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.
Most folks in the game industry are already writing off E3 as an actual event to be attending. Even Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter is calling it “virtually useless” for both retail and investors. The writing is on the wall and the reasons are obvious.
As a huge fan of Showtime’s Dexter, we’re excited (afraid?) to hear they’re making a game in its image. We actually pay for an Amazon Unbox because we’re too cheap to buy Showtime for all their other shows. A Dexter game could be killer on the PC and iPhone.