Around the Monitor 2/5 - Google Stadia Fires its Game Developers
17Hello and welcome back to our video game news show! Topics for this week include: Google Stadia is calling it quits on making its own games, we got a closer look into Super Nintendo World, and Capcom officially revealed the height of Lady Dimitriscu.
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Show Notes:
00:00 - Intro
1:54 - Trivia: How many copies has the Mass Effect Franchise Sold?
4:07 - Topics
6:32 - Embracer Group has purchased several game studios this week, including Gearbox
https://twinfinite.net/2021/02/gearbox-software-embracer-merge-in-usd-1-3-billion-deal/
10:48 - someone got on all the Super Nintendo World rides and filmed them for us all
https://kotaku.com/guy-goes-on-super-nintendo-worlds-rides-films-them-1846193274
15:35 - In order to appease fans, Capcom has confirmed Lady Dimitrescu is nine and a half feet
https://twinfinite.net/2021/02/resident-evil-village-lady-dimitrescu-tall/
19:10 - Who could have foreseen this? Google Stadia is shutting down internal studios
https://kotaku.com/google-stadia-shuts-down-internal-studios-changing-bus-1846146761
22:24 - Activision has been sued over the likeness of a character in Call of Duty
https://www.polygon.com/2021/2/3/22264716/activision-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-mara-lawsuit-cade-janus
25:41 - Quantic Dream is opening a new studio in Montreal
https://www.ign.com/articles/quantic-dream-founder-david-cage-discusses-new-montreal-studio-and-unannounced-game
28:45 - It turns out Bowser’s Fury is a new mode in Mario 3D world and it’s an actual open world Mario game
https://www.gamespot.com/videos/7-minutes-of-bowsers-fury-gameplay-super-mario-3d-world/2300-6454568/
32:54 - Is 2021 the year of Sonic? A new Netflix series has been confirmed! https://twinfinite.net/2021/02/sonic-prime-that-rumored-netflix-3d-animated-series-is-officially-confirmed/
36:43 - The winner is...
39:28 - Closing and Plugs
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