Episode 590: Microsoft and Epic Tag Team

October 14, 2020| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 10:23 pm

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This week has Microsoft backing Epic against Apple, Nintendo telling people they don’t have controller drift and apologizing for controller drift, and some new games.

The news includes:

Level-5 has reportedly halted nearly all operations in North America
Microsoft sides with Epic in its fight with Apple
Nintendo is reducing the price of Switch Joycons in Japan
Torchlight 3 leaves Early Access

Let us know what you think.

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[This episode is unedited, so be prepared for some naughty language.]

This week has some stunning news items, causing an overstuffed, long episode, so big even Jordan’s wife chimes in, and Jonah and Paul argue hotly over the last item. The Gaming Flashback for this episode is Super Star Wars.

This week’s huge news:

EA gets exclusive license to publish Star Wars games, powered by Frostbite 3 engine
Uplay causing problems with Steam version of Heroes VI expansion Shades of Darkness
The Sims 4 officially announced by Electronic Arts
Michael Biehn hints at Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon sequel
Doritos Crash Course 2 coming May 9, still free
Spiritual successor to Eternal Darkness hitting crowdfunding on May 6
Gearbox dismisses Aliens: Colonial Marines lawsuit as “beyond meritless”

Also some listener feedback, plus this week’s Question: “What was your Golden Era of videogaming?”

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A good episode this time, if a little meandering. The episode is slowly reaching its milestone.

The news items for the week include:

Nintendo patents new hardware, doesn’t include a disc drive
VS. Excitebike coming to Nintendo’s Virtual Console
Nintendo increasingly considering movies
2DS dropping to $100
Darkest Dungeon adds option to turn off controversial features

Check us on twitter: Jonah Falcon is @jonahfalcon, Paul Nowak is @stagermonkey, and Scott Dirk is @alphashard.

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This episode was going to focus on the Toyko Game Show, but a massive leak of Grand Theft Auto 6 trumped all conversation.

Meanwhile, TJ’s mic still makes him sound like he’s in the bathroom.