recorded on 4/5/2019

Headliners

 Borderlands 3 revealed its release date on Wednesday to be September 13 for PS4, Xbox, PC (Polygon)

• Borderlands 3 will be an Epic Store exclusive on PC until April 2020 which is about 6 months
• Gearbox tease more worlds than Pandora, more guns and enemies, new level sync co-op system
• The game will support split screen gameplay but only for consoles and not PC…...what the hell?
• Characters are Moze the Gunner, Amara The Siren, FL4K the Beastmaster, Zane the Operative
• Multiple editions of this highly anticipated game are available at various prices: 
  • Standard Edition = $60 -> Include base game 
  • Deluxe Edition = $80 -> Cosmetic skins for character and guns, XP and Loot drop boosts 
  • Super Deluxe Edition = $100 - > 4 campaign DLC packs, special weapon skin 
  • Diamond Loot Chest Collector’s Edition = $250 -> Figurines, Models, physical merch 

 Anthem expose by Kotaku shines light on why the game was poised for failure from the start (Kotaku)

• There were many factors as to why Anthem is and continues to be a raging trash fire
   Lack of leadership
• Lack of vision
• Internal studio strife
• High levels of stress
• Low levels of morale
• BioWare team mismanagement 
• Forced to use Frostbite engine
• Senior and veteran devs leaving
• EA poor support and backing
• BioWare responded to this article almost immediately after it was published saying this:
• IF DECIDED, READ STATEMENT ON LAST PAGE

 Little Bits

 
 Sony has updated their purchasing policy in light of the next fiscal year that started Monday (Sony)

• Purchases can be refunded fully up to 14 days after purchase date as long as not downloaded
• Pre-orders can be cancelled and PSN ID name changes are still in the works
   
   

Xbox Live Gold price increasing by 25% for UK gamers due to changing market conditions (bit-tech.net)

• The price will go from 40 to 50 pounds for a year subscription beginning on May 8
• The new price will be charged to existing customers on August 7

 The Razer Turret, wireless keyboard and mouse for Xbox One, will be available soon (IGN)

• For a limited time it is available now at the Microsoft Store
• Sports 30-50 hours of battery life, a fast 2.4GHz signal, Razer Chroma colors, priced at $250
• Games that are compatible with this are listed below with more high profile ones to come
• Sea of Thieves
• Metro Exodus
• Minecraft
• Strange Brigade
• Fortnite
    

The Division 2’s first major update with new content dropped today with a bunch of new stuff (Polygon)

• Tidal Basin comes with a new in-game event, new stronghold, and fourth player specialization
• The release date for the first raid will be April 25, raids consist of 8 player high level missions
• World Tier 5 will also be introduced along with new map and new exotic weapons

 Officially licensed Switch Pro Controller by PDP adds headphone jack bypassing Mobile App (Engadget)

• This is the chat feature and audio SDK (Software Development Kit) developed by Vivox
• There are no release dates but pre-orders begin in May and comes in red and purple camo

 QuakeConn 2019 will be known as the Year of Doom commemorating Doom’s 25th anniversary (Polygon)

• Registration for this event begins on April 11 with the four day event starts on July 25-28

 Todd Howard says Starfield and The Elder Scrolls VI will not be shown off at E3 this year (GamesRadar)

 GameStop reports its biggest financial loss ever losing 673 million in last fiscal year (ScreenRant)

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