The Random Video Game News (And Strange New Worlds) Episode | Words About Games Podcast #360
It was a slow news week, so Amy & Moody discuss the amazing Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, before talking about a grab bag of gaming new stories.
Time Stamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:09:50 - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is pretty amazing
0:30:45 - This week's episode is weird
0:31:38 - The Last of Us nominated for 24 Emmys
0:40:12 - Capcom is “discussing” remakes of unnumbered Resident Evil titles (like Code Veronica)
0:46:19 - Square Enix is considering remastering more of its back catalogue
0:56:02 - 87% of classic games are unavailable
1:05:54 - Indie Game of the Week - Frogue (https://store.steampowered.com/app/19...)
1:08:54 - Dutch government to ban loot boxes
1:14:05 - Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard moves closer to completion
1:28:52 - Sega of America workers successfully vote to form a union
1:31:25 - Sega says pay-to-earn blockchain games are boring, announces one anyway
1:34:55 - EA reveals new studio Cliffhanger Games, working on a Black Panther title
1:40:05 - A petition for South Korean ratings board to change a game rating led to an investigation that uncovered massive corruption
1:43:20 - ID@Xbox’s Chris Charla believes there’s less need to separate AAA games and indie games
1:52:53 - Peter Molyneux teases his next game, which has an idea that’s “never been seen in a game”
1:54:18 - Apple reportedly scaling down Vision Pro headset production
1:56:39 - What's happening next week? (with streaming & video essay updates)
2:11:28 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head
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