership no longer available, is Microsoft preparing for a new combined service?- 14:15 Game Pass will not be coming to other platforms- 22:35 Metacritic to delay User Reviews until 36 hours after a game launches- 25:23 Nintendo Direct Mini Partner Showcase- 35:30 TOPICS: Struggles of 1440p- 57:13 Ghost of Tsushima Review- 59:25 Path of Exile Review- 1:14:11

NEWS: Sony patents cloud emulation- 1:10 Sony acquires minority stake in Epic Games- 13:40 Xbox telling Smart Delivery partners that they cannot upcharge for next gen upgrade- 21:50 Xbox puts out teaser for "Velocity Architecture" that includes hardware-accelerated decompression methods- 31:34 Capcom says 80% of its games are sold digitally- 38:09 Nintendo Treehouse Live- 40:26 Devolver Digital Direct continues to impress- 44:23 Persona 4 Golden sells 500k in a month on PC- 1:00:49 Ubisoft Forward- 1:01:16 Nvidia surpasses Intel in value for the first time in history- 1:21:31 Apple drops AMD and commits to making their own GPU- 1:26:37 TOPICS: OLED screens are unfairly good- 1:29:25 I Wanna Be the Boshy- 1:37:11 The myth of 1ms response time- 1:39:04 Gaming laptops in 2020- 1:41:18

NEWS: Playstation Indies initiative- 2:44 Devolver Direct, Ubisoft Forward, and Xbox Games Showcase all coming soon- 4:49 Xbox running Summer Game Fest demos from 21st to 27th to replace conference live demos- 8:48 Microsoft allegedly looking into acquiring Warner Bros Interactive as well- 9:47 NBA 2k21 might lead the charge to $70 new game MSRP- 13:55 EVO 2020 cancelled over mass sexual misconduct allegations- 23:34 TOPICS: Elite: Dangerous is dangerous- 35:56 State of the PC gaming industry and current trends/good buys for next gen- 50:16