Viewport Relay

Don't... ask about the title. Just listen to the episode. Tristan decided to start a Mahjong match in FFXIV an HOUR before the recording time and it still didn't finish until halfway into this episode.

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Here are the articles that we talked about during the episode:

Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite, banked a $3 billion profit in 2018: https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/27/epic-fortnite-3-billion-profit/

Valve’s Artifact Ended 2018 Outside Steam’s Top 100 Most Played Games: https://www.githyp.com/valves-artifact-ended-2018-outside-steams-top-100-most-played-games/

Activision Blizzard is firing its CFO (Going to Netflix): https://www.pcgamer.com/activision-blizzard-is-going-to-be-firing-its-cfo/

Blizzard CFO going to Square: https://variety.com/2019/gaming/games/activision-blizzard-amrita-ahuja-square-jack-dorsey-1203098917/

Possible 'Persona 5 R' Announcement Imminent, Official Domain Updated: https://personacentral.com/persona-5-r-announcement-imminent-official-domain-updated/

Persona 5 R Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhwJgwXBxIc

Soulja Boy Has Stopped Selling His Consoles On Store Due To A Potential Nintendo Lawsuit: https://mynintendonews.com/2018/12/30/soulja-boy-has-stopped-selling-his-consoles-on-store-due-to-a-potential-nintendo-lawsuit/

Slightly Mad Studios announces the “Mad Box”: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/mad-box-game-console-slightly-mad-studios-shares-m/1100-6464213/

Welcome to the last episode of 2018! Hope you have all been enjoying your holidays. We wrap up the year with some straggler news, and a quick look back at the best and the worst of the year. Thanks for all the support in 2018; we'll see you all in the new year!

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Here is all the news we talked about this episode:

Blizzard shifts developers away from Heroes of the Storm, Cancelling Events for the Game in 2019: https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/blizzard/22833558/heroes-of-the-storm-news

Full version of Kingdom Hearts III appears to leak out into the wild 1.5 months before release: https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1073930183177068548

Quinton Flynn says the person responsible for leaking Kingdom Hearts 3 has been "captured.": https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/a6tn90/quinton_flynn_says_the_person_responsible_for/

Nomura's response: https://twitter.com/KINGDOMHEARTS/status/1074192394176815105

Planetside Arena announced, featuring...BATTLE ROY-ALL: https://www.polygon.com/pc/2018/12/13/18138851/planetside-arena-battle-royale-pc-steam-launch-date

Soulja Boy is selling his own cheap, rebranded video game consoles: https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/9/18130498/soulja-boy-video-game-console-nintendo

Albert is out on assignment; er... actually he's just out. That means Alex and I have to hold down the fort. And what does that mean? Random talking about Japanese video games without any quality control. We're sorry Albert.

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Here is all the news we talked about this episode:

Bethesda Support Leaks Fallout 76 Customer Names, Addresses & Phone Numbers: https://kotaku.com/bethesda-support-leaks-fallout-76-customer-names-addre-1830892930

Latest Fallout 76 patch contains huge amount of undocumented changes, including stealth nerfs across the board: https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/a3fprm/latest_fallout_76_patch_contains_huge_amount_of/

Bethesda offering 500 atoms ($5 ingame store credit) to owners of the Fallout 76 Power Armor Edition: https://twitter.com/Fallout/status/1067981880597843968?s=19

Obsidian's The Outer Worlds blends Firefly and Fallout into a bold, open-ended sci-fi RPG: https://www.pcgamer.com/obsidians-the-outer-worlds-blends-firefly-and-fallout-into-a-bold-open-ended-sci-fi-rpg/

MONSTER HUNTER: WORLD — Special Developer Update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeM7d7ktex4

Epic Launches Digital Games Store With 88 Percent Revenue Going To Developers: https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/12/03/epic-launches-digital-games-store-with-88-percent-revenue-going-to-developers

Some Epic Store games are pushing back or scrapping Steam releases: https://www.pcgamer.com/some-epic-store-games-are-pushing-back-or-scrapping-steam-releases/

Satisfactory is only on Epic Games Launcher now: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/satisfactory/home

Super Meat Boy Forever will be an Epic Games Store exclusive for a year: https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/a4efzb/super_meat_boy_forever_will_be_an_epic_games/

BOOSTING FOR PROFIT IS NOW A CRIME IN SOUTH KOREA: https://estnn.com/boosting-for-profit-is-now-a-crime-in-south-korea/

Although we talk about a lot of different things in this episode, one thing stays constant: Fallout 76 sucks. And Tristan is pissed.

