LBR Podcast Network

This week in gaming Ashley Burch reprises her role as Chloe in a bonus episode of Life is Strange. Persona 5 celebrates it's success with over 2 million copies sold. PUBG finally announces it's new desert-style map just in time for launch. Lastly, one streamer takes headlines for streaming a UFC match as if he was playing a game.

This week in esports CLG announces their exit from Counter Strike: Global Offensive. KSV adds Samsung Galaxy to their roster of esports teams. Team Secret wins big at Dreamleague Season 8 for Dota2 and Team Na'Vi takes first in Dreamhack Winter for CS:GO. Lastly, the Philly Fusion will be sitting out the OWL pre-season.

When FFXIV was reborn, Yoshi P took a new approach to developing games. As it would turn out, Square Enix as a company would eventually adapt to his new way of thinking. But is this something that will benefit the series as a whole? Tune in to find out what the hosts think.

Three years ago the gaming culture nearly tore itself in half over such things as politics, ethics and harassment in gaming. It was gamers at their ugliest. But have we as a culture learned anything? Have we grown or applied any of the insights we cleaned from GamerGate? Probably not…but it’s time to re-examine and grow up. Other headlines include; Niantic is set to overhaul their first AR game, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice proves you can get AAA quality without the budget and Scott Cawthon reveals the next step for FNAF.

For over a year now, Konami has fallen from graces and become one of the most detested companies in the industry. But has a pattern of evidence begun to emerge that says they may be one last bastion of hope? Nate thinks and this weeks podcast takes us on one heck of a trip. Never Be Game Over!

This week in the gaming industry Hellblade sells 500k units putting it in the black and shaming triple AAA games that need 4 Million plus copies to do the same. Forza Horizon Developers working on a triple AAA open world action title. In addition, Firaxis and 2k announce the first expansion for Civ 6. Lastly, PlayStation Exec;s explain why Sucker Punch's new title was kept under wraps.

This week in esports news Nuckledu surprises everyone with the announcement that he would be missing the Capcom Cup. Fernando Alonso becomes the first F1 Racer to form an esports team. Plus, SK Gaming takes home the prize at the BLAST pro series. Lastly, the NHL is the latest traditional sports organization looking to join the esports train.

Hot on the heels of Patch 4.15 the crew...give thanks? Whose thankful for what inside and out of LBR and Final Fantasy XIV? Tune in to hear the thoughts of the entire LBR family, even Kooky and Scuro. The cast also dig into Rival Wings and make a peculiar announcement regarding the new Perform Function.

Due to the recent outcry against EA and the way they’re doing Lootboxes in an IP as big as Star Wars, the conversation has finally started to be addressed by Government branches around the world. While this may have been a long time coming and inevitable, one thing is for certain -- Gamers need to stop acting like children.

This week in gaming news Disney shuts down Marvel Heroes, a diablo-esque MMO launched in 2013. FIFA patches a major exploit on all systems that allowed easy wins. Plus, a new western style MMO enters early access. Lastly, PUBG will in fact hit the Chinese market as Tencent and Bluehole have decided to alter the game to fit the values of the Chinese government.