Foley Recaps The Week's News | 13 ~ 19 Jan 2019
1Lots of industry rules and lawsuits this week :(
But MK11 revealed. So that's good!
0:47 PEGI introduces "in-game purchase" tag for physical purchases https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-01-16-new-pegi-content-descriptor-for-in-game-purchases
1:40 PSN Flash sale https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2019/01/18/playstation-store-sale-starts-today-with-deals-under-twenty-dollars/
2:13 Mortal Kombat 11 revealed https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/18/mortal-kombat-11-event/
4:10 Machinima videos deleted https://www.destructoid.com/all-of-machinima-s-videos-were-removed-without-any-prior-warning-539519.phtml
5:08 Bethesda banning players accessing dev room in Fallout 76 https://www.vg247.com/2019/01/18/fallout-76-secret-dev-room-bans/
5:39 EA cancels Star Wars game, again https://kotaku.com/ea-cancels-open-world-star-wars-game-1831786371
7:19 Westworld to shutter app after Bethesda lawsuit https://www.thesixthaxis.com/2019/01/17/the-westworld-mobile-game-is-shutting-down-after-fallout-shelter-lawsuit-settlement/
8:11 Sony fined $2m for misleading advertising https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2019/01/15/sony-fined-two-million-euros-for-misleading-playstation-customers/
8:46 Pinkertons sue Rockstar for use in RDR2 https://www.vg247.com/2019/01/15/red-dead-redemption-2-pinkerton-suing-take-two/
9:44 Cross-platform play in Rocket League https://blog.eu.playstation.com/2019/01/14/full-cross-platform-play-is-now-live-in-rocket-league-on-ps4/
10:55 Epic Store updates refund policy https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/13/epic-games-store-updates-refund-policy/
11:39 Anthem produced says no loot boxes in the game (lol) https://www.vg247.com/2019/01/14/anthem-no-loot-boxes/
12:56 AGDQ raises $2.3m for cancer charity https://kotaku.com/awesome-games-done-quick-ends-with-2-3-million-raised-1831715023