#98 - Apologies All Around

Dan and Luis talk about their thoughts on the Golden Joystick Awards, Sony’s Faceplate patent, Rockstar apologizing for the state of GTA Definitive Edition, and updates on the Activision/Blizzard story. Plus: Xbox doing right by their fans, and thoughts on Pokemon Shining Pearl, and more. 00:00 - Intro / Housekeeping 08:38 - The Artful Escape 15:39 - Pokemon Shining Pearl 26:32 - Golden Joystick Awards via GamesRadar 33:38 - Sony faceplate patent via VGC 40:32 - Rockstar apologizes for GTA Definitive Edition issues via Polygon 46:09 - More than 1,000 Activision Blizzard workers sign petition to drop CEO Bobby Kotick via Polygon 53:16 - Nintendo Issues Internal Response to Activision-Blizzard Reports via Fanbyte 1:01:10 - Check This Out: Xbox is sending 20th anniversary gift packages to random fans via VGC 1:03:55 - Extra News #1 - Epic Games has acquired Harmonix via Polygon #2 - Street Fighter veterans Ryu and Chun-Li are coming to Brawlhalla via Flipboard #3 - Kojima Productions is headed west and will focus on TV, film, and music via Polygon #4 - The season 1 extension of Halo Infinite to May 2022 will delay the release of campaign co-op and the game’s Forge level editor via Polygon #5 - Fortnite Chapter 2 is coming to an end on Dec. 4 via Polygon #6 - Xbox has added a new dynamic theme designed to celebrate the Xbox 360 via VGC #7 - Marvel’s Avengers’ upcoming Spider-Man content won’t include story missions via VGC #8 - Call of Duty’s new Warzone Pacific map has been delayed to December 8 via VGC #9 - PlatinumGames director Hideki Kamiya has publicly apologised to Microsoft for the cancellation of Scalebound via Eurogamer #10 - A former Sony PlayStation employee filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging gender discrimination and wrongful termination after speaking up about it via Axios 1:16:12 - New Releases & Updates 1:18:28 - Broke Gamer’s Guide 1:29:22 - Outro / Ready Press Play Full Theme by Joel “WAZ” Perez Every Friday, Dan Lima (@thedanlima) and Luis Menchaca (@chacalaca88) will catch you up on everything that’s new and exciting in the world of video games. If you want to write anything to be read in the show, go to readyplaynetwork.com or hit us up on Twitter or TikTok @readypressplay. Please subscribe to the feed so you can get every new show directly to your device as soon as it posts, and if you like it, please leave us a nice review. If you like our intro and would like to support the artist, go check out The.How.To.Be by Waz on Spotify. Thank you!