Fear the Coronavirus | Happy Hour #59

Strange Happy Hour!

Important Sh!t:

Mark “Dispatcher” Plover:
- Google officially warns Huawei device owners not to sideload its apps: https://www.techradar.com/news/google-officially-warns-huawei-device-owners-not-to-sideload-its-apps

“Handsome John” Pettit:
- THQ Nordic purchases Saber Interactive: https://www.gameinformer.com/2020/02/19/world-war-z-developer-saber-interactive-acquired-by-thq-nordic-parent-company

Brent “Jesterhead” Metcalfe:
- Corona Virus scares away many from conventions: https://www.ign.com/articles/kojima-productions-gdc-coronavirus-canceled, https://kotaku.com/sony-pulls-out-of-pax-east-over-coronavirus-concerns-1841791540 , https://ca.ign.com/articles/playstation-and-oculus-to-skip-gdc-over-coronavirus-concerns , https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-mayor-of-boston-is-urging-sony-to-return-to-pa/1100-6473998/

Last Call!:
Cheers!: Let’s introduce our special guest. This week, 'The Dispatcher' is bringin us some delicious Woodford Reserve to try out.

Shout outs:
- Strange Garage: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0DXWjTN8KGQEjHfCMXTWQ/featured
- Our Discord: https://discord.gg/bPZNJ7
- Weekly Reading: https://ca.ign.com/articles/the-truth-about-working-at-gamestop-workers-reveal-their-experiences 
- Weekly Deals: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/digital-tabletop-2 

Question of the Week:
- What would you do for a living if you were living 100 years in the past?

House Selection:
- Kickstarter successfully unionizes: https://gizmodo.com/kickstarter-has-successfully-unionized-1841766330 
- Platinum Games to make a big announcement soon: https://www.siliconera.com/platinumgames-to-make-major-announcement-soon/ 
- Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road’s confusing rollout: https://www.siliconera.com/kingdom-hearts-dark-road-will-be-a-new-game-available-through-the-kingdom-hearts-union-%cf%87-app/
- EVE Online shooter is cancelled, only to have another EVE Online shooter: https://kotaku.com/eve-online-shooter-cancelled-eve-online-shooter-announ-1841772789
- Persona 5 Royal is editing two homophobic scenes for Western release: https://kotaku.com/persona-5-royal-is-editing-two-homophobic-scenes-1841751118
- Witcher 3 patch allows transfer of saves from PC to Switch: https://kotaku.com/witcher-3-update-allows-you-to-transfer-pc-saves-to-swi-1841768571
- Fans made a 'Hot Coffee' mod for Red Dead Redemption 2: https://ca.ign.com/articles/red-dead-redemption-2-gets-its-own-hot-coffee-mod
- Borderlands movie will be directed by Eli Roth: https://ca.ign.com/articles/borderlands-movie-in-production-directed-by-eli-roth
- Yacht Club Games revealing new stuff next week: https://www.gameinformer.com/news/2020/02/19/yacht-club-games-revealing-new-stuff-next-week
- New mobile tactics Final Fantasy game is available for pre-registration: https://kotaku.com/pre-registration-is-now-open-for-the-game-square-enix-i-1841811393
- 7-year-old takes home win from VGC Pokemon Oceania Championship: https://www.ign.com/articles/pokemon-simone-lim-championship-oceania-tournament
- Xbox Series X tech specs revealed: https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-series-x-12-teraflops-new-details
- PUBG update allows single party play between Xbox and Playstation: https://www.gameinformer.com/news/2020/02/21/upcoming-playerunknowns-battlegrounds-patch-enables-ps4-and-xbox-one-party

And, as always, feel free to reach out to any one of the wonderful hosts in any capacity. You reach the Dispatcher on Twitter @DuhFr33k (https://twitter.com/DuhFr33k), Handsome John @HandsomeJohnP (https://twitter.com/HandsomeJohnP), and the Jesterhead himself @Jesterhead0302 (https://twitter.com/Jesterhead0302). Also, don’t be afraid to talk to us down in the comments. We always enjoy a good conversation, in case you didn’t notice ;)