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This week the Charged Shot Crew talk about all the big announcements of the week. Microsoft buys ZeniMax (parent holder of Bethesda), Amazon announces they are in the game streaming business, including Tokyo Game Show announcements made.
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This week Justin and Ben continue recapping the history of MCU movies, this time from Civil War up to the present with Thor: Ragnarok (we already did a full review of Black Panther, no need for that again) and give their rankings of ALL 18 movies so far to lead into Infinity War VERY SOON.
Hosts: Justin - @Zero_Score Ben - @Marvelousiggy
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Ben and Thomas are back at it again with another watch-along with one of the most charming and wholesome stories told: The Princess Bride.
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Ben – @Marvelousiggy
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What else is there to say? Nazis are assholes.
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Lo – @N3r0theH3r0
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The crew is back together for a limited time. What do they decide to talk about? Well, puns and Rabbids of course.
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Lo – @N3r0theH3r0
Justin - @Zero_Score
Ben - @MarvelousIggy
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Epic Games Fortnite Cheater Lawsuit Settled
Wii Games on Nvidia Shield in China
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Desert Map
Pokemon Go Adds New Pokemon Again
Dying Light Adds New Expansion
Thomas and Ben don their superhero outfits and get ready to take on the Justice League in their spoiler-filled review.
Thomas, Ben, and Lo bring on Jacob McCourt from LeftBehindGame.Club to talk wrestling and how old media still view streaming as something that is easy to accomplish.
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ESRB Requires Ratings on Physical Indie Releases
The new rule itself requires games to obtain an ESRB rating before being published on Sony platforms. Previously, only games seeking a retail release had to receive an ESRB rating.
While digital games can be rated for free through the board's short form process, any title seeking a physical launch is now required to go through the long form rating process before being cleared for release. That means devs are required to pay a fee and submit details about the content of the game both through an online questionnaire and a physical DVD capturing "all pertinent content" for ESRB review
Special Reserve Games has cancelled a planned physical release of Ruiner because it “tipped production costs”
The new mandate introduces a valued tier for under $1 million production budget for being rated digitally but physical copies will require $3000
SAG-AFTRA Voice Actors Strike Over
90% of those striking voted to accept the tentative agreement.
EA Acquires Respawn For $455 Million
Total is made from $151 million cash, $164 restricted long term stock, and possible bonus of $140 million
Patrick Soderlund EA executive vice president said that they have a good relationship and the acquisition will help with publishing. For example last year, TitanFall 2 and Battlefield 1 came out too close together. October 21st compared to 28th.
Sony Offers Real Currency For Playstation Trophies
Sony Rewards systems will let you cash in your trophies for money. This policy is US only for now.
100 Silver trophies – 100 points25 Gold trophies – 250 points10 Platinum trophies – 1,000 points
1,000 points breaks down to $10
TellTale Games Lays Off 25% of Staff
The reduction affects 90 employees
This week the crew invite on some of their closest friends to celebrate Justin's marriage. Also, an old regular makes a surprise appearance.
This week Thomas creates a new term called lootbait, Justin is getting ready for life, Ben gushes over waifu warriors and Lo keeps playing Fortnite. Also, Nightmare Before Christmas is a Christmas movie.
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UK Government Investigating Lootboxes
Thanks to a law in the UK the government is in need to respond to a petition on petition.parliament.uk/ that has over 10K signatures.
Activision Files Patent for Microtransaction-Minded Matchmaking
Described as "a system and method [...] that drives microtransactions in multiplayer video games," the patent outlines a system in which players are matched together in such a way that it encourages the purchase of in-game content
For example, this encourages matching good players or players with more weapons unlocked, with bad players to encourage bad players to spend extra to unlock certain items ahead of intention.
Activision has reached out to IGN saying that they have filed this as an exploratory patent and has not been implemented in-game.
David Ballard Sexually Harassed Filed Complaint Then Fired After
David Ballard wrote out on Twitter participating in the #MeToo movement sharing his experience with sexual harassment.
“In late 2015, I was sexually harassed at Naughty Dog by a lead,” Ballard wrote. “My work environment became extremely toxic afterward. In February 2016 I had a mental breakdown at work & Sony Playstation HR became involved. When I told them about the harassment they ended the call and fired me the next day. They cited the company was moving in a different direction and my job was no longer needed. They tried to silence me by offering $20,000 if I signed a letter agreeing to the termination as well as to not discuss it with anyone. I declined to sign. I have been unemployed for 17 months since.”
