Weekly News Recap | 15 - 21 Mar 2021
2Recapping the week's news for 15 - 21 March 2021
Diner art by Phil Dragash - https://twitter.com/PhilDragash
00:00 - Intro
00:11 - Square Enix Presents nothing really
05:41 - Sony Indies
10:42 - New Games: Necromunda: Hired Gun
11:30 - New Games: Severed Steel
12:15 - New Games: Grime
13:37 - Spider-man release delayed for Marvel's Avengers, lol
14:55 - Remember Gotham Knights? It's delayed too
16:32 - Sony buys EVO
18:44 - Sony adds more games to Play at Home scheme
19:47 - Jade Raymond opens yet another game studio
20:40 - PSVR 2 Controllers, funky
22:48 - Super Nintendo World officially opens
23:29 - Gamescom wants a physical event. Lives under a rock on Mars
24:05 - Activision fires more people. Gives Bobby money for nothing
25:55 - RIOT Games lawyers exonerate CEO. I'm shocked
29:07 - EA confirms the FUT scandal is coming from inside the house
32:00 - FUT cards are a scam. Now with maths!
35:23 - Red Candle open their own store. With Devotion, maybe hookers
37:56 - KFC underestimates the allure of limited free merch
40:10 - Dumb tweets
42:44 - Outro
Everything announced at the Square Enix Presents March 2021 - Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/22337940/square-enix-presents-march-2021-announcements-trailers-release-dates
Sony Shows Off Some Upcoming Indies Coming To PS4 And PS5 - Game Informer
https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/03/17/sony-shows-off-some-upcoming-indies-coming-to-ps4-and-ps5
Necromunda: Hired Gun looks like Warhammer 40k Doom • Eurogamer.net
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-03-18-necromunda-hired-gun-looks-like-a-warhammer-40k-doom
Bullet time stunt FPS Severed Steel looks stylish | Rock Paper Shotgun
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/stylish-fps-severed-steel-shows-off-sliding-stunting-in-new-trailer
GRIME is a metroidvania where you play as a humanoid black hole | Rock Paper Shotgun
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/grime-is-a-metroidvania-where-you-play-as-a-humanoid-black-hole
Marvel’s Avengers’ PlayStation-exclusive Spider-Man has been delayed | VGC
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/marvels-avengers-playstation-exclusive-spider-man-has-been-delayed/
Gotham Knights has been delayed into next year • Eurogamer.net
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-03-19-gotham-knights-has-been-delayed-into-next-year
Sony co-buys fighting game tournament Evo • Eurogamer.net
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-03-19-sony-co-buys-fighting-game-tournament-evo
Play at Home 2021 update: 10 free games to download this Spring – PlayStation.Blog
https://blog.playstation.com/2021/03/17/play-at-home-2021-update-10-free-games-to-download-this-spring/
Introducing Haven, a new Montreal-based independent studio – PlayStation.Blog
https://blog.playstation.com/2021/03/16/introducing-haven-a-new-montreal-based-independent-studio/
Next-gen VR on PS5: the new controller – PlayStation.Blog
https://blog.playstation.com/2021/03/18/next-gen-vr-on-ps5-the-new-controller/
Super Nintendo World holds official opening ceremony • Eurogamer.net
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-03-18-super-nintendo-world-held-its-official-opening-ceremony-today
Gamescom 2021 will be a hybrid event with reduced physical capacity | VGC
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/gamescom-2021-will-be-a-hybrid-event-with-reduced-physical-capacity/
As Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick is poised to earn a bonus worth millions of dollars, staff brace themselves for layoffs across Europe • Eurogamer.net
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-03-20-as-activision-blizzard-boss-bobby-kotick-is-poised-to-earn-a-bonus-worth-millions-of-dollars-staff-brace-themselves-for-layoffs-across-europe
Riot Games Says It Finds No Evidence Of Wrongdoing By CEO Accused Of Sexual Harassment
https://kotaku.com/riot-games-says-it-finds-no-evidence-of-wrongdoing-by-c-1846488711
EA confirms "one or more" accounts involved in FIFA Ultimate Team scandal | GamesIndustry.biz
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-03-15-ea-confirms-one-or-more-accounts-involved-in-fifa-ultimate-team-scandal
One FIFA Ultimate Team player highlights the obscene costs of building a high-end squad - VG247
https://www.vg247.com/2021/03/17/fifa-ultimate-team-obscene-time-money-dream-squad/
Devotion returns to sale digitally two years after it was delisted • Eurogamer.net
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-03-15-devotion-returns-to-sale-digitally-two-years-after-it-was-delisted
Genshin Impact x KFC Collaboration Causes Huge Crowds in China
https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2021/03/15/genshin-impact-kfc-collaboration-cancelled/
Ultima | #StopAsianHate on Twitter: "@kylelambert2001 https://t.co/8xTJNoS9vw" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/UltimaShadowX/status/1372605988965076999
Hard Drive on Twitter: "how did they do something dumber than our old article https://t.co/tE4fvbkUzr" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/HardDriveMag/status/1371940238856228868
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