Podquisition 476: The Best Kind of Feedback

The bar has been raised yet again.

Games we played this week include:

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (10:50)

Helldivers 2 (16:30)

Mouthwashing (31:10)

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (34:25)

Final Fantasy Rebirth (40:45)

Destroy All Humans 2 Reprobed (47:15)

Hardcoded (49:20)

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News things talked about in this episode:

MS to address rumors around console exclusivity (56:10)

https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/12/24070445/microsoft-xbox-business-update-event-future-february-15

French worker unions call for strikes at Ubisoft (58:10)

https://www.pcgamer.com/unions-call-for-strikes-at-ubisoft-studios-in-france-to-protest-wages-we-cannot-tolerate-being-treated-as-expendable-to-mitigate-their-bad-decisions

Microsoft layoffs hit Toys For Bob hard (1:04:05)

https://www.eurogamer.net/microsoft-layoffs-affect-86-staff-at-spyro-crash-bandicoot-studio

The FTC seems irritated by Microsoft’s layoffs (1:01:30)

https://www.polygon.com/24065269/ftc-microsoft-activision-deal-layoffs-appeal

Voice actor responsible for PEGI rating stingers was paid 200 Euros for the gig (1:05:00)

https://www.eurogamer.net/the-voice-actor-behind-pegi-18-says-he-was-paid-just-200

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