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.
Now that Blizzard feels their engine is solid, it’s time to move on to creating content for the full game. Jay Wilson, Diablo 3‘s lead designer, says the game engine is in an advance stage of completion and much of the art team has moved onto Act 2. Don’t read into that, he said game engine.