Steam Games Coming to Consoles? + Nintendo Making a New Donkey Kong? Today's News Tonight (5/12/21)
425Episode 86 of Today's News Tonight is here, and we're joined by Michael Damiani of the Easy Allies to discuss rumors of a new Donkey Kong game being in development, Gabe Newell hinting at the possibility of Steam-only games coming to consoles, Yakuza: Like a Dragon setting new sales records for the franchise worldwide, updated Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart preview impressions, and more!
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Timestamps:
25:05 - Intro
26:17 - Hyping about Lost Judgment with Steve, who was on vacation when it was announced!
32:16 - Yakuza: Like a Dragon has become the most successful game in the franchise worldwide; also, SEGA wants to "globally expand" Atlus titles by releasing them simultaneously worldwide and potentially multiple platforms
46:28 - Scarlet Nexus is getting a demo on Xbox Series X/S on May 21st; PS5 demo coming a week later on May 28th
53:39 - RUMOR: The next Donkey Kong game is currently being developed in-house at Nintendo, and by the Super Mario Odyssey team no less
1:11:07 - New hands-off previews of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart have dropped
1:22:45 - Valve's Gabe Newell says more info is coming "by the end of the year" about the possibility of Steam-only games coming to consoles
1:26:39 - PlayStation's Hermen Hulst says 25 first-party games are in development for PS5, and "nearly half" are new IPs
1:33:19 - Ubisoft say they're pivoting their business strategy to focus on more "high-end free to play games," but adds this does not mean they plan to release fewer premium AAA titles
1:40:47 - Outro and where to find Damiani + Easy Allies
Sources:
https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1392367234408910848
https://twitter.com/scarlet_nexus/status/1392479720063766540?s=20
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/05/rumour_the_next_donkey_kong_is_being_developed_by_the_super_mario_odyssey_team
https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1392480201070845952?s=20
https://twitter.com/ign/status/1392472384003878914?s=21
https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1392515272054083586?s=20
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft-says-its-changing-strategy-to-focus-on-more-high-end-free-to-play-games/
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