Around the Monitor 2/12 - HBO Casts Pedro Pascal as Joel in The Last of Us TV Series
14We're back to bring you the gaming news you need to know! Topics this week include: Pedro Pascal will be playing Joel in the upcoming Last of Us series at HBO, EA might cancel Anthem later this week, and CDPR had their source code hacked and sold for $7 million.
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Show Notes:
00:00 - Intro - How do we like our Orange Juice?
1:44 - How Many Copies Has Terraria Sold?
2:59 - Topics
5:18 - HBO’s The Last of Us adaptation now has its Joel and Ellie: Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-02-11-pedro-pascal-to-play-joel-bella-ramsey-to-play-ellie-in-hbos-the-last-of-us-show
9:10 - Epic shows off a new piece of tech that can make insane character models very fast
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-02-10-epics-new-tool-promises-high-fidelity-human-characters-in-under-an-hour
12:43 - EA is going to decide the fate of Anthem later this week
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-08/electronic-arts-to-decide-fate-of-anthem-game-this-week
17:47 - Mass Effect Legendary Edition will include less butt shots of Miranda
https://www.polygon.com/2021/2/5/22268077/mass-effect-legendary-edition-bioware-miranda-butt-camera
22:08 - Ubisoft says they are considering changing the name of Rainbow Six Quarantine
https://kotaku.com/ubisoft-considering-changing-rainbow-six-quarantines-na-1846242168
25:51 - Riot Games CEO has finally been sued for sexual harassment
https://www.ign.com/articles/former-employee-sues-riot-games-ceo-for-sexual-harassment-discrimination
30:15 - Terraria’s developer got burned by google and will no longer publish on Stadia
https://www.polygon.com/2021/2/8/22272284/terraria-google-stadia-canceled-developer-locked-out
22:49 - CDPR’s Red Engine was hacked and sold online for $7M
https://www.ign.com/articles/stolen-cd-projekt-red-files-reportedly-sold-on-dark-web-auction
41:08 - The Winner is...
42:59 - Closing and Plugs