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After announcing most Zenimax games will be exclusive to PC and Xbox, now the rumors are swirling that Microsoft will buy Discord, the mammoth VOIP that is rivaling Twitch and Facebook for active users.

The news includes:

• Report: Microsoft in talks to buy Discord
• PS3, PSP, and PS Vita stores to reportedly shutdown this year
• Serious Sam 2 surprises fans with substantial new update

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Microsoft confirmed their ownership of Zenimax, and what wasn’t in the episode because it would be revealed in Thursday that Bethesda games and others would be as exclusive as possible to PC and Xbox; contractual agreements would have to be honored, of course.

This week’s news includes:

• Microsoft’s $7.5B acquisition of Bethesda has been given the green light
• Star Dynasties announced
• Phasmophobia’s latest update means ghosts can open doors and follow your voice

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This month seems to be full of conferences, as Nintendo Direct was streamed the previous week, BlizzCon 2021 aired this week, and Sony’s State of Play is due next week. The announcement of Diablo II Remastered was only the highlight of the BlizzCon show.

The news this week includes:

• BlizzCon 2021 announcements
• Xbox will reportedly hold an event related to Bethesda next month
• Skullgirls 2nd Encore’s new fighter Annie out in March
• Stardew Valley: The Board Game sells out in one day
• Watch Dogs: Legion‘s online mode is coming in March
• Minecraft Dungeons ‘Flames of the Nether’ arrives alongside a free endgame update

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This week’s episode covers a wide variety of topics, with no set news list save talking about Nintendo Direct’s oddly uninspiring conference. There’s no news list, so feel free to discuss what you found interesting or frustrating about Nintendo’s stream or anything else mentioned in the podcast.

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A lot of this episode revolves around the 30th anniversary of the classic fighting game in this week’s Gaming Flashback, Street Fighter II. The episode also looks at a lot of the hot news around the industry.

The news includes:

• Microsoft plans to merge ZeniMax into a new Subsidiary called ‘Vault’
• Electronic Arts to decide fate of Anthem
• Terraria creator cancels Stadia port after being locked out of Google account
• MP bill takes aim at PlayStation 5 price scalping

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Gaming Podcast celebrates another major milestone, this time on February 2 — so expect some Groundhog Day jokes. This month has no Gaming Flashback, but there’s a lot of show in this sexcentennial podcast.

• MLB The Show 21 announced for Xbox and PlayStation
• Nintendo not planning to announce a new Switch model “anytime soon”
• Yakuza spinoff Judgment coming to PS5, Xbox Series X in April
• Xbox Series X will be in short supply until at least June
• Mass Effect Legendary Edition now available for pre-order
• EA returns to college football
• Nintendo reportedly updating multiplayer server backend for first time in over a decade

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This episode is chock full of obscure games. Did you ever hear of the MMO Ever, Jane? No? Well, this week’s Gaming Podcast features Roogoo, a game that was delisted from Xbox Live Arcade a year after it was released and is available on Steam for 99 cents.

The news includes:

• Jane Austen’s MMO for socialites shuts down
• Bethesda Indiana Jones game officially announced by Lucasfilm Games
• Fall Guys could be coming to Xbox and Game Pass

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This is the first podcast of 2021! It was also recorded a day before people decided to invade the US Capitol. How weird is that, hearing us blissfully unaware of insurrectionists who thought they could terrorize the US Senate?

Anyway, this week’s news includes:

• Minecraft Earth is closing in June
• Bethesda tweets about Elder Scrolls
• Hitman 3 will launch with trilogy-wide optimizations

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2020 is coming to a close, and the crew talk about the absolute shitshow that Cyberpunk 2077 has been in the past few weeks. The Gaming Flashback this week is Demon’s Souls, which is a game that T.J. loves and hates. They also discuss how the PlayStation 5 is in trouble.

This week’s news items include:

• Cyberpunk 2077 devs reportedly angry with management about unrealistic deadlines
• Report finds PS5 scalpers are ‘threatening long-term health of the console’
• Report: No More Heroes 1 and 2 are coming to PC

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The sound problems continue, while Jonah complains about not being able to live stream Dragon Quest XI; this issue is something that’s frustrated PlayStation, PC and Switch gamers for the past few years, and there doesn’t seem to be a reason why the restrictions are there.

Otherwise, the news of the week includes:

• Mass Effect and Dragon Age leads leave BioWare
• Halo Infinite now planned for a Fall 2021 release
• Square Enix delists original Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age as S version comes out

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