#20 – Bracing for Impact

On a bit of a slow news week, Luis and Dan still manage to fill the  time with updates on various Summer digital events, theories over what  “big announcement” SEGA has incoming, and sharing their thoughts and  hype levels for next-gen. Towards the end of the episode, Luis talks  about his love for a classic licensed game he played on the Genesis.

• 00:00 – Intro
• 01:00 – Housekeeping
  Luis and Dan will be streaming A Way Out together on Twitch.tv/ReadyPressPlay on Monday, June 1st at 8pm PST
  
• 03:00 – Thoughts on games
  
  04:50 – Fortnite
  Fortnite Chapter 2 – season 2 extended, season 3 hits June 11 via GameInformer
  09:50 – Half-Life
  
• 13:09 – The Last of Us Part II – State of Play impressions
• 17:50 – COVID-19 Watch
  17:50 – IGN’s Summer of Gaming Event updates via IGN
  21:30 – Marvel’s Avengers War Table gameplay and co-op stream announced for June via IGN
  25:55 – Twitch Summer Game Fest streams announced, ‘console announcements’ teased via Polygon
  31:10 – Pokemon Go Fest 2020 is going to be very different via Gamespot
  
• 35:22 – Top News
  35:22 – Take-Two plans to release 93 full titles in the next five years via GamesIndustry.biz
  44:35 – The wild story behind why the first Assassin’s Creed has side missions via Eurogamer
  50:45 – Japan: Tech journalist teases “huge scoop” that’s related to SEGA via MyNintendoNews
  55:20 – Universal Studios’ Super Nintendo World looks complete via Eurogamer
  1:00:05 – (TBC) Swedish retailer lists Metroid Prime Trilogy for Nintendo Switch coming June 19 via MyNintendoNews
  1:02:30 – Extra News
  
• 1:06:05 – Major Releases & Updates
• 1:09:00 – Broke Gamer’s Guide
• 1:16:09 – Hype conversation on PS5 and Series X
  (TBC) PS5 conference reportedly coming as ‘early as next week’ via IGN
  
• 1:30:50 – Sharing the Love (Luis’ Turn)
• 1:38:30 – Outro
• 1:38:55 – Ready Press Play Full Theme by Joel “WAZ” Perez

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