Idle Game Chat #84 | Time On Our Hands

This week we serve up with our first edition of “Delay News”. The #Xbox timed exclusive, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, is the first casualty of the year. Will this impact the plans for #Xbox and their #GamePass offerings?

With timed Third-Party Exclusives popping up with some frequency, how big a deal are these? Do we as gamers value them? How important is it to have certain game franchises associated with specific platform?

The Finalists for the 25th Annual #DICEAwards have been revealed with Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart leading the pack with nine nominations. #TheGameAwards Nominees for Game of the Year came under fire for #ForzaHorizon5 not making the cut. Has the industry now dismissed this noise as sour grapes from the fanboys or are they suffering with genre snobbery? #Sony have a surprisingly strong presence at the #DICEAwards, did the #PlayStation have a deceptively strong 2021?

#Techland stirred up an awful lot of people when they proudly announced that #DyingLight2 will require “at least 500 hours” to fully complete. The reaction from the media and fans alike was clearly not what they had intended and they shortly clarified this with further context. Has this raised any red flags for the game or is still on course for a day one purchase.

Apps closes the show with some impressions of “Gears 5: Hivebusters”. This DLC pack launched late in 2020 on #XboxOne, #XboxSeries X/S and #PC