Viewport Relay

Honestly, it's been a pretty quiet 2 weeks on the gaming front with all the next-gen news out of the way. We spend a little bit of time going over the headlines, but spend most of this episode talking about an assortment of topics through the power of game segments!

News articles we discuss in this episode:

Cyberpunk 2077 has gone gold: https://twitter.com/CyberpunkGame/status/1313067011455569921?s=19

BUGSNAX GOES GOLD: https://twitter.com/YoungHorses/status/1314207723106435073

CoD: Modern Warfare on PC no longer fits on a 250GB SSD and can't be updated: https://twitter.com/BattleNonSense/status/1312361436514054146

Related Update: https://twitter.com/Tyrael/status/1315718167658811393?s=20

Steve and Alex From Minecraft Joins Super Smash Bros!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaDhtEcX1TM&ab_channel=Nintendo

[Larian CEO] Our sales are insane - this is just Early Access you all. We just wanted to have a nice little community to iterate with. Now what are we going to do?: https://twitter.com/LarAtLarian/status/1313598859596226563

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Microsoft makes a big play this episode, there's another cloud gaming player in the mix, and we talk long games. Welcome back to the Relay.

News articles we discuss in this episode:

Welcoming the Talented Teams and Beloved Game Franchises of Bethesda to Xbox: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/09/21/welcoming-bethesda-to-the-xbox-family/

Phil Spencer: Xbox plans to honor the PS5 exclusivity commitment for Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1308062702905044993

Todd Howard On Joining Xbox: https://bethesda.net/en/article/4IwKWIj174Cb2QNTTtBAEb/todd-howard-on-joining-xbox

A closer look at Luna, Amazon's cloud gaming service: https://www.engadget.com/luna-amazon-cloud-gaming-interview-pwa-apple-173948922.html?guccounter=1

Cyberpunk 2077 Campaign Will Be Shorter Than The Witcher 3's Because A Lot of People Didn't Finish It - IGN: https://www.ign.com/articles/cyberpunk-2077-campaign-will-be-shorter-than-the-witcher-3s-because-a-lot-of-people-didnt-finish-it

Farmville officially closing down: https://zyngasupport.helpshift.com/a/farmville/?s=announcements&f=important-announcement&l=en

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It's finally here. Next-gen is about to become current-gen. We talk about the prices, launch dates, and games of the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Did the Viewport team get their preorders in? Tune in and find out.

News articles we discuss in this episode:

PlayStation on Twitter: PlayStation 5 Showcase broadcasts live this Wednesday at 1pm Pacific Time: https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/1304768250400530432

Actual conference reveals: https://kotaku.com/everything-sony-announced-in-todays-ps5-event-1845082097

Xbox Series X launches Nov 10 for $499. Pre orders start Sep 22nd: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/consoles/xbox-series-x?xr=shellnav

Xbox Series S: https://youtu.be/fYtJWIxt3-M

Ubisoft Forward Sep 2020: https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/1CRqvtLkZ5mz3o9WCQbZdk/ubisoft-forward-september-2020-recap

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We talk an update on Epic, Tristan's mastery of Fall Guys, Airplanes, and weird games.

News articles we talk about this episode:

Fortnite pulled from Apple’s App Store: https://www.polygon.com/2020/8/13/21366455/fortnite-ios-apple-app-store-gone-removed-v-bucks-change-discount

More recent update on Apple v Epic stuff: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/28/21406013/apple-epic-games-fortnite-developer-account-terminated-no-longer-available

As of today, Fall Guys is the most downloaded PS Plus game of all time on a global basis. https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/1298606121549041664?s=19

Microsoft Flight Simulator is the new “Crysis”, current-gen CPUs unable to offer 60fps on High/Ultra https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/microsoft-flight-simulator-is-the-new-crysis-current-gen-cpus-unable-to-offer-60fps-on-high-ultra/

Sony looking into bringing more 1st party titles to PC https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/iitws3/sony_looking_into_bringing_more_1st_party_titles/

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Reveal Trailer https://twitter.com/suicidesquadRS/status/1297326553106325504

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Epic faces off against Apple and Google, Halo gets delayed, and we talk Sonic Lore.

News articles we talk about this episode:

Apple removes Fortnite from App Store, Google follows suit: https://www.polygon.com/2020/8/13/21366455/fortnite-ios-apple-app-store-gone-removed-v-bucks-change-discount

Apple has informed Epic Games that it will "terminate all [their] developer accounts and cut Epic off from iOS and Mac development tools" on August 28th, according to a new statement.

