#92 - We Don’t Dread Metroid
Episode description
Dan and Luis talk about their impressions on Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl and Metroid Dread. Plus Sony made a lottery to buy a PS5, Best Buy made a paywall to buy a PS5, Jim Ryan wants to expand PS Software reach, Microsoft Re-thinking right to repair. All this and more.
00:00 - Intro / Housekeeping
05:40 - Nickelodeon All Star Brawl
12:15 - Metroid Dread
24:17 - Jim Ryan on wanting to expand PlayStation Software Reach via GamesIndustry.biz
31:20 - Sony has made a lottery for a chance to buy a PS5 via VGC
36:11 - Best Buy’s new $200/yr membership locks PS5 behind sign up via ArsTechnica
43:32 - OLED Switch has ‘improved’ Joy-Cons — but drift still persists via Polygon
49:34 - Evidence suggests Switch OLED's dock can support 4K via VGC
52:20 - Microsoft re-thinking right to repair via VG247
57:49 - Extra News
- #1 - Activision Lawsuit Update via GamesIndustry.biz
- #2 - Marvel’s Avengers is now selling paid XP boosters via Polygon
- #3 - Rockstar Games has officially announced The GTA Trilogy: The Definitive Edition via GameSpot
- #4 - Virtuos has confirmed it’s working on an “unannounced [triple-A] action adventure game remake” via VGC
- #5 - Composer Koichi Sugiyama died at the age of 90 via Polygon
- #6 - ‘System Shock’ live-action series in the works via Deadline
- #7 - Xbox Series X and S have cleared 100,000 consoles sold in Japan via VGC
- #8 - November’s PlayStation Plus games will include three bonus PlayStation VR titles via VGC
- #9 - European versions of Nintendo 64 games for Nintendo Switch Online members will all run at 60Hz via MyNintendoNews
- #10 - Epic has acknowledged that its new Fortnite mode Imposters is inspired by Among Us via VGC
- Check this out: Celebrate 20 Years of Play Together with 20th Anniversary Hardware
- Roundup: Ubisoft has delayed Ghost Recon Frontline’s tech test following fan backlash, a new studio was opened by State of Decay and Arena NET founder Jeff Strain, and Sledgehammer Games has opened a new studio in the UK.
1:08:00 - New Releases & Updates
1:13:30 - Broke Gamer’s Guide
1:17:12 - Outro / Winner of Gameplay / Ready Press Play Full Theme by Joel “WAZ” Perez
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