EA Is Explicitly Driving People Towards Loot Boxes | Words About Games Podcast #254

In this week’s episode we discuss EA driving people towards loot boxes in FIFA 21, a Riot Games employee roleplaying a mafia boss in private messages, Capcom making changes to Resident Evil Village’s demo rollout and more.

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Intro

13:44 - Leaked EA document says FIFA 21 is driving people to loot boxes

23:37 - Riot Games 'Disappointed' After Weird Shutdown Notice Of League Of Legends Fan Project Goes Public

33:57 - Capcom will now give you a week to play Resident Evil Village’s final demo instead of just a day

39:20 - Nier Replicant & Automata endings tangent

42:41 - Microsoft's gaming revenue shoots up 50%

48:29 - Sony reports 7.8m PS5s shipped in ‘PlayStation’s best year ever’

55:21 - Most game devs don't think Steam earns its 30% revenue cut

1:04:54 - GDC Survey: 44% of developers have had their game delayed by COVID-19

1:13:25 - 66% of gamers more likely to play socially responsible games

1:22:00 - Respawn Entertainment Wins An Oscar, A First For Gaming Companies

1:26:37 - Titanfall 2 sees Steam resurgence, with active players up 750%

1:31:05 - Super Mario Party’s first patch in 2 years adds classic modes to online play

1:34:54 - Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition arrives on PC next month as a free update

1:36:54 - Knockout City launches straight into Xbox Game Pass and EA Play

1:38:52 - Yoko Taro doubts Nier Replicant will sell very well because Automata was 'a fluke'

1:42:30 - Yoko Taro Is Working On A New Game That He ‘Has No Idea How To Explain Or Sell’

1:45:54 - Games Out Next Week

1:50:45 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head - Resident Evil: Village

1:55:02 - I'm A Believer

1:58:42 - An Announcement About Our Other Podcast