Mixer Shutting Down?! | Happy Hour #76

Strange Happy Hour!

Important Sh!t:

Mark “Dispatcher” Plover:
- WWDC 2020
  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEZhD3J89ZE
  - https://www.cnet.com/news/everything-apple-just-announced-at-wwdc-2020-ios-14-macos-big-sur-new-mac-chips/

“Handsome John” Pettit:
- Microsoft shuts down Mixer for deal with Facebook Gaming: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/22/21299032/microsoft-mixer-closing-facebook-gaming-partnership-xcloud-features 
- Ninja and Shroud payouts: https://twitter.com/Slasher/status/1275145243478892544?s=20 
- Former employee calls out racism in management: https://kotaku.com/former-mixer-employee-calls-out-racism-in-management-1844126059

Brent “Jesterhead” Metcalfe:
- Pokemon Presents 6/17: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEVctuQTeaI 
- Recap if you prefer to read: https://nintendoeverything.com/pokemon-presents-recap-announcement-june-17-2020/ 

Last Call!:

Cheers!: Let’s introduce our individual special guests, since we are once again recording from afar.

Shout outs:
- Our Discord: https://discord.gg/bPZNJ7

Weekly Reading: 
- How DC just broke up the biggest comic monopoly: https://www.ign.com/articles/dc-diamond-comics-distributor-wars-monopoly-marvel 
- The time that Studio Ghibli stood up to Harvey Weinstein with a samurai sword: https://kotaku.com/the-time-studio-ghibli-stood-up-to-harvey-weinstein-wit-1823223914 

Cool @ss Sh!t: 
- This War of Mine added to Poland’s High School reading list: https://kotaku.com/this-war-of-mine-added-to-polands-high-school-reading-l-1844086680 

Question of the Week:
- If you could replace war with another activity to settle things between countries, what would that be? 

House Selection:
- Rocksteady supposedly working on new Suicide Squad game: https://www.gameinformer.com/2020/06/22/report-rocksteady-studios-working-on-suicide-squad-game 
- Ready at Dawn acquired by Facebook: https://www.ign.com/articles/facebook-acquires-the-order-1886-developer-ready-at-dawn 
- EA Plays stream: https://kotaku.com/everything-announced-at-ea-play-live-2020-1844087162 
- Google planning next Stadia event for July 14th: https://www.siliconera.com/the-next-google-stadia-connect-will-be-july-14-2020/ 
- More details on the Spider-Man: Miles Morales game: https://blog.playstation.com/2020/06/18/marvels-spider-man-miles-morales-an-update-from-insomniac-games/
- Blizzard bans thousands in WoW Classic accounts for bots: https://kotaku.com/blizzard-bans-thousands-of-world-of-warcraft-classic-ac-1844078884
- Michael Keaton in talks to play Batman in The Flash film: https://www.ign.com/articles/flash-movie-dc-michael-keaton-batman-bruce-wayne 
- Joel Shumacher has died at age 80: https://www.ign.com/articles/joel-schumacher-dead 
- One Piece creator temporarily waives copyright for fans to make money off of LINE stickers: https://www.siliconera.com/one-piece-line-creator-waves-copyright-allowing-fans-to-make-profit-from-line-stickers/ 
- Nintendo may be moving away from mobile development: https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-mobile-no-games-in-development 
- Walking Dead comic returns this summer: https://www.ign.com/articles/the-walking-dead-returns-negan-lives-comic-robert-kirkman 
- Cyberpunk 2077 delayed to November: https://www.ign.com/articles/cyberpunk-2077-delayed-to-november-19

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 ;)