[4.07] Solo talks about the future of E3, the yearly gaming convention held in Los Angeles. Including the issues it was facing prior the it's 2020 event cancellation, what it's "next iteration" will look like (spoiler alert - a lot like TwitchCon), and what publishers and console makers may end up doing for 2021 if they benefit more from digitally marketing to consumers directly. && a bit more this that and the other || [@peoplelikegames - instagram | twitter | facebook | shop&events...
Apr 07, 2020•12 min•Season 5Ep. 49
[4.06] Solo talks about CLOUD GAMING. Including how it works, what current companies exist in the space, what the problem with so many competitors will be, & who I think will be the winner of the cloud wars! || [@peoplelikegames - instagram | twitter | facebook | shop&events - PLG.GG]
Apr 06, 2020•16 min•Season 5Ep. 48
[4.04] For a bonus episode for the week, Solo talks about AMAZON, and the conglomerate's soon to be move into gaming, what games its producing, and what impact its cloud service codenamed 'Project Tempo' might have in a crowded field. & a little bit more of this that and the other! ||
Apr 04, 2020•14 min•Season 5Ep. 47
[4.02] Solo wraps up the most important and interesting stories of the week in gaming and esports. || [@peoplelikegames - instagram | twitter | facebook | shop&events - PLG.GG]
Apr 04, 2020•15 min•Season 5Ep. 46
[4.01] Solo talks about POKEMON GO and the steps Niantic has taken to evolve the mobile AR game amidst the effects of the corona virus, and a bit about how the near-term future fortunes of AR and VR have seemingly flipped || [@peoplelikegames - instagram | twitter | facebook | shop&events - PLG.GG]
Apr 01, 2020•11 min•Season 5Ep. 46
[3.31] - Solo talks about VALORANT, the new FPS by RIOT GAMES, the makers of League of Legends. Specifically, about it's use of popular streamers to market its unveiling || [@peoplelikegames - instagram | twitter | facebook | shop&events - PLG.GG]
Apr 01, 2020•17 min•Season 5Ep. 45
[3.30] Solo talks EPIC GAMES and the thinking/strategy behind their decision to launch their own gaming publishing arm with quite the generous terms || [@peoplelikegames - instagram | twitter | facebook | shop&events - PLG.GG]
Mar 31, 2020•12 min•Season 5Ep. 44
Solo wraps up the most important and interesting stories of the week in gaming and esports. || [@peoplelikegames - instagram | twitter | facebook | shop&events - PLG.GG]
Mar 28, 2020•18 min•Season 5Ep. 43
Solo talks about Nevada's decision to legalize gambling on esports and why its such a historically important moment for the industry as a whole || [@peoplelikegames - instagram | twitter | facebook | shop&events - PLG.GG]
Mar 27, 2020•9 min•Season 5Ep. 42
Solo finally announces STORY MODE, a new scripted and produced gaming history series that focuses on stories, moments, places, and more from gaming history. come hear about the new from People Like Games that launches this APRIL || [@peoplelikegames - instagram | twitter | facebook | shop&events - PLG.GG]
Mar 26, 2020•6 min•Season 5Ep. 36
Solo explains how all of the Nintendo Switch consoles in physical and online retailers suddenly disappeared, what that's doing to the prices, and when or if gamers can expect the next shipment with production globally delayed due to the corona virus || [@peoplelikegames - instagram | twitter | facebook | shop&events - PLG.GG]
Mar 26, 2020•11 min•Season 5Ep. 41
Solo discusses how the esports industry and its teams will have to adapt in a near future without events and what skill-set will define the winners in the coming months . || [@peoplelikegames - instagram | twitter | facebook | shop&events - PLG.GG]
Mar 24, 2020•9 min•Season 5Ep. 40
Solo rounds up the top stories of the week in esports and the gaming industry . || [@peoplelikegames - instagram | twitter | facebook | shop&events - PLG.GG]
Mar 20, 2020•9 min•Season 5Ep. 39
Solo kicks it with the homie Bendo, who's a big Pokemon fan to talk about, you guessed it, Pokemon. Come thru as well for some quarantine banter on favorite pokemon and regions, ranking the games, competition from Tem-Tem, and a whole lot of unrelated things || [@peoplelikegames - instagram | twitter | facebook | shop&events - PLG.GG]
Mar 19, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 5Ep. 38
For TUESDAY, March. 17 || Solo speculates on what to expect to expect from the Sony Playstation 5 architecture unveiling. && the reason for its curious timing, and why the company should partner with Nvidia GeForce Now for its cloud gaming service || [@peoplelikegames - instagram | twitter | facebook | shop&events - PLG.GG]
Mar 18, 2020•11 min•Season 5Ep. 37
For THURSDAY, March. 12 || Solo discusses the continual and growing impact of COVID-19 on the gaming world. & recaps a few top stories that have occurred in-between . || [@peoplelikegames - instagram | twitter | facebook | shop&events - PLG.GG]
Mar 13, 2020•8 min•Season 5Ep. 35
For WEDNESDAY, March. 11 || Solo tries to figure out why the gaming industry keeps piling it on Nvidia GeForce Now, the cloud game streaming service, as publisher after publisher continue to pull their catalogues from the service. || [@peoplelikegames - instagram | twitter | facebook | shop&events - PLG.GG]
Mar 12, 2020•17 min•Season 5Ep. 34
For TUESDAY, March. 10 || Solo talks about Activision-Blizzard's decision to release Call of Duty: Warzone, a free-to-play standalone game, and why it might not be the best idea. || [@peoplelikegames - instagram | twitter | facebook | shop&events - PLG.GG]
Mar 11, 2020•9 min•Season 5Ep. 33
For MONDAY, March. 9 || Solo talks about former Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aime joining the Board of Directors at Gamestop and whether he can help lend some magic to save the company || [@peoplelikegames - instagram | twitter | facebook | shop&events - PLG.GG]
Mar 10, 2020•10 min•Season 5Ep. 32
For THURSDAY, March. 5 | Solo wraps up the most important and interesting stories of the week in gaming and esports || [socials] - instagram | twitter | facebook | [shop&events] - PLG.GG
Mar 06, 2020•12 min•Season 5Ep. 31
For WEDNESDAY, MARCH. 4 | Solo stays in the gaming bag to cover topics including || + ZYNGA faces a class action lawsuit over 2019 data breach | ESA reconsiders e3 in light of California's state of emergency | google STADIA sets up its out games studio | DESTINY2 decides to get rid of loot boxes with new update | + && more || [socials-@peoplelikgames | shop&site - PLG.GG | a People Like Games production]
Mar 05, 2020•7 min•Season 5Ep. 30
For TUESDAY, MARCH. 3 | Solo extends his hand into the content bag for a new month in a new week with a new episode on gaming and esports including | + halo combat evolved finally comes to pc + riot makes its entry into the fps genre with the release of Valorant this summer + torque esports sets up an eight-week collegiate overwatch tournament with 40k in scholarship prizes | + the smash world tour is announced with a prize of $250k| + && more [final lap] - the nintendo switch turns 3, a...
