123: New Pokemon Snap & Press Reset Previews

Pete's been busy hunting for Pokémon but this time he's using a camera instead of a Pokéball to capture them… It's New Pokémon Snap week, of course! Meanwhile, Steve's blitzed through the Hitman 3 story and failed at his first Elusive Target. Before Pete shares his thoughts on Jason Schreier's upcoming book, Press Reset in this week's main topic, we have a bunch of news in another jam-packed week for the industry!
Hitman Developer, IO Interactive could possibly be working on a brand new fantasy IP for Microsoft; Nintendo surprised us all with a Super Mario Party update that added ONLINE support this week; Activision is being Activision by assigning Crash Bandicoot and Spyro studio, Toys for Bob to Call of Duty; and we saw more of PlayStation's stunning upcoming exclusive, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart in a State of Play.
Chapters:
00:03:20 - What We're Playing
00:35:42 - IO Working on Fantasy IP For Microsoft
00:44:31 - Super Mario Party Online Update
00:46:56 - Microsoft Reducing PC Games Cut to 12%
00:59:47 - Activision CEO Takes Pay Cut; Still Makes MIllions
01:05:20 - Toys For Bob is Now a CoD Support Studio
01:14:42 - Ratchet & Clank State of Play
01:26:37 - Jason Schreier's Press Reset - Book Preview
Links:
Hitman developer reportedly developing fantasy IP for Xbox | Eurogamer: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-04-30-hitman-developer-reportedly-developing-fantasy-ip-for-xbox
Microsoft shakes up PC gaming by reducing Windows store cut to just 12 percent | The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/29/22409285/microsoft-store-cut-windows-pc-games-12-percent
Microsoft explored reducing its Xbox store cut to shake up console gaming | The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/2/22415712/microsoft-xbox-store-cut-epic-games-court-documents
Daniel Ahmad's Take on Microsoft Reductions: https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/1388834709929697280
Activision CEO takes pay cut | Axios Gaming: https://www.axios.com/activision-ceo-bobby-kotick-pay-cut-72e2a52c-3916-4d62-8a3b-c82283267945.html
Ratchet and Clank State of Play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zf1GCFoqn0
Press Reset by Jason Schreier: https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/jason-schreier/press-reset/9781538735480/
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Pete's been busy hunting for Pokémon but this time he's using a camera instead of a Pokéball to capture them… It's New Pokémon Snap week, of course! Meanwhile, Steve's blitzed through the Hitman 3 story and failed at his first Elusive Target. Before Pete shares his thoughts on Jason Schreier's upcoming book, Press Reset in this week's main topic, we have a bunch of news in another jam-packed week for the industry!

Hitman Developer, IO Interactive could possibly be working on a brand new fantasy IP for Microsoft; Nintendo surprised us all with a Super Mario Party update that added ONLINE support this week; Activision is being Activision by assigning Crash Bandicoot and Spyro studio, Toys for Bob to Call of Duty; and we saw more of PlayStation's stunning upcoming exclusive, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart in a State of Play.

Chapters:

00:03:20 - What We're Playing
00:35:42 - IO Working on Fantasy IP For Microsoft
00:44:31 - Super Mario Party Online Update
00:46:56 - Microsoft Reducing PC Games Cut to 12%
00:59:47 - Activision CEO Takes Pay Cut; Still Makes MIllions
01:05:20 - Toys For Bob is Now a CoD Support Studio
01:14:42 - Ratchet & Clank State of Play
01:26:37 - Jason Schreier's Press Reset - Book Preview

Links:

Hitman developer reportedly developing fantasy IP for Xbox | Eurogamer: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-04-30-hitman-developer-reportedly-developing-fantasy-ip-for-xbox
Microsoft shakes up PC gaming by reducing Windows store cut to just 12 percent | The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/29/22409285/microsoft-store-cut-windows-pc-games-12-percent
Microsoft explored reducing its Xbox store cut to shake up console gaming | The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/2/22415712/microsoft-xbox-store-cut-epic-games-court-documents
Daniel Ahmad's Take on Microsoft Reductions: https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/1388834709929697280
Activision CEO takes pay cut | Axios Gaming: https://www.axios.com/activision-ceo-bobby-kotick-pay-cut-72e2a52c-3916-4d62-8a3b-c82283267945.html
Ratchet and Clank State of Play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zf1GCFoqn0
Press Reset by Jason Schreier: https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/jason-schreier/press-reset/9781538735480/

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The PotsCast is the weekly Nintendo and video game podcast from the LootPots team. We get together to discuss the latest gaming news, rumours and releases. Get in touch with us at [email protected], watch us on YouTube, join our Discord server, and support us on Patreon.

The PotsCast is:

Pete: https://twitter.com/loud_pete

Steve: https://twitter.com/steve228uk

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