That News You Care About

On today's show, Logan and Trevor discuss the recent Bloomberg article indicating that the Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic remake is reportedly on hold after the game's art director and design director were fired.

Topic and Shoutouts:

"Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic Game Paused Amid Studio Shakeup," by Jason Schreier, Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-26/star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-game-paused-amid-studio-shakeup

"A New Destination: How Open Roads Changed Direction And Saved Its Turbulent Road Trip," by Kimberly Wallace, Game Informer

https://www.gameinformer.com/feature/2022/07/21/a-new-destination-how-open-roads-changed-direction-and-saved-its-turbulent-road

"Nope's Gordy segments (and that weird shoe) are packed with meaning," by Zosha Millman, Polygon

https://www.polygon.com/23277727/nope-gordys-home-ending-explained

"Every Marvel Cinematic Universe TV show, ranked," by Samantha Nelson, Tasha Robinson, and Zosha Millman, Polygon

https://www.polygon.com/tv/22561233/marvel-tv-shows-ranked-mcu

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Logan is out this week so Trevor just recorded a quick episode going over the recent June 2022 NPD results.

Topic:

"June 2022 NPD: Overwatch and Final Fantasy VII return to the top 20" by Rachel Kaser, GamesBeat/VentureBeat

https://venturebeat.com/2022/07/15/june-2022-npd-overwatch-and-final-fantasy-vii-return-to-the-top-20/

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With Trevor back from vacation, he and Logan discuss the news surrounding the God of War Ragnarok release date, as well as the announcement that E3 will return in 2023, helmed by ReedPop (the organizers of PAX).

Stories and Shoutouts:

"'God of War Ragnarok' release date reveal follows fan harassment of devs," by Nathan Grayson, The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/07/07/god-of-war-ragnarok-release-date-november/

"PAX organiser ReedPop to run E3 2023," by GamesIndustry Staff, GamesIndustry.biz

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-07-07-pax-organiser-reedpop-to-run-e3-2023

"Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion Team Discusses Changes Coming To Game And If Zack Or Cloud Is The Better Character," by Jessica Howard, Gamespot

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/crisis-core-final-fantasy-7-reunion-team-discusses-changes-coming-to-game-and-if-zack-or-cloud-is-the-better-character/1100-6505171/

"Belinda Garcia as a Game Writer/Narrative Designer at Crystal Dynamics, working on the future of Tomb Raider," Belinda Garcia, Twitter

https://twitter.com/bbcgarcia/status/1546597340877729792

"Webb Telescope Reveals a New Vision of an Ancient Universe," New York Times

https://thatnerdysite.com/2022/07/13/god-of-war-ragnarok-and-the-pax-ification-of-e3-that-news-you-care-about-ep-112/

"NASA's Webb Reveals Cosmic Cliffs, Glittering Landscape of Star Birth," NASA.gov

https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-reveals-cosmic-cliffs-glittering-landscape-of-star-birth

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Logan and Trevor discuss their possible dream Star Wars games.

Shoutout:

"I Recreated Twilight In The Sims 4 And Everyone Died," by Jessica Howard, Gamespot

https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/i-recreated-twilight-in-the-sims-4-and-everyone-died/2900-4176/#1

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Trevor shares his excitement over the Final Fantasy VII 25th Anniversary announcements and Logan shares his disappointment over the apparent confirmation that Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3+4 was in development before Vicarious Visions got folded into the rest of Activision Blizzard.

Spoilers for Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VII Remake within.

NOTE: Logan's audio came in funky. We did what we could to clean it up, but apologies for the different quality.

Time Stamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:15 - "Final Fantasy VII 25th Anniversary Celebration,"  Square Enix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAVvmd4Qd9M

22:57 - "Tony Hawk Says A Pro Skater 3+4 Remake Was Killed By Activision's Moves" by Luke Plunkett, Kotaku

https://kotaku.com/tony-hawk-activision-3-4-remaster-remake-blizzard-vicar-1849086875

35:50 - Shoutout: "Steven Moffat's TV wasn't made for these times," by Guy Dolbey, Polygon

https://www.polygon.com/23172599/steven-moffat-tv-doctor-who-sherlock

37:42 - Outro

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Logan is back, so he and Trevor discuss reactions to last week's Summer Game Fest and Xbox Bethesda Showcases, including the results to Trevor and Cameron's Portillo's Bet.

Main Topic:

"Everything announced during Summer Game Fest 2022" by Wesley Yin-Poole, Eurogamer

https://www.eurogamer.net/everything-announced-during-summer-game-fest-2022

"Everything announced in Microsoft's Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase 2022" by Wesley Yin-Poole, Eurogamer

https://www.eurogamer.net/everything-announced-in-microsofts-xbox-and-bethesda-games-showcase-2022

Shoutout:

The Human Toll Of Fallout 76's Disastrous Launch," by Sisi Jiang, Kotaku

https://kotaku.com/bethesda-zenimax-fallout-76-crunch-development-1849033233

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Logan is out on vacation this week so instead, Trevor and Cameron sit down for a good old fashioned Portillo's Bet predictions episode as they make their guesses for what we'll see at this week's Summer Game Fest and Xbox Bethesda Showcases.

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As we near the halfway point of 2022, Logan and Trevor discuss some of their favorite games of the year so far.

Shoutout:

"The future of Star Wars is the Skywalkers — just not in the way you’d think," by Mik Deitz, Polygon

https://www.polygon.com/star-wars/23144458/future-of-star-wars-end-the-jedi-order

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Logan and Trevor discuss the news that the Raven Software QA team has successfully voted to unionize.

Main Story:

"Gaming Gets Its First Union At A Major U.S. Studio" by Ethan Gach, Kotaku

https://kotaku.com/call-duty-warzone-union-activision-raven-crunch-microso-1848964561

"Reggie Fils-Aime: Companies Need To 'Embrace' Unions If That's What Employees Want," by Zack Zwiezen, Kotaku

https://kotaku.com/reggie-fils-aime-unions-nintendo-america-president-rave-1848970357

Shoutouts:

"Current and former Activision Blizzard staffers issue demands to management," by Jeffrey Rousseau, GamesIndustry.biz

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-05-24-current-and-former-activision-blizzard-staffers-issue-demands-to-management

"'What do I want to stand for here?': Why footballers and politics are more entwined than ever," by Joey D'Urso, The Athletic

https://theathletic.com/3325111/2022/05/24/footballers-political-statements/

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Logan and Trevor discuss the in-depth story about the collapse of VENN by Tom Caswell of Input.

Main Story:

"Inside the colossal failure of VENN, the 'MTV of video games'," by Tom Caswell, Input

https://www.inputmag.com/gaming/venn-video-games-network-failure

Shoutout:

"The Hopeful Beginning and Abrupt Shuttering of Funomena," by Imran Khan, fanbyte

https://www.fanbyte.com/features/the-hopeful-beginning-and-abrupt-shuttering-of-funomena/

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