Naughty Dog and Sony sent out a joint statement wrote out a statement saying that harassment have no place within their company and do not have a record of the complaint.
Latest update allows Switch users to transfer saved games and user account data from one Switch to another.
Can capture 30-seconds on Zelda Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, ARMS, Splatoon 2.
Pokemon Go Gen 3 Pokemon and Halloween Event
Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson are rumoured to be among the top choices.
It's lootbox apocalypse and everyone is invited!
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Fortnite BR mode passes 10 Million Players
Epic Games Sues Alleged Fornite Cheaters
Epic Games has made 2 individual civil complaints. They are being accused of been accused of copyright infringement, contributory copyright infringement, breach of contract, and intentional interference with contractual relations. Epic Game’s complaint reads as follow: “The software that Defendant uses to cheat infringes Epic’s copyrights in the game and breaches the terms of the agreements to which Defendant agreed in order to have access to the game.”
EA Addresses Battlefront Loot Crates
Unlocking loot crates will yield Star Cards, Outfits, Emotes and Victory Poses. Star Cards are are items you can equip for a buff. EA is saying that the most powerful items won’t be in the crates and unlocked via achievements. Most of the cards and weapons will be accesses by playing and ranking up.
ESRB Does Not Consider Loot Boxes Gambling
Dungeonland Chroma Squad Launch Kickstarter for RPG Relic Hunters Legend
NISA Apologizes for Ys 8 Translation Promises to Apply Fixes in November
Ys 8 has been getting criticized for it’s awkward translations done by NISA for the first time. The usual translation team for the Ys games, XSEED was not hired on for Ys 8 translation. The Japanese press has been picking up stories on the “strange quality” of the localization. NIS America president Takura Yamashita has written an apology and assured that changes are coming soon. There will be a new translation with a new editor and patched in late November.
In a tweet SWERY reflects on the Fig campaign and shares more details on the crowdfunded project. He says he regretted not informing people on not sharing that the game will be developed by Yukio Futatsugi’s company (creator of Panzer Dragoon) and the art director for Rez Noboru Horita is on board too. SWERY says he will launch a Kickstarter for this and hopefully start it later this year.
Shovel Knight and Battletoads Team Up
The trio has been in the Xbox version for the last two years but now they are on PC.
Ninja Theory Donates Proceeds From Hellblade to Mental Health Charity Rethink
On October 10th Ninja Theory donated all proceeds from purchases of Hellblade to Rethink on World Mental Health Day.
WWE 2K18 Features KFC’s Colonel Sanders as a Playable Character
New Mario Trailer Has Him Possessing Real People
In this new trailer, we see Mario possess real people and animals mixing CGI Mario with real-life actors/broadway dancers.
This week Ben gushes over Marvel vs Capcom Infinite, Thomas keeps playing Ys 8, Nero keeps playing Fortnite and Justin hangs out with his switch out.
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More Characters Coming to MvCI
Monster Hunter, Winter Soldier, Black Widow, and Venom later this year.
MvCI collector’s edition included infinity stones but they look more like infinity eggs to me
Raiden is joining Infamous 2
Solarus is a 2D Zelda game engine built on C++
Servers will still remain but after the fall update, there will be no more Battleplans and no more planned content.
Battlegrounds surpasses DOTA2’s all time concurrent record
All time peak concurrent players: 1,462,708
Project X PUBG Clone Features 400-Player PVP Matches
This game will also feature dynamic weather, roaming wildlife social hubs, and “player-driven story”. This game is coming from UK developer Automaton.
Fortnite Releases BR mode f2p first on September 26th 2017
Bluehole VP Chang Han Kim Concerned About Fortnite’s Battle Royale Mode
Epic Games has included a Battle Royale mode in their new game that shamelessly copies the mode from PUBG. In addition, they also include PUBG by name in their promotional materials and press releases.
PUBG uses the UE4 engine so they’ve had an ongoing relationship in some capacity before this.
Fortnite Bridges Gap Between PS4 and Xbox One
Xbox and PS4 players got to play together briefly. Epic Games has said there was a configuration issue and now it has been fixed. They have said they are in favour for it along with Microsoft while Sony has not been in support of cross play with other titles.
Switch Getting New Picross Game
New Picross game from Jupiter who made a load of them ever since Game Boy. The new game is called Picross S boasting 300 puzzles and be priced $8 released on September 28th. The game will include a local co-op play.
