Embracer Group Strikes again and Gamescom 2022 is here

Episode 130. Embracer Group went on a spending spree this past week buying up multiple studios as well as the IP rights to The Lord of The Rings, The Hobbit, and other Middle Earth related works. On top of that, Gamescom 2022 is here. Geoff Keighley kicked it all off with Opening Night Live and had a number of cool gaming announcemnts and trailers including Dead Island 2! Video games are finally back, babyyy!

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:10 - Coming up on today's show 00:00:47 - Welcome and banter 00:07:19 - What we've been playing 00:07:36 - Final Fantasy X 00:12:48 - Digimon Survive 00:18:39 - Dying Light 2 00:26:14 - Saints Row 00:34:19 - Housekeeping 00:37:37 - Video game news of the week 00:37:48 - Embracer group buys IP rights to The Lord of The Rings and more 00:46:53 - KOTOR Remake may be switching developers 00:50:46 - Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022 roundup 01:27:00 - Dead Island 2 new trailer and release date 01:35:55 - July 2022 NPD numbers 01:40:25 - New and notable video games releasing this week and a few other dates 01:45:43 - Lightning Round: Other video game headlines this week 01:55:56 - What we are excited for this week 01:58:21 - Outro

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