Episode 21 – Steam Winter Sale, Nintendo vs. Soulja Boy

recorded on 2019-01-04

Headliners

Steam Winter sale is over, had the idea to list off our best deals but it was too late…but we’ll have you covered next time!
Next big sale will be Summer (tentatively June-July)
Legal action by Nintendo against Soulja Boy
(who would have guessed?…Literally everyone but Soulja Boy apparently)
Chinese knock-off emulator consoles with Soulja’s brand playing old Nintendo game
Nintendo has zero tolerance for this, if you threaten or steal their IP, you’re fucked
A couple in Arizona sued earlier this year (march 2018) for over $12MILLION for running an emulator website
running ads and asking for donations is what really fucked them
All “Soulja” game consoles pulled from stores and his website

Little Bits

President of FromSoftware, Hidetaka Miyazaki, confirm TWO new titles they are working on. Only detail is they will be “FromSoftware-esque” games (interview with 4Games)
Raid team in Destiny recognized by the Guiness Book of World Records (NEED MORE DETAILS)
Assassin’s Creed crossover with Monster Hunter World
Koei Tecmo excited to show off Nioh 2 (more info to come soon!)
Jack Black’s channel is BOOMING with just 2 videos!?
Fallout 76 update to include “Player Vending” and more Vaults (step in the right direction)
Smash Ultimate reigns supreme as Amazon’s best selling game for 2018
Activision-Blizzard wants you to link your account to Twitch to view certain eSports competitions
This most likely so that toxic chat members can be silenced
Speculation is wary that Activision-Blizzard will mess with games on Blizzard accounts
Ubisoft moving away from “finite experiences” in games in favor of games-as-a-serivce (GamesRadar+)
JD’s prediction: more grindy, hollow experiences that are “more fun with friends”
Eric’s prediction: games will be more unfinished than before relying on updates
Slightly Mad studios is entering the console market with “The Mad Box” console
This is to compete with the big 3 and have specs similar to a very fast PC in 2 years
Going to be priced competitively, already in talks with investors as well as AMD, Nvidia
Promises VR at 60fps and will perform better than the next gen consoles
Ex-Blizzard devs for studio, Second Dinner, and are working on new Marvel game (IGN)
Nintendo Switch Online store sale is still live so go get some games
Noteworthy- Mario Kart 8, Splatoon 2, Valkyria Chronicles 4, Starlink Battle for Atlas
Bethesda’s parent company files for a trademark for a game called “Deathloop” (WWG)
REMINDER: Xbox January Games with Gold= Celeste and W2C6…….GET CELESTE!
REMINDER: PS4 PS Plus January games= Steep and Portal Knights……TRASH

Rumor Mill

Witcher 3 for Nintendo Switch (WWG)
Next gen Xbox and PS5 specs leaked (WWG)
We could be seeing a new Bioshock title in 2020 according to analysist (WWG)
Xbox One controller could get an upgrade or patents could be for new controller (GameSpot)
Respawn Entertainment could be releasing two new titles this year: Titanfall 3 and Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order according to analysist (WWG)

Hype Releases of 2019

Some games we are hyped about coming out Spring-Summer 2019:

January:
Ace Combat 7 (1/18/2019)
RE2:Remake (1/25/2019)……….NICE!
KH3 (1/29/2019)…………NICE!
Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes
The Walking Dead: Final Season Ep. 3

February:
God Eater 3 (2/8/2019)
Metro Exodus (2/15/2019)………NICE!
Crackdown 3 (2/15/2019)
Far Cry: New Dawn (2/15/2019)
Jump Force (2/15/2019)………NICE!
Dead or Alive 6 (2/15/2019)
Anthem (2/22/2019)………NICE
Dirt Rally 2.0 (2/26/2019)
Left Alive (2/28/2019

March:
DMC5 (3/8/2019)………NICE!
The Division 2 (3/15/2019)
Sekiro (3/22/2019)………NICE!
April:
Mortal Kombat 11 (4/23/2019)
Days Gone (4/26/2019)
Bus Simulator (4/XX/2019)

April:
Mortal Kombat 11 (4/23/2019)
Days Gone (4/26/2019)
Bus Simulator (4/XX/2019)

May:
Rage 2 (5/14/2019)

June:
Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled (6/21/2019)
RUMOR = Death Stranding (6/XX/2019)

July:
Speculate

August:
Shenmue 3 (8/27/2019

September – December: Speculation

Speculation on 2019 games:

Mid 2019
In the Valley of Gods
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Babylon’s Fall
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Wofenstein: Young Blood

Mid-Late 2019
Control
Animal Crossing
Wasteland 3
Skull and Bones
The Outer Worlds

Holiday 2019
Cyberpunk 2077
Gears 5