Valve is hoping that the new review graph will help show potential purchasers the reviews in correspondence to the time the reviews were posted. For instance, if a game is getting positive reviews early on then suddenly shows a bunch of negative reviews it theoretically shows when a review bomb occurs. You can read reviews that take place during the timeline you explore. Valve’s Alden Kroll said they thought about taking a more hands on approach but decided against it. Gamasutra asked Valve if they plan on working further on combating review bombing and Vavle wrote back and the gist is no.
TGS News
New game from Square Enix. The game is being made from the Armored Core director Toshifumi Nabeshima and features character designs by Metal Gear character designer Yoki Shinkawa. Also including talent from Final Fantasy and Xenoblade Chronicles X. This game is teased for 2018 released on PS4.
Monster Hunter World Release Date January 26th 2018
Zone of Enders: 2nd Runner Remastered with VR support
Neko Atsume Cat Collecting Sim Comes to PSVR
The Switch Holds a Secret Tribute to Iwata
This isn’t entirely confirmed yet but the Switch supposedly has the code to the NES game Golf built-in to each console. In order to gain access to the NES emulator and game Golf a person will need to switch the time on their console to July 11th without ever connecting to the internet and make the gesture Iawta made in the Nintendo Directs.
The way they found out that Golf was built-into the Switch was that someone claimed they played it, someone else found the word flog in the Switch code, and the modder yellows8 found the emulator and game through memory access.
This week the crew gathers around to talk about the latest Nintendo Direct and get excited about the potential of Doom Guy in Smash Brothers fighting Samus.
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Okami HD Dated For PS4, Xbox One and PC
This will have 4K visuals and you can switch between the original 4:3 aspect ratio or widescreen. The original interactive loading screen and bonuses with them will be in the game.The game will release for $19.99
Minecraft wasn’t on a platform yet so they put Minecraft on it now. This version won’t have the Better Together Update.
NES Classic Returns SNES Classic Increases Stock
The NES classic will return to stores in Summer 2018. “subsequent shipments arriving in stores regularly." Regie Fils Aime came out and to not overpay for a SNES classic on auction sites.
Grow Home Grow Up Team Announced New FPS: Atomega
In this game you play as a cube and can get bigger by collecting smaller cubes. Getting biggers gets you a bigger form. It shows you can fire lasers as a giant robot. This game involves the concept of knack. Individual parts make you bigger. It’s an online only game where players take part in 10-minute fights up to 8 players. This game is coming out on September 19th for Steam.
Journey Devs New Game Sky is Apple Exclusive
Not much is known about the game. The game is described as a romantic social game. The game will launch on Apple TV, iPhone, iPad and come to other devices in 2018.
Nintendo Switch Online App Update
The Nintendo Switch Online App will now enable you to keep talking with friends even after the phone screen is turned off.
Arcade Archives Coming to Switch
Mario Bros, VS. Super Mario Bros., VS. Balloon Fight, VS. Ice Climber, VS. Pinball and VS. Clu Clu Land
Mario Bros coming September 27th.
Octopath Traveler is a new game from Square Enix. A demo is released so you can try it out. It’s artstyle is 2D sprites/3D world.
Doom and Wolfenstein 2 Announced For Switch
Doom and Wolfenstein 2 will be coming to the Switch. The Doom version coming to Switch will omit the Snapmap function for the game. The multiplayer aspect of the game will be missing from the physical cartridge but can be downloaded to the SD card. Wolfenstein 2 will be released on the Switch in 2018 after the Xbox One, PS4 and PC release. Skyrim is also coming to the Switch on November 17th 2017
This week on the gamescast Thomas and Lo talk about how difficult it is to get into a match of Motor Wars and how much of a mess GTA Online is. Justin is now a Rabbid and Ben is slowly losing his mind wondering if unfeeling beings have consciousness. Oh yeah, we also talk about nude mods.
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FTC Demands Clear Disclosure After CSGO Lotto Betting Scandal
FTC has settled their case against Trevor “Tmartn” Martin and Thomas “Syndicate” Cassell. In 2015, these two deceived their audience with their relationship with a CS:GO gambling website. The FTC now requires them to “conspicuously disclose any material connections with an endorser or between an endorser and any promoted product or service.”
“Consumers need to know when social media influencers are being paid or have any other material connection to the brands endorsed in their posts,” said FTC Acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen. “This action, the FTC’s first against individual influencers, should send a message that such connections must be clearly disclosed so consumers can make informed purchasing decisions.”
