#16 – Buying Games
Episode description
On today’s episode of Ready Press Play, the crew discusses some more Coronavirus-related news, the announcement of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, The Last of Us Pt. II new release date and leaks, and other news. For the topic of the show, Dan and Luis debate when they prefer to buy games: pre-order, day 1, a year later, etc.
- 00:00 – Intro
- 03:25 – Housekeeping
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- 06:36 – Games we’re playing
- 13:36 – COVID-19 Watch
13:36 – No Nintendo Direct planned for June due to work-from-home hurdles
20:00 – GameSpot to hold summer digital E3 alternative and charity event
23:40 – UK devs are giving free games to NHS staff
27:15 – GDC Summer becomes a fully-digital event
- 30:45 – Top News
30:45 – Assassin’s Creed Valhalla trailer, release date, platforms revealed
36:40 – Watch out, huge The Last of Us 2 story spoilers are spreading online
45:50 – 2K announces arcade-style WWE 2K Battlegrounds
50:10 – New Animal Crossing patch tries fixing the broken bell economy
Check it out! Elijah Wood visited an Animal Crossing player’s island to sell turnips
55:35 – Nintendo confirms up to 160,000 accounts accessed in huge privacy breach
58:10 – Extra News
- 59:40 – Major Releases & Updates
Indivisible launches on Nintendo Switch without developer’s knowledge
- 1:04:25 – Broke Gamer’s Guide
- 1:11:25 – When to Buy a Game?
- 1:29:05 – Sharing the Love (Dan’s Turn)
- 1:31:40 – Outro
- 1:32:15 – Ready Press Play Theme by Joel Perez (WAZ)
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