Today we're going to talk about hype and video games, using the new Avengers game as a case study :)

0:00 Introductions2:04 Epic vs Apple/Google14:21 Halo Infinite Delayed23:48 Fall Guys Success29:08 Remedy Connected Universe33:43 Avengers Exclusive Ad Content42:50 Life Updates51:40 What We've Been Playing

Fortnite de-listed from Apple App Store for guidelines violations (Post-Recording Update: Also banned from Google Play Store)Embracer Group acquired 4A Games and othersFall Guys gets TF2 crossoverQuake 2 and 3 for free on Bethesda Launcher

Control: Ultimate Edition announcedForza Horizon 3 getting de-listedDead Cells gets new updateSplinter Cell's Sam Fisher shows up in Siege

Halo Infinite delayed to 2021Xbox Series X will launch in NovemberVampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 delayed to 2021Risk Of Rain 2 leaves Early AccessMinecraft Dungeons update detailedLast of Us Part II update detailedFinal Fantasy XIV free trial expanded

Avengers actually has a lot of exclusive contentLovestruck writers successfully bargain for higher payRemedy talk about the Remedy Connected Universe

AT&T not selling WB Interactive anymoreRocksteady announces new Suicide Squad gameApple blocks xCloud on iPhonesDoom Eternal's first expansion announcedStreet Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono steps down from Capcom

For today's weekend show, we go to the mailbag, and explore why exactly it is that video games make us so happy!

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