Active Quest Episode 116: The PS5 Is Fastest Selling Console In History, We'll Buy Resident Evil 4 One More Time

Joseph, Josh, and Chris go over some surprising sales results from March 2021 and discuss many indie standouts like Oxenfree 2, Before Your Eyes, and Emily Is Away <3. 

Joseph Yaden - twitter.com/josephyaden

Josh Nichols - twitter.com/itsjerkjersh

Chris Penwell - twitter.com/PenwellWrites

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Music
Theme Song made by Novila. soundcloud.com/novila-edm

Quick News
Nintendo is releasing a bright blue Switch Lite in May
 Taylor Lyles
https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/13/22381575/nintendo-switch-lite-new-color-blue-price-release-date

Amazon's Lord Of The Rings MMO Canceled
Liana Ruppert
https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/04/17/amazons-lord-of-the-rings-mmo-canceled

Upcoming Releases/Announcements

Fortnite's Aloy and Lara Croft team-up is delayed to next week
Andy Chalk
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnites-aloy-and-lara-croft-team-
up-is-delayed-to-next-week/

Days Gone PC Release Date Announced
Adam Bankhurst
https://www.ign.com/articles/days-gone-pc-release-date-announced

Quick News

New Resident Evil Village demo comes to PS4 and PS5 April 17
Kellen Haney
https://blog.playstation.com/2021/04/15/new-re-village-demo-comes-to-ps4-and-ps5-april-17

Resident Evil 4 VR Announced for Oculus Quest 2
Matt T.M. Kim
https://www.ign.com/articles/resident-evil-4-vr-announced-for-oculus-quest-2

News

Oxenfree 2 and more new games announced at Nintendo Indie World Showcase
Joseph Yaden
https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/nintendo-indie-world-showcase-april-2021-recap/

The PS5 is the fastest-selling console in U.S. history, according to March game sales data
Joseph Yaden
https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/video-game-sales-report-match-2021/

Listener Questions

Jordan Aslett
@_JordanAslett_
Is the new Switch lite blue or purple?

Jeremy
@hostofhollows
It is not lost on me that if you combine those two games you get... olli olli oxenfree

Andrew McMahon
@McMahon_BearPig
Where the fuck is Hollow Knight Silksong? Also, shoutout to Oxenfree II and OlliOlli World. Both day one pick ups for me.

#1 Kingdom Hearts Fan
@No1KHFan
Hi there, long time no see! I thught I wasn't wanted so I stupped ): 

Anyway, when do u think the next Kingdom of Hearts game will get announced? I'm running out of Hot cheetos and i need a pick me up.

What We’ve Been Playing

Joseph:

Dragon Quest XI

Warzone

Chris:

Before Your Eyes (review code for RetroWare)

Ashwalkers (review code provided for RetroWare)

Outriders (review code provided)

Josh:

Emily is Away <3 (review code for Retroware) 

Pokemon Snap 

Pokémon Card GB2: Great Rocket-Dan Sanjō!

Silent Hill 2

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Recommended Reading
Sony's disregard for game preservation is bad for everybody, including developers | GamesRadar+
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Joseph, Josh, and Chris go over some surprising sales results from March 2021 and discuss many indie standouts like Oxenfree 2, Before Your Eyes, and Emily Is Away <3. 

Joseph Yaden - twitter.com/josephyaden

Josh Nichols - twitter.com/itsjerkjersh

Chris Penwell - twitter.com/PenwellWrites

You can find us on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spotify, and Google Play. You can also subscribe through our RSS feed. 

Follow us on Twitter @ActiveQuestShow

Email us @ [email protected]

Rate us on Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict so we can continue to grow. Reviews are so helpful for discovery and opening doors in the industry for us!

Get our official shirt!

teespring.com/active-quest-shirt#pid=2&cid=566&sid=front

We are proud to be a part of the HP Video Game Podcast Network!: itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtistSeeAll?cc=us&dkId=4&section=0&ids=1482427275

Music

Theme Song made by Novila. soundcloud.com/novila-edm

Quick News

Nintendo is releasing a bright blue Switch Lite in May

 Taylor Lyles

https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/13/22381575/nintendo-switch-lite-new-color-blue-price-release-date

Amazon's Lord Of The Rings MMO Canceled

Liana Ruppert

https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/04/17/amazons-lord-of-the-rings-mmo-canceled

Upcoming Releases/Announcements

Fortnite's Aloy and Lara Croft team-up is delayed to next week

Andy Chalk

https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnites-aloy-and-lara-croft-team-

up-is-delayed-to-next-week/

Days Gone PC Release Date Announced

Adam Bankhurst

https://www.ign.com/articles/days-gone-pc-release-date-announced

Quick News

New Resident Evil Village demo comes to PS4 and PS5 April 17

Kellen Haney

https://blog.playstation.com/2021/04/15/new-re-village-demo-comes-to-ps4-and-ps5-april-17

Resident Evil 4 VR Announced for Oculus Quest 2

Matt T.M. Kim

https://www.ign.com/articles/resident-evil-4-vr-announced-for-oculus-quest-2

News

Oxenfree 2 and more new games announced at Nintendo Indie World Showcase

Joseph Yaden

https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/nintendo-indie-world-showcase-april-2021-recap/

The PS5 is the fastest-selling console in U.S. history, according to March game sales data

Joseph Yaden

https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/video-game-sales-report-match-2021/

Listener Questions

Jordan Aslett

@_JordanAslett_

Is the new Switch lite blue or purple?

Jeremy

@hostofhollows

It is not lost on me that if you combine those two games you get... olli olli oxenfree

Andrew McMahon

@McMahon_BearPig

Where the fuck is Hollow Knight Silksong? Also, shoutout to Oxenfree II and OlliOlli World. Both day one pick ups for me.

#1 Kingdom Hearts Fan

@No1KHFan

Hi there, long time no see! I thught I wasn't wanted so I stupped ): 

Anyway, when do u think the next Kingdom of Hearts game will get announced? I'm running out of Hot cheetos and i need a pick me up.

What We’ve Been Playing

Joseph:

Dragon Quest XI
Warzone

Chris:

Before Your Eyes (review code for RetroWare)
Ashwalkers (review code provided for RetroWare)
Outriders (review code provided)

Josh:

Emily is Away <3 (review code for Retroware) 
Pokemon Snap 
Pokémon Card GB2: Great Rocket-Dan Sanjō!
Silent Hill 2

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Recommended Reading

Sony's disregard for game preservation is bad for everybody, including developers | GamesRadar+

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices