Someone has swooped in to purchase the Telltale Games name and some of its IP, and it's being mostly celebrated online. Why does the games industry, more than any other, celebrate brand names over the people working on the products?

Also on the show:

Heaps of Cyberpunk 2077 News

PAX AUS 2019 Indie Showcase Winners

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey Impressions

Episode Timecodes

INTRO

00:10 - Hello

01:24 - This Week On The Show

THE NEWS

01:45 - Untitled Goose Game Release Date

06:10 - What Is Up With This NBA2K 'My Team' Trailer

11:40 - Cyberpunk 2077 Cut-Scenes Will Now Be in First-Person

19:10 - No Longer Gender Options In Cyberpunk 2077

28:50 - 15 Mins Of New Cyberpunk 2077

34:50 - Telltale Games Is Being Brought Back

47:40 - Melbourne Opening Large Esports Venue

57:25 - PAX AUS Indie Showcase Winners 2019

WHAT WE’VE BEEN PLAYING

01:13:50 - Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey Impressions

OUTRO

01:35:10 - Wrap-Up

Hosts:

Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil

Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley

Ciaran Marchant: https://twitter.com/YaboyRingo

Resources:

Explosion Network

’Honk! Untitled Goose Game Is Releasing This September’

’PAX Australia Indie Showcase 2019’

IGN

’Cyberpunk 2077: Almost All Cutscenes Will Be In First-Person Perspective’

’Cybperpunk 2077 Dev Explains Why There’s No Character Gender Option Anymore’

Kotaku

’Two People Who Didn’t Work At Telltale Games Say They’re Bringing Back Telltale Games’

Press-Start

’Melbourne Is Getting The Largest Games & Esports Space In The Southern Hemisphere’

Youtube

’NBA 2K20: MyTEAM’

Arcade Couch Credits:

Music by: Dylan Blight

Art by: Cherie Henriques

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