E3 is finally over and the Pals are back together again! This week we're discussing all the new information we learned about Life is Strange dev Dontnod's upcoming vampire RPG Vampyr and discuss other genres we feel are underutilized in video games.

PLUS: WEREWYLFS!

-What We’re Playing

-Buy or Sell: PC or Console Gaming?

Da News:

1. Director Jeff Kaplan said in an Overwatch developer update that there are plans to ‘drastically reduce’ Overwatch loot box duplicates:

https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/22/15855604/overwatch-loot-box-duplicates-change-blizzard-jeff-kaplan

2. Speaking of Overwatch Look Boxes, if you’re a Twitch Prime user you can currently grab a free Golden Loot Box with at least one Garunteed Legendary item as well as 10 standard loot boxes to be doled out by 5 in August and October:

https://twitch.amazon.com/prime/loot/overwatch

3. Sega’s retro library is going free to play on mobile and iOS:

http://forever.sega.com/games

https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/21/15845736/sega-forever-ios-android-free-sega-mobile-games-download

4. We’ve got some more information about Life is Strange dev Dontnod’s upcoming vampire RPG Vampyr:

http://www.pcgamer.com/your-choice-of-who-lives-or-dies-will-radically-alter-london-in-vampyr/

Meat & Potatoes: We all seem to agree that the idea of a robust story-driven vampire RPG is awesome unexplored territory, so I wanted to ask: what other genres or tropes do you feel are underutilized in video games?

Music:

"Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat

The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel.

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