Malaysia Blocked Steam Due to 2D Brawler Fight of Gods
Malaysia is blocking the Steam Store due to a game calling Fight of Gods being released. This game lets you play as numerous deities such as Buddha, Odin, Zeus, Anubis and Jesus.
South Park Fractured But Whole Difficulty Slider
Choosing a higher difficulty in South Park forces you to play as a black character while easy makes you play as a white person.
L.A Noire is coming to the Xbox One, PS4, Switch and HTC Vive
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New game in the Black Mirror franchise was announced at Gamescom. The series was initially released in 2003 and has no relation to the TV show. It was a horror adventure game. The most notable change is that the game will have “interaction with vision-like apparitions”. And everyone knows, apparitions means ghosts.
Nintendo Miiverse Shutting Down in November
Miiverse is coming to an end on November 7th at 10pm Pacific. Nintendo has said that users will be able to save your online posts and screenshots and download them to a PC. You will need to go to a specific link through the internet browser and click on “Post History Download Option” You will also need a linked Nintendo account as well.
Releasing on October 20th.
NES Classic Style - Atari 2600
This is an Atari handheld with 50 built-in Atari 2600 games. This device has an AV output to connect to TVs.
Street Fighter 2 Re-releasing on SNES via Cartridge
This cartridge is being produced in conjunction with iam8bit. This will be a $100 collector’s item released in November. The cart will be released in either red or a glow in the dark green. They will be limiting the orders to 5,500. Iam8bit says that this be the first release in their “Legacy Cartridge Collection. Iam8bit has placed a warning that playing the game may cause the SNES console to overheat or catch fire. This is due to the fact that SNES consoles are fairly aged and are uncertain .
Sonic Forces get multiple costumes for pre-order. Nights, Super Monkey Ball, Puyo Puyo, Jet Set Radio, Persona 5 and a skin for your controller.Release date is November 7th Bonus edition is $40.
SEGA Removes Online Requirement for Sonic Mania.
Sonic Mania was using Denuvo as an anti-piracy method. Denuvo was also requiring people to have their Steam Client to be online in order to play the game. SEGA has made the change after public outcry and when their reviews took a hit on the Steam Store.
Yakuza: Kiwami 2, First of the North Star and Yakuza Online
Yakuza: Kiwami 2 has been announced for Japan and is releasing on December 7th using Yakuza 6’s engine. Yakuza: Kiwami 2 is the remake of Yakuza 2. Yakuza: Online has also been announced for Japan. Yakuza: Online will be free-to-play and take place after Yakuza 6. This will be the first entry in the “New Yakuza Series”. The game will also have a new character as the protagonist. Finally, a new Fist of the North Star will be coming from the Yakuza dev team and released in Japan 2018. The game will have a new story, feature Yakuza-like play spots and have Fist of the North Star protagonist Kenshiro.
Atlas held a program to recruit talent to a new development team called Studio Zero. During the program there were hints as to Catherine 2 might be in the works. This hint was that Trisha, the host from Catherine (in the same vein as the host in The Warriors), appeared on a livestream and asked about when she will be back and shared excitement about the next job.
New game from Starbreeze Studios, RAID: World War 2, has offered a closed beta to Payday 2 owners. The beta will run until September 17th and will launch on PC September 26, October 10th for PlayStation 4, and October 13th for Xbox One. This game is a 4 player co-op shooter set in World War 2. The trailer shows four players essentially robbing a Nazi mansion and blowing it up.
Killing Floor: Incursion Update
Killing Floor: Incursion is a VR mode of Killing Floor and it seems that game is getting an update to be more like Killing Floor. The new game mode is Holdout and here you will fight a wave of enemies until you succumb to the numbers.
Windows 10 Mixed Reality Headsets
Steam content will run on the Windows 10 Mixed Reality Headsets. These headsets will also focus on Windows Store content such as Hulu, Sony and others. Microsoft is also working with 343 Industries to bring Halo to their headset. They are aiming for 90 fps for higher end PCs and 60 for non-ultra setups. Window’s Mixed Reality Headsets will come bundled with controllers for $399.
GTA Online Smuggler’s Run Now Available
Along with a slew of new aircrafts, cars, clothes, and hideouts, players can play a new game mode called Motor Wars. Motor Wars is a game where up to 4 teams can parachute into a deadly periodically shrinking kill box strew with a lethal assortment of guns, explosvies, and weaponized vehicles. Work together, find a vehicle, and fight opposing teams and the shrinking map to survive and win.
