60: A CUP FOR FLUID

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11/08/17 • 44 min

Mike has returned from BlizzCon, and Jeff Kaplan is his best friend now. We spend a portion of this week's GamesBeat Decides podcast going over what happened at BlizzCon and some of the games Mike got to play.
In addition to Minotti's Anaheim Adventures, we dig into the news and the difference between a cup for liquids and a cup for wieners.
Games we talk about this episode:
Super Mario Odyssey
Doom on Switch
Need For Speed: Payback
Call of Duty: WWII
BlizzCon games

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59: KILLING NAZIS AND KINECT

Sony Interactive Entertainment showed off a brutal scene from The Last of Us: Part II at Paris Games Week on Monday, and the cruelty in that clip generated a loud response from fans and others who were watching the publisher's live show. On this week's GamesBeat Decides podcast, hosts Jeffrey Grubb and Mike Minotti discuss why Sony would want to use shocking violence to market a blockbuster sequel.
In addition to watching The Last of Us characters smash arms in with a hammer, we also talk about some recent releases and the news. The big headlines include Microsoft dropping the Kinect, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds fate in China, and the rest of the announcements from Paris Games week.
Here's a list of the games and hardware we talk about on the show:
Super Mario Odyssey
Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus
Destiny 2 (PC)
Xbox One X

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61: RECURRENT CONSUMER SPENDING

Star Wars: Battlefront II comes out this week and a lot of people are already playing it and yelling about it on the internet. A significant number of fans don't like its business model and progression system, and it is letting publisher Electronic Arts know it. On the GamesBeat Decides podcast, host Jeffrey Grubb and Mike Minotti got together with guest Bob Gardner from Intel to talk about Battlefront II, EA, and the most downvoted comment in the history of Reddit.
In addition to EA, we ask what in the world makes Nintendo think it will sell 25-to-30 million Switch systems next year. The only possible answer is Pokémon ... or China? Who knows, but that's a big number. The Decides crew also sorted themselves into Hogwarts houses after hearing the news that Pokémon Go developer Niantic is taking that license on next. We also dive into some tidbits about new Hitman, GameStop's Xbox One X sales, and the sexiest phrase in the English language: "recurrent consumer spending."
Here are the games we talk about this episode:
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Switch)
Rocket League (Switch)
Doom (Switch)
Super Mario Odyssey
Divinity: Original Sin 2
Star Wars: Battlefront II
Assassin's Creed: Origins
Factorio
Fortnite
Stellaris
Magic Arena
Banner Saga
The Witcher 3
Nier Automata