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Here is all the news we talked about this episode:

Fallout 76 Disaster:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/9z3w5l/giantbomb_unlikely_to_review_fallout_76_gerstmann/?utm_content=title&utm_medium=hot&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=Games

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-11-20-fallout-76-review-a-bizarre-boring-and-broken-mess

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/9x66um/the_state_of_fallout_76_is_beyond_unacceptable/

Sony skipping E3: https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/playstation-skips-e3-1203029833/

Ubisoft reverses aesthetic changes for Siege in China:https://rainbow6.ubisoft.com/siege/en-us/news/152-340339-16/update-on-the-aesthetic-changes-coming-with-y3s4

Artifact controversy: https://www.pcgamer.com/artifact-community-slams-pay-for-everything-monetisation-model/?utm_content=buffer3be1d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=buffer-pcgamertw

Valve's response to above:https://steamcommunity.com/games/583950/announcements/detail/2535985526495756390

KH3 is gold: https://twitter.com/kingdomhearts/status/1064881296915095552?s=21

Blizzcon happened! Smash Direct happened! Lots of news to talk about! Remember to have your phones ready because that's where all AAA gaming is moving towards.

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Here is all the news we talked about this episode:

Xbox acquires Obsidian Entertainment and InXile Entertainment https://twitter.com/majornelson/status/1061390391071531008

Sources: Blizzard Scrapped Plans For Diablo 4 Video https://kotaku.com/sources-blizzard-pulled-diablo-4-announcement-from-bli-1830232246

Blizzard Says It Wasn't Expecting Fans To Be This Angry About Diablo Immortal https://kotaku.com/blizzard-says-it-wasnt-expecting-fans-to-be-this-angry-1830204721

Activision Crashes as ‘Diablo’ Mobile Pits Analysts and Gamers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-05/activision-analysts-see-china-growth-from-diablo-mobile-game

Strategy guide maker Prima Games is shutting down https://www.polygon.com/2018/11/9/18079380/prima-games-shutting-down

All future Final Fantasy XV DLCs except Episode Ardyn have been canceled. Hajima Tabata has resigned from Square Enix. https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/9v6u7x/all_future_final_fantasy_xv_dlcs_except_episode/?utm_content=title&utm_medium=browse&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=Games

Geoff Keighley: "Game Awards 2018 will feature the “biggest lineup ever in terms of new game announcements" https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1060942349398732800

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - World of Light (Adventure Mode) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WShCN-AYHqA&feature=youtu.be

POKÉMON Detective Pikachu - Official Trailer #1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1roy4o4tqQM&feature=youtu.be

Red Dead Redemption 2 is finally out! That means that we didn't have time to do anything for the past two weeks- just kidding. Tristan absolutely hated the game and Albert & Alex didn't even pick it up. That means it's time to talk about some gaming news!

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Here is all the news we talked about this episode:

Spider-Man on PlayStation 4 made more money in its first month on the market than any PlayStation exclusive in the nearly 24 year history of the brand, across all six core pieces of PlayStation hardware. https://twitter.com/notaxation/status/1054881182637219841?s=20

Gamasutra - Red Dead Redemption 2 team was crunching 100-hour weeks, says Dan Houser: 

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/328625/Red_Dead_Redemption_2_team_was_crunching_100hour_weeks_says_Dan_Houser.php

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-10-25-the-human-cost-of-red-dead-redemption-2

Rockstar allows employees to speak out on 100-hour week controversy: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-10-18-rockstar-allows-employees-to-speak-out-on-100-hour-week-controversy

Obsidian says it's 'very doubtful' that it will make another Fallout game: https://www.pcgamer.com/obsidian-says-its-very-doubtful-that-it-will-make-another-fallout-game/

Tencent stock loses $230 billion in market value from China’s videogame license freeze: https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/16/tech/tencent-china-games-valuation/index.html

http://www.siliconera.com/2018/10/24/china-completely-freezes-new-game-approval-process/

Steam popularity skyrockets in China as government's freeze on new game approvals continues: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-10-24-steam-popularity-skyrockets-in-china-as-governments-freeze-on-new-game-approvals-continues

It's been a crazy month for game releases, but not much for news. Nevertheless, Albert was able to dig a bunch of topics up for us to talk about!