PUBG Has Toppled DOTA 2 as Most Concurrent Players Currently
PUBG has toppled DOTA 2 as the most played game concurrently with over 880,000 players and DOTA being just a little bit under that. DOTA 2’s all time peak has been above 1.2 million. PUBG has also sold over 8 million copies of the game. To give perspective CS:GO is usually btween 500k - 700k and the next highest game is GTA 5 averaging 65k - 130k.
Dead Rising 4 Coming to Playstation 4
Dead Rising 4 is coming to Playstation 4 on December 5th. The game will be called Dead Rising 4: Frank’s Big Package. In this package is going to be the Stocking Stuffer Holiday Pack, Frank Rising and Super Ultra Dead Rising 4 Mini Golf.
This week we explore clicking Justin's buttons while appearing dumb founded over Atari's recent dealings. With news being slim this week we also go on random side tangents talking about Tim Burton and what was his best last movie. Also Ben cries recounting his days with Sonic Mania.
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Blizzard Renames Blizzard App to Battle.Net
Swery Makes a New Game Called The Good Life
Set in a fictional English town called Rainy Woods. The residents of the town turn into cats at night. This game will be an RPG featuring Naomi a New York photographer with a massive debt trying to uncover the town’s secret while she also transforms into a cat at night. Swery says “It's a mystery game based on the framework of a 'daily life RPG.” The Good Life will be coming from White Owls a new studio formed by Swery. This game will be available for crowdfunding on Fig September 2nd.
Deep Silver to Publish Shenmue 3
Deep Silver will handle the process of distribution of both physical and digital copies of the game world wide.
Destiny Silver Appeared For Purchase On Steam Marketplace
Any purchases made have been refunded. Supposedly this was silver for the first Destiny game.
PUBG Drops Weekly Monthly Update For More Stable Updates
They hope to have longer QA test periods without the monthly and weekly update schedule.
We Happy Few Gets Release Date
We Happy Few will be releasing on April 13th 2017 for Xbox One, PC, and Playstation 4. Gearbox will be helping with the publishing side for this game.
Crackdown 3 is delayed to Spring 2018. It was supposed to launch alongside the Xbox One X to help sell the hardware. They brought in David Jones one of the creators of the original Crackdown on the Xbox 360.
Amazon Canada Drops Pre-Order Bonus to 10%
Amazon US stops offering 20% after release discount. Only available for pre-orders now,.
Will be releasing on August 29th for $19.99. The remaster edition will have a new campaign titled Eye of Obsidian, HDR visuals, and a new Corebot called T8-NK.
Atari is claiming that Nestle used Breakout’s screen and replaced it with KitKat bars. Atari is seeking for 3 times the amount that Nestle made with the ad campaign. Nestle replied that they will be defending the charges.
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Show Notes
Microsoft to Redesign Xbox Achievement System
In an interview with Windows Central Xbox Vice President Mike Ybarra said that they want to do a lot more to reflect and let people show their gaming history. This goes more in the direction of rewarding players who may not play a lot of games but play a few games a lot. They want people to show off their gaming history.
Shadow of War Microtransactions
Players can purchase loot chests, war chests, xp boosts and bundles. Loot chests contain weapons armour, and xp boosts. War Chests provide Orc followers and training orders that help level up and customize Orcs. Unlock just XP boosts and bundles that includes all of the above items together. You can purchase loot boxes by gaining in game currency called Mirian or through Gold which can either be earned or bought. Everything acquired by chests can be earned in game.
Call of Duty WW2 Rewards You For Watching People Open Lootboxes
In September issue of Game Informer there was a story about Headquarters which is a social space for people to hangout in. From here you can group up check daily/weekly quests, test fire guns, participate and watch 1v1 matches. You can also watch people open lootboxes and get a reward for it. Activision has not stated what the rewards may be yet.
LawBreakers on Playstation ran into frame rate and stutter issues.Boss Key has put out a patch to help fix the issues.
LawBreakers Isn’t Breaking Records
LawBreakers has recently launched and the numbers on PC appear to be rather low. Playerbase is down 60% since launch and Concurrent Players data has dipped at one point below 1K players. The number I’ve seen has been just above 800 players. Cliff Bleszinski says he isn’t worried and is taking this game in a long tail approach. He is hoping to build up the player base while they continue working on it.
