Alexis, Cameron, and Henry take a deep dive into all the current happenings of the video game industry and gaming impressions. In this episode of the Plug N Play Podcast, we check in with Embracer yet again for their sale of Gearbox, Phil Spencer's thoughts on the industry at large, Gen Z's gaming habits, why people are playing Fortnite 6 years later, final impressions on Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Theatrhythm and much more!

Keep track of our ongoing Fantasy Critic League here:

https://www.fantasycritic.games/league/04e81707-8041-4550-b18b-8e7f10768f02/2024

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Timestamps

0:00 Intro/Fantasy Critic update

18:30 Embracer (our favorites!) sells Gearbox

33:40 Final thoughts on Gearbox

41:00 Phil Spencer speaks on current state of Xbox/video game industry

59:20 Gen Z discussion in relation to mobile gaming

1:09:20 Dragon’s Dogma 2 sells 2.5 million in 11 days

1:17:24 PS plus Essential games for April

1:29:23 Kotaku – 60% of playtime in 2023 to 6 year-old games

1:40:46 Tekken series producer – “younger players prefer team-based games”

1:51:10 Hellblade 2 will run at 30 fps

1:54:50 Star Wars Outlaws story trailer reveal announced

1:59:50 What have you been playing? Alexis

2:08:13 What have you been playing? Henry – FF7 Rebirth Talk

2:22:10 What have you been playing and some Akira Toriyama talk - Henry 

2:45:45 What have you been playing? Cameron – Theathrhythm

3:07:20 What have you been playing? Cameron – FFXIV and MMO talk

3:21:10 Question – Games you love that review poorly and vice versa