HALO Infinite delayed to 2021:https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1293261002037841920?s=20

Fall Guys is Devolver Digital’s Biggest Launch Ever with Over 100k Players and #4 on Steam: https://www.githyp.com/fall-guys-is-devolver-digitals-biggest-launch-ever-with-over-100k-players-on-steam/

Fall Guys sold 2 million on steam in a week: https://twitter.com/devolverdigital/status/1292807456452685826

Yoshinori Ono is leaving Capcom: https://twitter.com/yoshi_onochin/status/1292430444672163842

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We talk about the Xbox event, XPlay/G4, and Tristan's ranty thoughts on Destiny 2 and Valorant. There's also a game at the end!

XBox Series X Games Showcase: https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/23/21331849/xbox-series-x-games-event-trailers-gameplay-announcements-microsoft

Halo: "We can confirm Halo Infinite multiplayer will be free-to-play and will support 120FPS on Xbox Series X.: https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1289298976550731776

Rocket League going Free to Play and moving to EGS: https://www.rocketleague.com/news/rocket-league-going-free-to-play-this-summer/

XPlay returning in 2021: https://twitter.com/xplay/status/1286705200292663297

Ghost of Tsushima is now PS4's fastest selling first-party original IP debut with more than 2.4 million units sold through globally in its first 3 days of sales.: https://twitter.com/playstation/status/1286632240949219331?s=21

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It finally happened. SMTV made a comeback. We talk about Ubisoft Forward, Devolver Digital, and a bunch of new games.

Ubisoft Forward: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ubisoft-forward-all-the-game-news-and-announcement/1100-6479366/

PlayStation worldwide marketing head Eric Lempel says they will give gamers plenty of advance notice for PS5 pre-orders: https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1284163872694272000

Devolver Direct: https://cogconnected.com/2020/07/games-devolvers-digital-direct/

SMT5 still exists and will release in 2021 and surprise remaster of SMT3: Nocturne coming to switch (and PS4): 

https://www.siliconera.com/shin-megami-tensei-v-will-appear-in-2021/

https://www.siliconera.com/shin-megami-tensei-iii-nocturne-hd-remaster-is-coming-to-nintendo-switch-in-spring-2021/

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Welcome to the first episode of the summer. We talk about tragedies in the industry, upcoming games, and conferences. 

News articles we talk about:

Kongregate no longer accepting new games: https://www.kongregate.com/forums/1-kongregate/topics/1916387-important-kongregate-announcement

EVO Online canceled - EVO drops Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar after recent sexual misconduct allegations: https://twitter.com/EVO/status/1278859734099963904

Twitch Streamer Reckful Has Passed Away Aged 31: https://twitter.com/Slasher/status/1278732395756355586

Amazon's Crucible Goes From Release Back to Closed Beta: https://www.playcrucible.com/en-us/news/articles/developer-update-crucible-beta

Devolver Press Conference July 11: https://twitter.com/devolverdigital/status/1279804926923808770

Xbox Games Showcase July 23: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-games-showcase

Microsoft is shutting down Mixer on July 22: https://blog.mixer.com/2020/06/22/the-next-step-for-mixer/

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It's been a while. There's been a lot of news in the past month (well, the past two weeks). We spend a lot of time talking about the PSV, EA, PC Gaming Show, and a lot more! Join the viewport team on the discussion!

News articles we talk about:

PS5: https://blog.playstation.com/2020/06/11/ps5-showcase-recap-everything-you-need-to-know/

EA Play Live: https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/ea-play-live-2020-how-to-watch-news-updates-and-everything-you-need-to-know-2672298

PC Gaming Show 2020: https://www.ign.com/articles/pc-gaming-show-2020-everything-announced-and-revealed

Crash 4: https://www.theverge.com/21296319/crash-bandicoot-4-announced-ps4-xbox-one-price-date

Cyberpunk Delayed Again:https://twitter.com/CyberpunkGame/status/1273647385294626816

Microsoft is shutting down Mixer and partnering with Facebook Gaming: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/22/21299032/microsoft-mixer-closing-facebook-gaming-partnership-xcloud-features

Min Min in Smash Bros.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgufXM4PHLg

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We spend a lot of time talking about our backlog this episode. And a bunch of news.

News articles we talk about:

Paper Mario: Origami King: https://papermario.nintendo.com

Unreal 5: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/a-first-look-at-unreal-engine-5 

Steam Spring Cleaning Update: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/steams-new-event-isnt-trying-to-sell-you-new-games/1100-6477580/

 

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