Weekly News Recap | Feb 15 - 21 2021
3Recapping the week's news for February 15 - 21, 2021
Diner art by Phil Dragash - https://twitter.com/PhilDragash
00:00 - Intro
00:12 - Nintendo Direct Announcements
10:12 - Diablo 2 Remaster
13:51 - Silent Hill creator teases next project
14:55 - System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition VR teased
16:10 - Amazon's New World delayed, again
17:02 - Bloober team might be working on new Silent Hill
18:12 - Twitch mutes Metallica's Blizzcon concert
20:10 - No free PS5 upgrade for The Sinking City
22:07 - EA completes purchase of Codemasters
24:16 - Apple wants Valve to help in a legal dispute with Epic
27:05 - 22 Cans layoffs
28:45 - Reggie thinks current E3 plans aren't good enough
29:41 - Stadia execs praised staff days before layoffs
31:19 - No politics in this war game, apparently
33:59 - Report on Riot Games Rot
34:54 - Very Positive developer not so positive
36:14 - Purple Francis appears in Left 4 Dead
Links
https://www.thesixthaxis.com/2021/02/18/nintendo-direct-splatoon-3-skyward-sword-mario-golf-triangle-strategy-fall-guys/
https://kotaku.com/diablo-ii-remaster-coming-to-all-major-platforms-in-202-1846307746
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-02-15-silent-hill-creator-keiichiro-toyama-teases-new-horror-project-with-eerie-concept-art
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-02-16-system-shock-2-enhanced-edition-dev-confirms-fully-fledged-vr-mode-after-earlier-tease
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-02-16-amazons-ambitious-mmo-new-world-gets-third-delay-now-expected-in-august
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bloober-team-hints-it-could-be-working-on-silent-hill-but-its-not-the-only-one/
https://www.engadget.com/twitch-dubs-metallica-blizzcon-performance-over-copyright-194847915.html
https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/02/18/the-sinking-city-hits-playstation-5-tomorrow-with-visual-upgrades
https://www.vg247.com/2021/02/18/ea-codemasters-acquisition-complete/
https://kotaku.com/apple-wants-valve-to-hand-over-a-bunch-of-steam-info-fo-1846308906
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-02-17-peter-molyneuxs-22cans-hit-with-layoffs
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-02-17-reggie-fils-aim-on-e3-if-the-esa-doesnt-figure-out-how-to-do-this-someone-else-will
https://kotaku.com/stadia-leadership-praised-development-studios-for-great-1846281384
https://www.polygon.com/2021/2/15/22279600/six-days-in-fallujah-interview-iraq-war-politics
https://www.wired.com/story/riot-games-ceo-culture-complaints/
https://gamediscoverability.substack.com/p/can-you-cheat-to-get-ahead-on-steam
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-02-15-left-4-deads-secret-purple-francis-character-goes-viral
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