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Episode 85 - Back For 2022
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English - January 13, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 88.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingVideo Games Leisure Games Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 84 - The Game Awards 2021
Next Episode: Episode 86 - $70 Billion
After the holiday break, we're back! We cover what we've been up to since the break and some of the top news that hit within the past month.
News articles we talk about in this episode:
SEGA promises to avoid NFTs if gamers think it's a money-making scheme: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/83803/sega-promises-to-avoid-nfts-if-gamers-think-its-money-making-scheme/index.html
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is getting NFTs, including one that lets you become an in-game ‘metahuman’: https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/15/22834567/stalker-2-nfts-metahuman-dmarket
https://www.polygon.com/22841151/stalker-2-nft-content-canceled-reaction
EA was in the process of developing a Harry Potter MMO, but scrapped it because they didn't think HP had longevity: https://twitter.com/Brandolorian17/status/1473356649972879364?t=vn7SLyTDe1Cj-xO33mgmhw&s=19
Take-Two acquires Zynga at a valuation of $12.7bn: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220110005389/en/Take-Two-and-Zynga-to-Combine-Bringing-Together-Best-in-Class-Intellectual-Properties-and-a-Market-Leading-Diversified-Mobile-Publishing-Platform-to-Enhance-Positioning-as-a-Global-Leader-in-Interactive-Entertainment
Mario Kart 9 Is Reportedly In Development, 'With a New Twist': https://www.ign.com/articles/mario-kart-9-is-reportedly-in-development-with-a-new-twist
PSVR2 specs announced: https://blog.playstation.com/2022/01/04/playstation-vr2-and-playstation-vr2-sense-controller-the-next-generation-of-vr-gaming-on-ps5/
FF16 development update: https://twitter.com/finalfantasyxvi/status/1475335618905669635?s=20
E3 online only again: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/6/22870913/e3-2022-online-virtual-event-covid-19-pandemic-omicron
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