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This week’s Memorial Day podcast has very few stories but we managed to pack it full of content including the long awaited Punch-Out Wii review! The news includes:
Mass Effect 2 Information Leaked- Nintendo Releasing All Three Metroid Games on one disc
- Nintendo’s CEO Satoru Iwata Says, No Sense In Complaining About Used Game Sales
We also hit up some listener comments, learn a bit about nanites, checkout some gaming history on Track & Field all while popping out a new weekly question: Will you buy a video game compilation that includes updated old games with new functionality like “Waggle” controls?
Gaming Podcast 150: FPS ClanGaming Podcast 150: FPS Clan
This week’s gaming podcast brings back the old game Lemmings in our flashback while covering the history of DMA Designs. We’re also going to explain to you why we’d never make an FPS clan. This weeks news includes:
- Xbox Live iPhone App
- Microsoft thinking about bringing Natal to TVs
- Santa Claus coming to PlayStation Home
- Puzzle Quest 2 Coming in the Spring
- Valve and Steam don’t mix
- Blizzard: Don’t bother cloning WoW
This week’s question of the week, would you rather have the “Swiss army knife” of gaming hand-held systems that does it all, but features must be turned off to conserve battery life or a more focused hand-held platform that does just what’s needed with no additional bells and whistles?
Episode 588: Microsoft Buys ZeniMaxEpisode 588: Microsoft Buys ZeniMax
So, a day before the Xbox Series X preorder launch (which after the podcast was a complete shitshow), Microsoft drops the mic by announcing they just essentially purchased The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Prey, DOOM, and other major properties. Not much else to talk about, really.
The game news includes:
- Microsoft purchases ZeniMax for $7.5B
- Bethesda’s overhauling its engine for Starfield and The Elder Scrolls 6
- Former Skullgirls developers have launched a new studio called Future Club
- Hades has sold 1m copies
- Blizzard confirms BlizzCon 2021 dates
Let us know what you think.
