A racing game developer hits the jackpot. Facebook takes another shot at gathering the gaming community to it's platform by reimagining the video game genre. And we have 2 fantastic lists to dig into: one that went pretty much as expected and the other? Not so much.

We dig into those topics, the state of cloud gaming, and whether or not you should return Cyberpunk 2077 on this episode of Joystick & Mouse!

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https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/14/ea-to-buy-racing-game-developer-codemasters-for-1point2-billion.html

https://www.telegram.com/story/entertainment/2020/12/06/rival-peak-reality-tv-meets-video-games-facebook/3814934001/

https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/375137/The_Last_of_Us_Part_II_dominates_The_Game_Awards_2020.php

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-12-11-everything-announced-at-the-game-awards-2020

https://www.polygon.com/2020/12/14/22166004/best-games-2020-ps4-xbox-one-switch-pc-series-x

https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/11/cloud-gaming-platforms-were-2020s-most-overhyped-trend/

Is marketing in video games a good thing?

There is a huge kerfluffle about space buns... no not that kind of buns, get your mind out of the gutter!

Shadowlands is out in the wild!

You can now have your very own Pokeball!

All that and a heavy hitter enters the cloud-gaming-services octagon on this episode of Joystick & Mouse.

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https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/nintendo-bans-political-animal-crossing-islands-2820505#:~:text=Nintendo%20has%20asked%20businesses%20to,using%20the%20anthropomorphic%20village%20simulator.

https://www.polygon.com/2020/11/30/21734131/animal-crossing-space-buns-puffs-black-hairstyles-nintendo-switch

https://massivelyop.com/2020/11/27/first-impressions-of-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands-part-one-story-and-leveling/

https://www.gameinformer.com/2020/11/30/this-electronic-poke-ball-replica-may-be-the-very-best-like-no-other-ever-was

https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/amazon-luna

You get a console! And you get a console! And ... what? Oh wait nobody gets a console.

Oxford tells us what we knew all along.

Miles Morales finally makes his debut.

And another list to tear apart .. I mean to go over.

Those stories and the launch of yet another cloud gaming service on this episode of Joystick & Mouse!

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https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps5-and-xbox-series-x-scalpers-are-charging-a-big-premium/1100-6484472/

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/nov/16/video-gaming-can-benefit-mental-health-find-oxford-academics

https://twistedvoxel.com/eight-playstation-console-exclusives-goty-golden-joystick-awards-2020/

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/14/us/miles-morales-playstation-5-diversity/index.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/26/facebook-launches-cloud-games-on-desktop-and-android-but-not-on-ios.html

Yay lists! Long live the king! And that just saved me 40 bucks.

We know now what Tom Nook and Isabelle do in their down time and Nintendo did exactly what they thought they would do to play some of the more graphics intensive games.

Those topics, a special guest, and we go to hell on this episode of Joystick & Mouse.

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https://www.theverge.com/21536084/video-games-ps4-ps5-xbox-series-x-among-us-animal-crossing

https://www.pcgamer.com/shadowlands-pre-sales-highest-of-any-world-of-warcraft-expansion/?fbclid=IwAR0lA96gUaNKIFpGIQoqu5M6Yv55knOc54933my2meWBfyTJcGLIexgGavE

https://www.pcgamer.com/blizzconline-will-be-free-for-everyone/

https://screenrant.com/animal-crossing-characters-nfl-crowd-detroit-lions/

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/76005/cloud-game-streaming-goes-mainstream-on-nintendo-switch/index.html

It's that spooky time of year!

Yay for inclusion!

New to gaming? What would make you go HUH?

Animal goes all political and they named that service what?

All that and Diddi tries to take over the world on this episode of Joystick & Mouse.

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https://www.gameinformer.com/feature/2020/10/16/which-horror-game-should-you-play-this-halloween

https://www.wired.com/story/women-video-games-representation-e3/

https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/17/what-i-dont-understand-about-video-games-13436477/

https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/16/21519505/joe-biden-animal-crossing-new-horizons-biden-hq-campaign-election

https://cloudywithachanceofgames.com/blacknut-cloud-gaming-service

Blizzard steps out of the shadows for a little bit longer. Video games being used for good. Sony goes all Sony with PS5 hands on and throwing the Japanese gamers under the X bus. All that, plus a discussion on where cloud gaming is headed (but minus a dime) on this episode of Joystick & Mouse!

