Super Smash Bros. Melee will never die

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Nintendo has crossed a new line with the Super Smash Bros. Melee community when they sent a Cease & Desist notice to The Big House for their use of Slippi - which would have allowed for Melee competition to take palace online. Cyberpunk 2077 was “leaked”, Jim Ryan says news is coming in regards to a new PlayStation service, and we make some bold predictions about what award season might look like this year after The Last of Us Part 2 took home six Golden Joystick Awards.

Special guest Mike Williams, former reviews editor at USgamer now at PCMag.com, swings by to hang out. You can catch him on Twitter https://twitter.com/AutomaticZen, check out his past work on USgamer https://www.usgamer.net/authors/697, or see in action at his new spot at PCMag.com https://www.pcmag.com/authors/mike-williams

00:00 - Intro

03:32 - Nintendo vs The Smash Bros.

18:20 - Cyberpunk 2077 Leaked!

25:50 - Jim Ryan hints at PlayStation Pass

36:47 - Phil Spencer is sad about launch availability

39:38 - Will Last of Us 2 take all the awards?

56:14 - Listener Questions

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SOURCES

[VG247] - Nintendo sends cease & desist letter to the Big House (10 / 2020) and the Smash community is pissed and also deeply disappointed

https://www.vg247.com/2020/11/24/nintendo-smash-bros-melee-free-melee-fans-tournament-hashtag/

[Twitter] - The big Twit longer ‘exposing’ Nintendo poisoning competitive Smash

https://twitter.com/anonymoussmash2/status/1331031597647355905?s=20

[Eurogamer] - Cyberpunk 2077 has leaked https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-11-23-cyberpunk-2077-gameplay-has-already-leaked-on-the-internet

[TASS] - Is Sony working on its own Game Pass? https://tass.com/economy/1225233

[The Verge] - Big Phil Spencer Interview on the Verge (fanboy console war beef/console availability) https://www.theverge.com/21611412/microsoft-phil-spencer-interview-xbox-series-x-launch-decoder-podcast

[Games Radar] - Last of Us 2 takes 6 Golden Joystick Awards including GOTY https://www.gamesradar.com/every-winner-at-the-golden-joystick-awards-2020/

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