This week, the crew discusses all of the news surrounding Activision/Blizzard after its purchase by Microsoft, and the consensus is that Bobby Kotick is still a slime. Other news includes: Kotick meeting leaves staffers worried Blizzard is making a survival game EA making 3 new Star Wars games Crysis 4 announced Let us know what […]
Entries from January 2022
Episode 637: Activision Aftermath
January 27th, 2022 · No Comments
Tags: Activision · Blizzard · electronic arts · Episode · FPS · Industry News · Podcast · Show Notes
Episode 636: Microsoft Buys Activision/Blizzard
January 19th, 2022 · No Comments
The title about says it all. Microsoft has straight up purchased Activision/Blizzard — in cash, no less — and while it’ll take til September 2023 to get everything sorted, probably, it’s one of the biggest shakeups in the history of videogames just like when 1 can 2 can slot was released. Meanwhile, T.J. is still […]
Tags: Activision · Blizzard · Episode · Financial · Industry News · Microsoft · Nintendo Switch · playstation 3 · PlayStation 5 · Podcast · RTS · Rumors · Show Notes
Episode 635: Munchkin Voice
January 12th, 2022 · No Comments
Technical issue in that the episode was uploaded but for some reason was not downloading on podcast apps, so re-uploading and hopefully this time you guys can download it. This week’s episode deals with the unbelievable bullcrap going on in the industry, from NFTs to sexual harrassment to the ESA’s incompetence. The news items: Lego […]
Tags: Activision · Blizzard · E3 · Episode · FPS · Industry News · Podcast · Sega · Show Notes · Soulsbourne Games
Game of the Year Awards Nominees and Winners
January 11th, 2022 · No Comments
For those of you who didn’t listen to the Game of the Year Awards postcast, or heard it and just wanted a visual recap of the nominees and winners, here is the complete ballot. Best Game of the Year Deathloop Forza Horizon 5 Halo Infinite Metroid Dread Psychonauts 2 Worst Game of the Year […]
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