So, this episode covers that fact that Nintendo is about to announce their next device, which they did earlier today: the Nintendo NX is now called the Nintendo Switch. The official Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer was also unveiled today too, and the multiplayer aspect is discussed. Jonah advises TJ and Scott to try The Stanley Parable as well.
This week’s news includes:
- Dishonored dev’s The Crossing, put on hold in 2009, gets a new trademark filing
- Red Dead Redemption 2 announced for Xbox One and PS4, but not PC
- Voice actors threaten strike against EA, Activision, and nine other companies
- Grand Theft Auto 5‘s exploding Note 7 mod video yanked from YouTube by Samsung
All this and two Questions of the Week!
If you’re a Netflix subscriber and own an Xbox 360 you’ll be able to watch the entire library of Netflix programming on your console. This deal, recently announced at E3, puts Microsoft in a great way in terms of being the console to buy for multi-media entertainment against its Rival Sony.
This weeks gaming podcast we contemplate the question “how do you buy video games?” Do you use news magazines, online reviews, screenshots, previews or do you have your own method of deciding what games are cool. We also do a bit of a flashback on Q*Bert.