2016 in Review (Part 1: The Big Topics)
1After a long year, we got time to sit down and talk about the year that actually had a lot of things going on.
First, we cover the big stories we could remember. From CS:GO Lottery to Pokemon GO to Sonic's crazy 25th Anniversary Event, there was a lot of intrigue and insanity through the year.
Timeline:
0:37 - Mid-Generation Upgrades - PS4 Pro and Project Scorpio (and slims)
1:46 VR Products Release - Oculus Rift, HTC VIVE, and PlayStationVR
4:01 Overwatch and the Hero Shooter Genre Rise
5:52 CS: GO Lotto Controversy
7:27 40% of Steam Library Released This Year
8:26 Nintendo's 1st Mobile Efforts - Miitomo, Super Mario Run, and especially POKEMON GO
10:52 Nintendo Min-Maxs E3
12:06 Nintendo Switch Delayed/Revealed
13:30 Hideo Kojima Announces Death Stranding
14:52 Sonic's 25th Anniversary
16:28 Long-developed games release: The Last Guardian, Final Fantasy XV, Owl Boy, and The Witness
18:15 Mighty No. 9's Release / Kickstarter Concerns
20:41 The Hype Cycle of No Man's Sky and its Backlash
23:33 Ubisoft Facing Potential Vivendi Takeover
25:36 The NES Classic
27:13 Toys to Life facing Death (Disney Infinity Ends, Potential End of Skylanders, limited new LEGO Dimensions)
31:52 The Closure of GameTrailers and creation of Easy Allies (and Patreon growth)
For a look at a random assortment of games we played last year, check out our next part: https://youtu.be/dzwvO0BMzro
For a look at our brief thoughts and expectations for 2017, check out the third part: https://youtu.be/TapfjIo3jTA
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