Mar 04, 2020•10 min•Season 5Ep. 29
For MONDAY, MARCH. 2 | Solo extends his hand into the content bag for a new month in a new week with a new episode on gaming and esports including | + ff7 remake demo is released on playstation | + marvel announces a new AAA open-world mobile RPG with Netmarble at PaxEast + developers say stadia didn't offer enough for exclusives | + iem katowice goes on this past weekend without a crowd| + && more [final lap] - will Mario Kart Tour's recent announcement that multiplayer will finally be ...
Mar 03, 2020•12 min•Season 5Ep. 28
For THURSDAY, FEBRUARY. 27 | Solo wraps up the most important and interesting stories of the week in gaming and esports INCLUDING| ---- + bethesda pulls its catalogue from nvidia geforce | + xbox unveils series x details on the fly on a monday | + EA joins list of companies dropping out of GDC due to corona virus | + Fifa20 bans pro player from competition & all its services for being a dick | + more details on activision-blizzard's dmca subpoena of the redditor who leaked battle royale deta...
Feb 28, 2020•10 min•Season 5Ep. 27
for WEDNESDAY, february 26: Solo keeps his hands in the content bag with new eps for a new week in gaming and esports. --- no scope | +roblox recieves $150 million investment from vc firm Andreeseen Horowitz | +temtem plans to release console ports in 2021 | +gog expands its 30 day refund policy | +steam changes its search options + more! final lap| how far reaching will the effects of the corona virus be on the gaming industry in 2020? --- [socials] - instagram | twitter | facebook | [shop&...
Feb 27, 2020•14 min•Season 5Ep. 26
For TUESDAY, FEB. 25 | Solo keeps his hands in the content bag with new eps for a new week in gaming and esports including | + EA joins list of companies dropping out of GDC due to corona virus | + Fifa20 bans pro player from competition & all its services for being a dick | + more details on activision-blizzard's dmca subpoena of the redditor who leaked battle royale details || final lap - temtem, the pokemon inspired mmo, lays out its road map for the next 6 months. _______________________...
Feb 26, 2020•10 min•Season 5Ep. 25
For MONDAY, FEBRUARY. 24 | Solo keeps his hands in the content bag with new eps for a new week in gaming and esports including | + bethesda pulls its catalogue from nvidia geforce | + xbox unveils series x details on the fly on a monday + more! _____________ [socials] - instagram | twitter | facebook | [shop&events] - PLG.GG [a People Like Games production]
Feb 25, 2020•9 min•Season 5Ep. 24
For THURSDAY, FEBRUARY. 20 | Solo wraps up the most important and interesting stories of the week in gaming and esports. & for the weekcap touches on some topics of note in gaming including | + youtube paying 9 figures for activision-blizzard's catalogue + eli roth set to direct the borderlands movie + twitch release lol stat trackers + coronavirus continues to effect Sony + biomutant still exists + smash bros ultimate final 6 characters + & a whole lot more. ----------------------------...
Feb 21, 2020•9 min•Season 5Ep. 23
For WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY. 19 | Solo keeps it short & sweet going into hump day, but still cover the most best&most interesting around including - (1) smash bros ultimate second season fighter pass is the final one / (2) biomutant still exists & developers hope to release it in 2020 / (3) sony bails on pax east / (4) twitch x riot games add stats tracker to streams | & to finish things up, a focus on what the NBA can learn from Faker's recent contract with T1. ---------------- [soc...
Feb 20, 2020•7 min•Season 5Ep. 22
For TUESDAY, FEBRUARY. 18 | Solo kicks off the short week of episodes with a segment title for topics of note. so, for No Scope, solo talks - (1) sonic the movie skrts in its first weekend / (2) youtube gaming reportedly paying $160 million for 3 years of activision-blizzard league exclusivity / (3) nintendo shortages & a new direct / (4) esl pro league unveils revenue sharing model pitting it WCW-WWF style with the new cs:go league - flashpoint. & to finish things up, a focus on HQ triv...
Feb 19, 2020•9 min•Season 5Ep. 21
