Playstation 5 Reveal | Happy Hour #74

Strange Happy Hour!

Important Sh!t:

Mark “Dispatcher” Plover:
- Tech and Gaming Companies in support of BLM movement:
  - https://www.gamesradar.com/sony-microsoft-activision-and-many-other-gaming-companies-share-support-for-black-lives-matter/
  - https://www.ign.com/articles/ibm-dropping-facial-recognition-research-development
  - https://www.vg247.com/2020/06/05/call-of-duty-warzone-black-lives-matter-screen/

“Handsome John” Pettit & Brent “Jesterhead” Metcalfe::
- PS5 Gameplay Event: https://youtu.be/RuLci-lSeCo?t=3541 , https://screenrant.com/all-ps5-games-playstation-5-reveal-event-announced/ 

Last Call!:

Cheers!: This week we are still separated and enjoying our separate special guests.

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

Weekly Reading: 
- Take Two cancels contract with dev, then attempts to poach it’s whole team: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-03/kerbal-space-program-2-release-disrupted-by-corporate-strife 

Weekly Deals:
- Itch.io Bundle for For Racial Justice and Equality: https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality 
- Great explanation of that Racial Equality Bundle: https://twitter.com/beakfriends/status/1271386913107312640?s=20 

Cool @ss Sh!T:
- New footage of cancelled Avengers game appears online: https://www.ign.com/articles/cancelled-avengers-game-footage
- Pokemon releases Looney Toon inspired cartoon: https://kotaku.com/pokemon-release-very-cool-old-timey-cartoon-1843915598 

Question of the Week:
- What were you most excited, or most disappointed, about Sony’s showing? 

House Selection:
- Niantic to put Pokemon Go Fest earnings towards charity and funding black gaming creators: https://www.siliconera.com/niantics-pokemon-go-fest-2020-proceeds-will-go-to-charity-and-fund-black-gaming-creators/ 
- Another 160 000 accounts related to Switch: https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-nnid-hack-extra-cases
- Blizzard removes Hero Pools from Overwatch: https://kotaku.com/blizzard-removes-controversial-hero-pools-from-overwatc-1843955091 
- Square Enix to donate $250 000 to Black Lives Matter, as well as matching employee donations : https://www.siliconera.com/square-enix-black-lives-matter/ 
- Sony fined $3.5 million for digital store refund policy: https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-fined-35-million-for-misleading-australian-consumers 
- Paradox Interactive signs collective bargaining agreement with labor unions : https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/en/paradox-interactive-to-sign-collective-bargaining-agreement-with-labor-unions/ 
- Konami sets up western third party publishing division: https://www.ign.com/articles/konami-sets-up-western-third-party-game-publishing-division 
- Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest cancelled and next update delayed at least a month: https://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-xiv-fan-fest-cancelled-new-update-still-1843921120
- Older Pokemon games had higher spawn and hatch rates on specific days: https://kotaku.com/report-old-pokemon-games-spawn-monsters-differently-on-1843894028 
- Elite Dangerous will expand to allow players to explore planets in 2021: https://kotaku.com/elite-dangerous-will-let-players-stretch-their-legs-in-1843887099 
- Capcom Pro Tournament Online postponed: https://www.siliconera.com/capcom-pro-tour-online-postponed-with-respect-to-current-events/

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 ;)