Thanks to the influenza bug ravaging the United States right now, there’s no podcast this week. Check us next week for our pre-E3 podcast, however.
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Episode 544: Kickstarter FraudEpisode 544: Kickstarter Fraud
This podcast deals with the shady dealings of a Kickstarter — no Gaming Flashback this week though.
The news includes:
- An ambitious GTA Online-alike won’t be allowed to finish its Kickstarter campaign
- Tetris Effect headed to PC next week via Epic Games Store
- Joy-Con drift is becoming a real problem on the Switch
Let us know what you think.
Episode 255: The Darkness II ContestEpisode 255: The Darkness II Contest
Dan Quick returns again to cover for Paul Nowak, and this week, the Gaming Podcast is offering free copies of The Darkness II Limited Edition, which comes with the main game and some free DLC. The guys are giving away an Xbox 360 version and a PlayStation 3 version. To win, just listen to the podcast and post what your favorite scary movie is.
The game news this week includes:
- Ex-SCEE senior VP Phil Harrison joins Microsoft’s European team
- DOOM developer John Romero has “plans” for “old school” shooter
- EA defends Mass Effect 3 From Ashes DLC data being on disc
- Notch settles with Bethesda over “Scrolls” trademark
- DICE: 2GB RAM won’t be enough for next gen consoles
- Angry Birds theme park to open in Finland
- GAME puts itself up for sale, GameStop interested
- Diablo III release date announcement “in a few days“, no PvP in launch version
And yes, they know that the announcement was just made today – May 15th release date for Diablo III.
The contest to win either the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 version of The Darkness II will run this and next week, with the winners announced in Episode 257.
Episode 477: Fleeing IrmaEpisode 477: Fleeing Irma
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.