The video game industry has come a long way since Pac Man, but with all of these companies out there, how can we possibly know who's WINNING at MAKING VIDEO GAMES?!?
Fear not! Hosts Brian Bishop, Mike Matthews and Moses Agboola cover the video game industries' hottest news stories every week and rank every company, so we can once and for all, every week, every month and every year FINALLY put it to rest: Who Won Video Games in this age of...
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On This Week's Episode we dive deep into today's Nintendo Direct and talk about all of the wild shit that was announced. The fact that we're talking about the obscure JRPG Live A Live in 2022 is completely bonkers to me, but here we are. Also, Mario Kart 8 DLC, The Brillaint looking new Kirby game, and SUPER MARIO STRIKERS IS BACK BABYYYYYYYYYYYYY.
This Week's News Stories:
The February Nintendo Direct: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYuUcG9iGyM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYuUcG9iGyM)
This Week's Scores:
Nintendo: 66
Omega force: 5
Intelligent Systems 6
Hello Games: 2
Whoever’s Making super Mario Strikers: 17
Splatoon Devs: 8
Forever Entertainment: 3
Gameloft: 3
Aspyr: 2
Ubisoft 6
Squenix for Chrono Cross: 2
Who’s Making Kirby: 18
Sony San Diego: 5
Squenix for Kingdom Hearts: -2
Squenix for Live a Live: 3: 10
Nintendo Switch Sports: 10
Triangle Strategy: 7
Mercury Steam: 10
Earthbound: 14
Mario Kart 8 Devs: 12
Monolithsoft: 6
Theme Music: Parasite from Tunetank.com
1 Feb 2022
1/31/22: Winner - Bungie Getting the Bag / Loser - EA Probably Overextending Again
On This Week's Episode the eternal consolidation of the video game industry continues, as Sony buys Bungie to stick it to Microsoft, and the New York Times purchases current flash-in-the-pan Wordle. The latest NFT bungle comes from an unlikely studio. EA decides to give it another shot at overextending a beloved studio with too many projects. And we discuss what the hell a Call of Duty movie with Dwayne the Rock Johnson even looks like. Plus, a eulogy for Hyper Scape, gone too soon.
This Week's News Stories:
Sony buys Bungie, tries to feel relevant: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-01-31-sony-buying-bungie-for-usd3-6-billion (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-01-31-sony-buying-bungie-for-usd3-6-billion)
NYT Buys Wordle for some millions of bucks: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/31/22911274/wordle-new-york-times-free-word-game-acquisition
Respawn is going all in on Star Wars: https://kotaku.com/star-wars-announcement-2022-jedi-fallen-order-apex-lege-1848416767 (https://kotaku.com/star-wars-announcement-2022-jedi-fallen-order-apex-lege-1848416767)
Halo TV Series: https://www.cnet.com/news/halo-tv-series-gets-explosive-first-trailer/ (https://www.cnet.com/news/halo-tv-series-gets-explosive-first-trailer/)
Rock the Dwayne Johnson is in “a video game movie,” allegedly COD: https://ftw.usatoday.com/2022/01/the-rocks-mysterious-video-game-movie-is-reportedly-call-of-duty (https://ftw.usatoday.com/2022/01/the-rocks-mysterious-video-game-movie-is-reportedly-call-of-duty)
It Takes Two getting movie adaptation: https://www.destructoid.com/it-takes-two-next-in-long-line-video-game-adaptations-film-tv/ (https://www.destructoid.com/it-takes-two-next-in-long-line-video-game-adaptations-film-tv/)
RIP Hyperscape: https://www.onmsft.com/news/hyper-scape-video-game-to-completely-shut-down-soon (https://www.onmsft.com/news/hyper-scape-video-game-to-completely-shut-down-soon)
NFT BS of the Week: Worms this Time: https://kotaku.com/worms-team17-nfts-metaworms-scam-blockchain-1848452059 (https://kotaku.com/worms-team17-nfts-metaworms-scam-blockchain-1848452059)
This Week's Scores:
Sony 12
Bungie 20
Hyperscape: -7
Ubisoft --2
Aggro Crab 20
Team 17 --19
Mr. Wardle: 18
New York Times 11
Resapwn 6
EA: - Better Hope you get purchased by sony and -23
Halo TV Series -4
Paramount Plus -1
The rock 6
COD 1
Hazelight 8
Theme Music: Parasite from Tunetank.com
19 Jan 2022
1/18/22: Winner - MICROSOFT BOUGHT ACTIVISION / Loser - ACTIVISION GOT BOUGHT BY MICROSOFT
On This Week's Episode GEE WILLIKERS, WOWSERS, HOLY MOLY THE MADLADS AT MICROSOFT REALLY JUST BOUGHT ACTIVISION BLIZZARD FOR REAL, FFXIV finally goes back on sale, RIP Halo 3 Servers, PUBG Corp is Suing Free Fire for being what it is. But mostly we talk about the many, many angles of the ActiBlizz purchase.