No Man’s Sky Atlus Rises Update
Massive game updates probably too much for us to cover on the show. The things I’m mostly interested in is the addition of story content, new worlds types and biomes, crashed freighters, updated UI, visual improvements (things used to look more smudgy before), portals (let you revisit old planets and bases as well as visit new worlds. You can share glyph combinations to travel to a specific place), improvements to space combat, low flight, addition of multiplayer (16 players can see and communicate with each other with voice), can summon your ship anywhere, and improved inventory management.
Horizon: Zero Dawn DLC Frozen Wilds Releases November 7th
Will be a $20 story DLC unlocking a new area to the north of the current map.
Some of the shumps look great.
Creators of Spelunky Downwell
There is a prehistoric tower defense
Some familiar looking games:
Ice Climbers
Pocky and Rocky
Streets of Rage
Grand Theft Auto 1
Pong
Geralt of Rivia’s Pro Witcher 3 Mod looks like Geralt is skateboarding without a skate board. I want them to include a skate board in the mod and have sick kickflips happen.
Valve has 27 million new paying members of Steam added since January 2016. Roughly 1.5 million added per month. 33 million daily active players and 57 million monthly active players. Report made in January by Forbes stating that Gabe Newell has a net worth of $4.1 billion making him richer than Oprah.
Metroid Samus Returns Themed 3DS
Metroid 2 Fan Remake Creator Milton Guasti Now Working on New Ori Game
Skull and Bones Going Shared Narrative
Skull and Bone will have a shared narrative that will take place in the multiplayer. The narrative will evolve through months and years.
Super Meat Boy Coming to Switch
Possible physical copy coming
Gamevice Suing Nintendo Over Switch Design
Asking Nintendo to stop selling the Switch and pay them in damages.
This week Justin and Ben discuss the reasons anti-heroes aren't as prevalent in media as they used to be, and the struggles of staying healthy in this fast-paced, fast food filled world. They also discuss a smattering of obligatory nerdy news topics, and get a brief appearance from a surprise guest!
Hosts: Justin - @Zero_Score Ben - @MarvelousIggy
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This week we learn a lot about ourselves. We learn that eating an entire bag of spicy chips can lead to stomach problems. We also learn that Ben and Thomas have a special connection.
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House party is back on steam but now with censor bars. They will have an update later that will remove them
Sounds like Eek Games and Steam had to bargain! .
Firebrand and Dormammu Confirmed
Firebrand and Dormammu return to Marvel vs Capcom Infinite
Resident Revelations 1 and 2 Coming to Switch
No word on if it will release in USA.
Persona 5 Dancing Star Night Persona 3 Dancing Moon Night Announced
Persona dancing games coming to the Playstation 4 and Vita next spring in Japan. No mention of release outside of Japan. These will be separate games. Looks like Persona 3 has new assets and are uprezzed models. Could it mean Persona 3 remake?
Bioware Montreal Merged into EA Motive
BioWare Montreal was reduced to a support studio back in May. The studio was moved into Motive’s offices. In a statement to Techraptor from EA they said that they are merging BioWare Montreal with Motive Studios. Motive is working on the new Jade Raymond game. Jade is working on Battlefront 2 plus the untitled Star Wars game with Visceral. Jade is known for being a producer on Assassin’s Creed.
Stardew Valley Multiplayer On Track For 2018
Players can build up to three cabins on their farm. Players can help mine, farm and fish. They won’t be able to schedule festivals or end the day by sleeping. No plan for offline coop. Says they are toying with the idea of player to player marriage. Planning PC Beta for multiplayer for the end of the year and officially releasing in 2018. It will still be first to console for the Switch.
SNES Classic Edition Pre-Order Will Be Live in August
Nintendo has said they will have pre-orders available late August. No word on the retailers that will offer pre-orders.
GameStop is Giving Away 100 NES Classic Editions
This giveaway is available for Power Up members. The giveaway is happening for the month of August.
Kickstarted Game Unsung Story Developer Passes Rights To New Company
After three years, and $660,126, Playdek has passed the rights onto Little Orbit. Little Orbit has been known for Barbie, Adventure Time, and Kung Fu Panda games on consoles and DS. Unsung Story was on target to become a spiritual successor to Final Fantasy Tactics from Yasumi Matsuno. Little Orbit has also taken over the Kickstarter page. Matsuno’s involvement is unclear other than he has made a game and story design. Little Orbit will be starting from scratch and is focusing on the original single player game. Little Orbit is honoring the Kickstarter backer rewards with no extra cost. Meaning that the cost will be coming from Little Orbit themselves.
