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recorded on 4/19/2019Headliners Mark Cerny, architect of PS4 and PS5, reveal some details about the next gen console (Wired)Next gen console will sport a blazing fast SSD (faster than anything on market right now)Will also have a custom AMD chip with build in 3D audio to deliver better soundSupports 8K graphics (upscaling) whenever 8K TVs arrive, native 4K should be a givenAMD Zen 2 CPU and custom AMD NAVI GPU with some extra secret Sony sauceWith these new AMD parts, some ray tracing features can be used in future Sony gamesIn addition the PS5 will be at least backwards compatible with PS4 games and PSVRPrice was not revealed but Mark Cerny said it would be “appealing” to gamersThis, to me, points to a Spring 2020 release date Inside Xbox detailed a lot of things leading up to E3 and dropped some announcements (Xbox)The Xbox One S All Digital Edition or Xbox SAD Edition lol, price = $250….dumb!The Xbox One SAD Edition will always be the cheapest Xbox by $50Xbox Game Pass Ultimate = Live Gold and Game Pass fo

recorded on April 12, 2019Headliners PSN name changes live for US owners on Wednesday while for Europe owners on Thursday (GameSpot)The first name change is free while subsequent ones will be $10 and $5 for PS Plus membersREAD THE BLOG POST!  There are some games that may have issues with the name change Little Bits Star Wars Jedi:  Fallen Order news has been teased by EA and the official Star Wars account (Polygon)More details will be revealed, maybe release date, on April 13 during the Star Wars celebrationThe reveal will be livestreamed on EA’s Star Wars Twitch channel at 1:30 p.m. CDT or 2:30pm ET Another patent for a new PSVR headset has been spotted in addition to the one in March (t3.com)Does this interest you? Discuss if this would get you into VR, how much would it cost?  Control has a different release schedule for Xbox than it does for PS4….this is super dumb (Remedy) Rapid Fire News New Rage 2 gameplay trailer Everything vs. Me shows off new stuff…...looks cool (Bethesda) Vampyr and Call of Cthulu

recorded on 4/5/2019Headliners Borderlands 3 revealed its release date on Wednesday to be September 13 for PS4, Xbox, PC (Polygon)Borderlands 3 will be an Epic Store exclusive on PC until April 2020 which is about 6 monthsGearbox tease more worlds than Pandora, more guns and enemies, new level sync co-op systemThe game will support split screen gameplay but only for consoles and not PC…...what the hell?Characters are Moze the Gunner, Amara The Siren, FL4K the Beastmaster, Zane the OperativeMultiple editions of this highly anticipated game are available at various prices: Standard Edition = $60 -> Include base game Deluxe Edition = $80 -> Cosmetic skins for character and guns, XP and Loot drop boosts Super Deluxe Edition = $100 - > 4 campaign DLC packs, special weapon skin Diamond Loot Chest Collector’s Edition = $250 -> Figurines, Models, physical merch  Anthem expose by Kotaku shines light on why the game was poised for failure from the start (Kotaku)There were many factors as to why Anthem is an

recorded on 3/22/2019Headliners From Software new IP Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice launch today! The reviews are at an 89 (MetaCritic)·         Here are some impressions on it with some gameplay in the background Google had their keynote at GDC on Tuesday and unveiled its game streaming platform Stadia (Google)·         The datacenter is the platform and is boasting 10.7 TFLOPS which is more than the Xbox One X·         Features like State Share, Crowd Play, Style Transfer ML, and Stream Connect were highlighted·         Various console controllers like DualShock, Xbox, and Switch will be compatible with Stadia·         The Stadia controller has a capture/share and Google Assistant buttono    The Google Assistant button allows players to search for something in game they are stuck on and pull up helpful YouTube videos without leaving the gameo    The controller is connected via Wi-Fi not to the system to reduce lag·         Google also announced its own 1st party studio in Stadia Games and Entertainment·         

recorded 2019-03-15HEADLINERS Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 standard edition launches today with the other versions released earlier·         Reviews are not in yet but early review impressions are pretty positive Jade Raymond becomes a VP at Google likely to head future gaming division (Engadget, Polygon)·         Raymond has been around since the PS1 era when she got her start at Sony in 1998, eventually going on to establish Sony Online's R&D department. ·         She previously worked at Ubisoft, where she served as executive producer and co-creator of the Assassin’s Creed franchise, and later general manager of Ubisoft Toronto. While at Ubisoft Toronto she oversaw multiple AAA games like Far Cry and Splinter Cell:  Blacklist. Raymond then worked at Electronic Arts, where she oversaw EA’s Motive Studio, PopCap Studio, and Star Wars portfolio. She left EA in October 2018·         Jade will join other former game executives at Google, including Phil Harrison, formerly of PlayStation and Xbox, and Jac

Headliners Devil May Cry 5 releases today to very good reviews scoring an 88 average on MetaCritic (MetaCritic)·         We have The Gamer Formally Known as Capt Stiffy to give his thoughts on the game·         Its lit The latest game to test Steam’s policy “Rape Day” will not be published on Steam said Valve (The Verge)·         An excerpt from Valve’s statement reads as follows: ·         “Over the past week you may have heard about a game called ‘Rape Day’ coming soon to Steam. Today we’ve decided not to distribute this game on Steam.”·         “Much of our policy around what we distribute is, and must be, reactionary—we simply have to wait and see what comes to us via Steam Direct. We then have to make a judgement call about any risk it puts to Valve, our developer partners, or our customers. After significant fact-finding and discussion, we think ‘Rape Day’ poses unknown costs and risks and therefore won’t be on Steam.” Anthem has been crashing in game as well as hard shutting down PS4 consoles (GameSpot

recorded on 2019-03-01HeadlinersNintendo Direct happened on Wednesday and was all about the new Pokemon game (Nintendo)Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield are the newest Pokemon RPGs3 new starter Pokemon that are Fire, Water, and Grass types  Grookey - grass typeScorbunny - fire typeSobble - water type  The Galar Region is the new region in the game and has various landscapes  Snow covered mountain areaWide open plains areaForest areasIndustrial city areaVast countrysidesUnderground and Cave areas  Pokemon Sword and Shield releases everywhere in late 2019, most likely November Cyberpunk 2077 will be shown off at E3 confirmed by the developer CD Projekt Red (CD Projekt Red)Also confirmed that the game will not be exclusive to any system or store Little Bits Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will be revealed by Respawn on April 13 (PCGamer)The game takes place after the execution of Order 66 from a Padawan survivor’s viewpointThis is a single player story focused game developed by Respawn and published by EA Destiny 2