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https://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-warcraft-shadowlands-delay/

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/01/us/cfc-lual-mayen-refugee-creates-video-game-to-help-those-in-need/index.html

https://www.whathifi.com/news/ps5-hands-on-reviews-positive-first-impressions-from-japan

https://www.ign.com/articles/ps5-default-selection-button-to-be-x-for-the-first-time-in-japan?sf129922925=1

http://www.basketballinsiders.com/what-does-cloud-gaming-tell-us-about-the-future-of-the-industry/

Another famous Mike comes out of retirement (and he doesn't wear number 23). What's the right way to announce a triple A title? We get to take a look at a day in the life of the new XBox Console, and it looks like it is the end of an era for one of the most iconic franchises in gaming history. A new cloud gaming player enters the fray and are you an imposter on this episode of Joystick and Mouse.

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https://venturebeat.com/2020/09/23/blizzard-cofounder-mike-morhaime-launches-new-gaming-endeavor-dreamhaven/

https://www.gameinformer.com/opinion/2020/09/24/the-right-way-to-announce-triple-a-games

https://www.theverge.com/21458254/microsoft-xbox-series-x-load-times-performance-gameplay-preview

https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-series-x-hands-on-load-times-quick-resume-and-compatibility

https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/28/21459607/original-farmville-facebook-shut-down-flash-zynga

https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/24/21451371/amazon-luna-cloud-gaming-service-twitch-alexa-controller

You know those weeks where there isn't a whole lot of gaming news and we're reaching for things to talk about? This wasn't one of them.

Microsoft did WHAAAAAAATTT? Sony got their thunder stolen. We're going to Blizzcon... well everyone is going to Blizzcon. You can order an XBox now (good luck with that) and Apple is being Apple again on this episode of Joystick & Mouse.

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https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-09-16-heres-everything-sony-announced-during-tonights-playstation-5-showcase

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/09/17/xbox-series-x-xbox-series-s-pre-orders-september-22/?fbclid=IwAR3XqWuh4uZssQAH6YIm68dA-tNetOfNhw_LaSGS1zofsWFwlXQUo38HQd8

https://blizzcon.com/en-us/news/23513935?fbclid=IwAR3txQCveMBjtaLMur03jMwRnZyXGjCpq91x8LB8JXSJI9pUoAYGrq-ePLM

https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/21/21449121/microsoft-bethesda-ps5-playstation-5-xbox-series-x-s-consoles-exclusives

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/09/21/welcoming-bethesda-to-the-xbox-family/

https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/18/20912689/apple-cloud-gaming-streaming-xcloud-stadia-app-store-guidelines-rules

Holy smokes Bullwinkle, we got real pricing and delivery dates. Sony still dominates the game sales battle but it appears Microsoft is looking long term to win the war. On September 15th you'll get to whip out your phone and play an Xbox game ... as long as it is an Android device but there may be some relief on the horizon for the Apple following. That and a hardware game review on this episode of Joystick & Mouse.

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https://www.techradar.com/news/xbox-series-x-price-and-release-date-finally-confirmed

https://twistedvoxel.com/ps4-dominates-top-10-sales-exclusives/

https://www.engadget.com/xbox-game-pass-ultimate-pc-ea-play-subscription-134007089.html?fbclid=IwAR2O2qZWLNoSQAB5EdPuU8eTMlThUI-W1kSLCRa9ydhLcaql9PWWcBr88l8

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/09/14/cloud-gaming-with-xbox-game-pass-ultimate/

https://www.engadget.com/apple-app-store-google-stadia-xcloud-microsoft-171436934.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHpFl6zJTHc-gGBSXLtxFdN4ZjH9ihgrvwi7J8XryMNEEW16xBaW00Azw7ha-2BrFYmXW3n_gBQAOu4_0nmfI_lXG9BE2e300gL2vC9YTa0IsJQHeS-KTule5NIhTD2pGKaatUZv7kaYcQ5uhDcksDhqek8lUY_cIoxCE-jJ8Bk2&fbclid=IwAR2O2qZWLNoSQAB5EdPuU8eTMlThUI-W1kSLCRa9ydhLcaql9PWWcBr88l8

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/6/13/18677743/hori-grip-controller-nintendo-switch-joy-cons-gamepad

How has the pandemic affected our gaming world? Social change through gaming and there was some little get together in Cologne, Germany called Gamescon this week. We tackle these topics and why cloud gaming might be bad on todays episode of Joystick & Mouse.

https://www.polygon.com/2020/8/28/21405697/nba-players-strike-video-games-union

https://www.ign.com/articles/gamescom-2020-the-biggest-news-best-trailers-and-coolest-gameplay-videos

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53838645