Justin and Ben show off the early form of an upcoming 3D adventure collect-a-thon game coming to PC and consoles this fall. It was a long-gestating Kickstarter project and finally has an official release, so for anyone not sure where this game came from, Charged Shot is here to fill you in!
After the heights of last week, the crew gets back together with a man down. This week they have to fight through a sea of millennial babies, and Final Fantasy comrades. Want the show on RSS? Click hereBecome a Patron!
#jannnk game got delisted on steam for being “too pornographic”. The game is meant to be satirical which you can find the tone being consistent along their dev blogs and Patreon page. Considered a “throwback” to games like Leisure Suit Larry. Steam has been inconsistent by letting hentai/erotic visual novels dominate the market place.
Final Fantasy XV Multiplayer Mode Revealed
New mode is called Comrades. Holding beta testing from August 3rd to 8th. You will be able to create your own customer character and join three others. Your characters can be customized with different clothing options. Different weapons include katanas, crossbows, shuriken, shields and all new moves.
Final Fantasy XV Regalia Comes To Forza Horizon 3 August 1st
If you played Final Fantasy 15 on Xbox you can download the Regalia for free for Forza Horizon 3. The thing you’ve always wanted to do in Final Fantasy 15 you can now do in Forza Horizon 3.
Need For Speed Payback Customization Trailer
No Switch version announced. Executive Producer said they would be interested in making a version but just not something they are looking at doing now. In this trailer they straight up had Dom’s charger do the iconic wheelie.
THQ NORDIC to Announce Two New Games At Gamescom
THQ Nordic is going to show off 8 games games 2 have yet to be announced. They are showing off ELEX, RPG Battle Chaser: Nightwar, SpellForce 3, Aquanox: Deep Descent, Wreckfest, The Guild 3. Darksiders 3 won’t be there. The other two games are described as a kung-fu-inspired post-apocalyptic RPG. The other is a new instalment of a "well-known, mysterious and horrific" series.
Xbox Games With Gold Titles for August
Slime Rancher XBO
Trials Fusion XBO
Bayoneta X360BC
Red Faction: Armageddon X360BC
Runbow XBO
Playstation Plus Games For August
Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry PS4
Downwell PS4/VITA
Just Cause 3 PS4
Snakeball PS3
Super Motherload PS3
Level 22 VITA
Sims 4 Confirmed For Xbox One and PS4
Announcement follows recent rumours that it was being released for Xbox One. “fans can look forward to periodic game updates and extra content releases” probably just paid DLC and expansion/content packs.
Destiny 2 Open World Activities
Public Events
Defending the object
Mighty #9 Backers Get Their Physical Rewards
Backers of Mighty No 9 boxed rewards received a build-your-own-box that they had to construct. They also received a manual that does not fit the box. The box is only for show to put on a mantel.
Wal-Mart Cancels SNES Classic Pre-Orders
Walmart cancels pre-orders claiming it was due to a technical glitch. Pre-orders were mistakenly made available.
http://squallsnake.com/news-metroid-samus-returns-amiibo-functionality-details-here/
Pokemon Go Fans Are Suing Niantic
Pokemon Go Fest was held by the developer Niantic in late July. The goal was to have people capture Pokemon together until they captured enough Pokemon to release a legendary Pokemon. 20,000 people attended the event and were reimbursed ticket costs and gave $100 in virtual currency for the game. The event was held in Chicago but some people flew out of town to attend. Between 30-50 people are joined together in a class-action lawsuit. They are looking to have only travel costs paid out to the clients who came from out of town.
Player Unknown Battlegrounds Update Pushed To August 3rd
New update will include first person servers, FOV slider for first-person and a new rifle. They will be adding three new crates August 3rd. All three crates will include Battle Royal inspired costumes. These crates are called Wanderer, Survivor and Gamescom Invitational Crate. The Gamescom Invitation Crate will be testing a key and crate system similar to CS:GO. Each key will be worth $2.50 and all proceeds will be going to the Gamescom event paying for support costs and add to the prize pool and support a selection of charities. The current prize pool is $350,000. The Gamescom Invitational Crate will only be available while the tournament is happening and will end on August 27th.
