There Was A State of Play Last Week | The Words About Gamescast Ep. 218
1Time Stamps
0:00:00 - Start
0:05:53 - State of Play August Impressions
0:26:15 - Aeon Must Die dev Limestone Games faces accusations of "endless crunch" and IP theft
0:35:16 - xCloud is joining Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on 15th September
0:41:56 - Apple blocks Project xCloud on iOS
0:53:50 - Employees at Blizzard, maker of 'World of Warcraft' and 'Overwatch,' were reportedly paid so little they were forced to skip meals to pay rent while the CEO made $40 million
1:04:46 - Tommy François has left Ubisoft
1:08:07 - Spider-Man Is Coming to Marvel's Avengers as a PlayStation Exclusive (plus PS5 strategy discussion)
1:30:06 - New game announcements, reveals, release dates, delays & more
1:37:14 - Content Drop (Links below)
1:38:37 - Games Out This Week
1:42:25 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head (Total War Saga: Troy)
1:47:31 - Post-Show Discussion (More Ghost of Tsushima thoughts, are open world games stagnating?)
Content Drop Links
Sugar Rush financials don’t mean we’ve dodged the COVID bullet - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-08-07-sugar-rush-financials-dont-mean-weve-dodged-the-covid-bullet-opinion
Conflict minerals: Which gaming companies may have funded human rights abuses in 2019? - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-07-31-conflict-minerals-and-gaming-which-companies-may-have-funded-human-rights-abuses-in-2019
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