Emmett Watkins Jr graces us at the perfect timing as we are discussing the announced cancellation of Google’s game streaming platform, Stadia. Although it didn’t take an industry soothsayer to foretell this I do think most people thought it would make it past 5 years. That is not all as promised last week in the description, we missed a news story on Shawn Layden joining Tencent as a Strategic Advisor, incredibly sad to see a smart man sell out in such style. Then in incredibly disheartening news the Savvy Games Fund, Saudi Arabia’s investment group had tens of billions of dollars ready to encourage new Saudi studios and to acquire more studios around the world. Mohammed Bin Salmad is troubling and has a shady background to put it incredibly lightly. Make sure to check out that portion of the episode for sure. Multiple quick stories like the new GPUs from Nvidia and Intel, SEGA making a Blockchain game, and E3 announcing their dates and much more of course. Let us know your thoughts on anything we covered in the show, as always I thank you for supporting the show however you do whether it through likes, comments, and/or subscriptions.

TimeStamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:01- Not So Rapid Fire

00:03:55- VGC Team Ninja Interview

00:07:40- Nintendo QA Tester says wrongfully fired

00:12:00- Girls Who Code books not banned?

00:17:50- Last of Us HBO trailer

00:23:20- What have you been playing?

00:31:28-Rumor Roundup/ Silent Hill rated in South Korea

00:34:25- Returnal PC Gameplay Leaked

00:38:15- Stadia will be shutting down January

00:52:20- Saudi Arabia aims to become a gaming hub by 2030/acquire more studios

01:06:22- Twitch had one bad week/bans gambling after scandal/removes 70/30 split from top 10% streamers

01:18:15- Shawn Layden joins Tencent as Strategic Advisor

01:25:02- People can Fly states TakeTwo partnership canceled and outlines its future

01:30:55- Project Amplify launches at Xbox

01:38:10- Blazblue creator leaves ArcSystem Works

01:40:45- Disney wants 2 games a year

01:47:02- Date Updates

01:53:00- What’s Queued Up?

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