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Here is all the news we talked about this episode:

Sources: Microsoft Is Close To Buying Obsidian: https://kotaku.com/sources-microsoft-is-close-to-buying-obsidian-1829614135

A Special Announcement from EA Regarding C&C: http://www.openra.net/news/special-announcement/

Nintendo Plans New Version of Switch Next Year: https://www.wsj.com/articles/nintendo-plans-new-version-of-switch-next-year-1538629322

Nintendo's Dragalia Lost Makes $16 Million in Two Weeks, Eclipsing Animal Crossing in the U.S. and Japan: https://sensortower.com/blog/dragalia-lost-revenue-first-two-weeks

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Becomes the Highest Played in the Series with 33% More Players on Steam Than Last Year: http://www.githyp.com/assassins-creed-odyssey-becomes-the-highest-played-in-the-series-with-33-more-players-on-steam-than-last-year/

Music Used:

Metal Gear Solid - Alert

Pillars of Eternity - Title Theme

Command and Conquer Rivals - Trailer Song

Dragalia Lost - Home

Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Assassin's Creed

Metal Gear Solid V - Sins of the Father

Castlevania II Simon's Quest - Bloody Tears/Monster Dance

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 - Main Theme

Assassin's Creed - Chase Theme

Donkey Kong Country - Theme

Command and Conquer - Mechanical Man

Battlefield 4 - Main Theme

Kingdom Hearts III - Don't Think Twice

Kirby Super Star - Corkboard

FFVI - Terra's Theme

Project DIVA f - Cat Food

Monster Hunter World - Main Theme

Resident Evil 7 - Go Tell Aunt Rhody

Sonic the Hedgehog - Green Hill Zone

Tekken 7 - Tonight Is the Night

Welcome back to the Relay. This episode we find out that we don't really know much about the developers that make all our favorite games. There's also a bit of sadness that goes around as we talk about the layoffs at Telltale Games.

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Here are all the news articles we talked about:

Telltale Games Closing Down: http://gamasutra.com/view/news/327085/Report_The_Walking_Dead_developer_Telltale_Games_closing_down.php

Telltale Games Lawsuit: https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2018/9/25/17901106/telltale-layoffs-lawsuit-warn-act

Minecraft Dungeons announcement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJicIi8Lvx0

Playstation Classic: https://blog.us.playstation.com/2018/09/18/introducing-playstation-classic-with-20-pre-loaded-games/

Fortnite cross play with PS4: https://blog.us.playstation.com/2018/09/26/extended-fortnite-cross-play-beta-launches-on-ps4-starting-today/

Music Used:

The Walking Dead Game - Main Theme

PlayStation Startup

Minecraft - Haggstrom

Fortnite - Battle Royale Menu Music

The viewport team is back from PAX West! And Distant Worlds! And a bunch of other things that we did that was not the podcast! We're back to talk about the news, but to be honest, there wasn't too much to talk about? But that's not a reason to not bring you the best from the video gaming world. 

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Here are the news we talked about this episode:

Nintendo Direct https://kotaku.com/animal-crossing-switch-and-everything-else-from-todays-1829043157

Final Fantasy7, 9, 10/10-2, 12, crystal chronicles, chocobo dungeon, etc. announced for switch http://www.siliconera.com/2018/09/13/final-fantasy-vii-final-fantasy-ix-final-fantasy-xx-2-hd-remasters-coming-to-switch-in-2019/

PUBG On Steam Falls Below A Million Players For First Time In A Year https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-09-11-pubg-dips-below-million-daily-pc-players-for-first-time-in-a-year

Lootboxes as gambling https://www.cnet.com/news/international-coalition-calls-on-video-game-industry-to-crack-down-on-loot-boxes/

Belgian govt opens criminal investigation into EA https://hexus.net/gaming/news/industry/122051-belgian-govt-opens-criminal-investigation-ea/

THQ Nordic acquires Kingdoms of Amalur https://www.polygon.com/2018/9/6/17826806/thq-nordic-kingdoms-of-amalur-38-studios

Fallout 76 will outlast us all https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fallout-76-wants-to-last-until-the-end-of-time/1100-6461775/

Hey everyone! The team was at PAX West this past weekend, so we don't have a new episode of Viewport Relay this week.

We do, however, have THREE HOURS of impressions content that we streamed live over the weekend. You can find these videos here:

Day 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYmaDOd46UU

Day 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOtjH5uVInA

Day 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8ldmd5AxiY

We'll be back in two weeks with a brand new episode!

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