Podquisition 479: Courting Controversy

Yeah, that’s right. We said it. What do you intend to do?

Games we played this week include:

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (4:30)

Supermarket Simulator (33:00)

The Outlast Trials (41:05)

Warhammer 40k: Boltgun (51:10)

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News things talked about in this episode:

Warner Bros. continues to learn the wrong lessons about live services (42:05)

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/warner-bros-discusses-volatile-aaa-console-games-will-lean-into-free-to-play-and-mobile/1100-6521597/

Yuzu and Citra emulators quickly fold under legal action from Nintendo (49:05)

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-lawsuit-shuts-down-switch-emulator-yuzu-and-3ds-emulator-citra/1100-6521589/

A complex scam involving imitated games hits Steam (1:15:50)

https://www.ign.com/articles/valve-pulls-fake-steam-helldivers-2-games-but-devs-express-concern-they-appeared-in-the-first-place

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