This week is a week late due to various issues, but Hurricane Irma was not one of them, as Scott recorded his part of the podcast from Georgia, while Jonah and T.J. live far away from hurricane zones. In the meantime, T.J. goes from being disappointed with Destiny and being ecstatic with Destiny 2.
This week’s news includes:
- Destiny 2 passes 1 million concurrent users
- Half-Life writer posts possible Half-Life 2: Episode 3 plot
- American McGee is ready to make Alice 3
- Settlers of Catan is coming to virtual reality this year
- Act 1 of Homestuck adventure game Hiveswap coming out this month (from PC Gamer)
- Pewdiepie threatened DMCA takedown following his use of the N-word on stream
- Okami HD spotted for PC, PS4, Xbox One
This week’s Gaming Flashback is the original Assassin’s Creed. Let us know what you think of the game.
If you’re in the New York area, you’ll have a chance to meet CEO Mike Morhaime and executive VP of product development Frank Pearce. They’ll be a New York Best Buy signing copies of the title if you’re lucky to be in the area and plan to go out at midnight to get it. We’re not that lucky, but we’re also not standing in line this year for an event.
Why release a single block buster game with a two week pop when you can simply lower the price of your console and boost sales by 100%? That’s a question Sony may be asking themselves right now, as Metal Gear Solid 4‘s hype may have lasted years but the sales and console unit sale boots lasted a month.