This Week's News Stories:
Microsoft is actually buying Acitivison Blizzard, Wow: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/1073763644/microsoft-set-to-acquire-the-gaming-company-activision-blizzard-for-68-7-billion
FFXIV Finally going back on sale: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/14/22883544/final-fantasy-14-date-digital-sales-server-expansion (https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/14/22883544/final-fantasy-14-date-digital-sales-server-expansion)
RIP Original Halo 3 Servers: https://kotaku.com/the-final-moments-of-halo-3-online-2007-2022-1848363350 (https://kotaku.com/the-final-moments-of-halo-3-online-2007-2022-1848363350)
PUBG Maker Actually Suing competitor over Alleged Copy, Free Fire: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/13/22882796/pubg-developer-krafton-suing-apple-google-garena-free-fire-max (https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/13/22882796/pubg-developer-krafton-suing-apple-google-garena-free-fire-max)
Kotick is really still trying to cover this up: https://www.wsj.com/articles/activision-blizzard-pushes-out-dozens-of-employees-over-workplace-misconduct-11642428001?mod=hp_lead_pos1 (https://www.wsj.com/articles/activision-blizzard-pushes-out-dozens-of-employees-over-workplace-misconduct-11642428001?mod=hp_lead_pos1)
This Week's Scores:
Activision Blizzard: -7
Bobby Kotick: 0
Microsoft: 20
Square Enix: 12
PUBG Corp: 6
Whoever Makes Free Fire: -3
Theme Music: Parasite from Tunetank.com
On This Week's Episode we discuss Ken Levine's unorthodox management, Square Enix's grim NFT future, The Inevitable Ouya future of Chinese underground game development, and Sony's vendetta against Bend Studio.
This Week's News Stories:
Ghost Story Games Being Terrible: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-03/bioshock-creator-s-next-game-and-its-narrative-legos-in-turmoil (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-03/bioshock-creator-s-next-game-and-its-narrative-legos-in-turmoil)
Square Enix’s Crypto Bullshit Adventures: https://kotaku.com/square-enix-president-hopes-nfts-blockchain-games-beco-1848294675 (https://kotaku.com/square-enix-president-hopes-nfts-blockchain-games-beco-1848294675)
Nvidia’s New Cards: https://www.engadget.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3090-ti-ces-announcement-163653863.html?src=rss (https://www.engadget.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3090-ti-ces-announcement-163653863.html?src=rss)
China’s Video Game industry is falling apart: https://kotaku.com/14-000-chinese-game-companies-have-gone-out-of-business-1848299632 (https://kotaku.com/14-000-chinese-game-companies-have-gone-out-of-business-1848299632)
Ubi service coming to Xbox/GamePass: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/5/22868704/ubisoft-plus-xbox-launch-rainbow-six-extraction-xbox-game-pass (https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/5/22868704/ubisoft-plus-xbox-launch-rainbow-six-extraction-xbox-game-pass)
Activision Strike Continues into 3rd Week: https://www.ign.com/articles/activision-blizzard-strike-fund-350000-management-finally-replies (https://www.ign.com/articles/activision-blizzard-strike-fund-350000-management-finally-replies)
Sony Hates Bend Studios for some reason: https://kotaku.com/after-sony-passed-on-days-gone-2-devs-pitched-open-wor-1848321452?utm_campaign=Kotaku&utm_content=1641579076&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=facebook (https://kotaku.com/after-sony-passed-on-days-gone-2-devs-pitched-open-wor-1848321452?utm_campaign=Kotaku&utm_content=1641579076&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=facebook)
This Week's Scores:
Ghost Story Games -6
2K: +5
Square EnixGhost Story Games -18
Nvidia -1
GameStop -10
CCP: -10
Pirate Ouya Games +10
Ubisoft +8
Game Pas +10
Activision Blizzard -17
ABK +10
Sony -3
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