Graveyard Shift Gaming - E49: Gaming News - Blizzard Vs. Fox, Capcom Plagiarism, CDPR Drama, New DualSense Colours, New Tom Clancy Games & Movie, HTC Vive Pro 2, Stargate Game, QuakeCon, RE8 Mini Review & More

E49: Gaming News - Blizzard Vs. Fox, Capcom Plagiarism, CDPR Drama, New DualSense Colours, New Tom Clancy Games & Movie, HTC Vive Pro 2, Stargate Game, QuakeCon, RE8 Mini Review & More

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05/15/21 • 38 min

Graveyard Shift Gaming

In episode 49 we chat about Fox wanting to use the word 'Diablo' in their new cartoon series. Now Blizzard wants to trademark it so they can't. Blizzard being greedy again.
Remnant: From the Ashes gets a free next gen update. Ray tracing, 4K, 60fps, etc.
Capcom has been accused of plagiarism for using a design from the 2013 movie ' Frankenstein's Army' in Resident Evil Village.
EA buys another dev company called Metalhead Software.
The director for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has quit CD Projekt Red following accusations of bullying and harassment.
E3 gets a whole bunch of companies on board for their online only event.
New PS5 DualSense controller colours have been revealed.
The VP for Google Stadia has quit.
More Tom Clancy's The Division games and movie coming.
The Australian Government wants more development companies to come to the country and make games, so much so, they're offering a 30% tax offset. Only issue is... well, we'll get into that in the episode.
HTC Vive Pro 2 VR headset specs, price and release date (Australia).
A new Stargate game announced.
QuakeCon 2021 has been revealed. Online only event.
Ubisoft has delayed Skulls and Bones again.
Sega is considering rebooting dormant IPs like: Crazy Taxi, Nights, Altered Beast & Panzer Dragoon.
We give our initial thoughts on Resident Evil Village (Mini Review and rating).

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undefined - E48: Gaming News - Semiconductor Shortage & PS5 Redesign, Discord Coming to PlayStation, Returnal Issues, Dying Light 2 Details Leak, Valorant to Record Voice Chat, Nintendo Movies, Upcoming Call of Duty & Much More

E48: Gaming News - Semiconductor Shortage & PS5 Redesign, Discord Coming to PlayStation, Returnal Issues, Dying Light 2 Details Leak, Valorant to Record Voice Chat, Nintendo Movies, Upcoming Call of Duty & Much More

In episode 48 we cover the international semiconductor shortage and Sony's plan to redesign and re-engineer the PlayStation 5 because of said shortage.
Next month's State of Play has been rumoured, along with the games list. It comes from 4chan, so take it with a grain of salt.
Discord is coming to the PlayStation 5 next year. You can probably thank us for that.
Returnal is having some issues, with updates coming soon. It is also getting a lot of praise.
Resident Evil Village Demo hack on PC. Plus online co-op gets delayed.
A whole bunch of details have been leaked for Dying Light 2. Whether they're legit or not is another thing.
Sony files a patent for "Call an Expert" and AI gaming help.
Outriders gets updates - slowly getting better for players.
Activision CEO takes a huge pay cut.
The internet is bullying Google for only just adding a search feature to Stadia.
Valorant is going to start recording player chat to combat online bullying.
The 6 seconds of Elden Ring footage has been confirmed fake.
The next Call of Duty has been announced, and it's looking to be based on World War 2 again. Adam hopes to the sweet baby Lord Jesus that it's a remake of World at War.
Nintendo has plans to make more games into movies, and they're starting with Super Mario Bros. - which will be animated.
We chat about Remnant: From the Ashes. We finally finished it... 30 hours and 1 DualSense controller later.

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undefined - E50: Special Edition - Our Milestone of Fifty Episodes & Our First Birthday, Resident Evil Village Full Review, Returnal Initial Thoughts, Gaming News, Adam's Rant, Gaming Store Nightmares, Questions From Our Listeners & Blooper Reel

E50: Special Edition - Our Milestone of Fifty Episodes & Our First Birthday, Resident Evil Village Full Review, Returnal Initial Thoughts, Gaming News, Adam's Rant, Gaming Store Nightmares, Questions From Our Listeners & Blooper Reel

Milestone Episode! We've finally hit 50 shows and it's also the podcast's 1st birthday! So we'll be celebrating with an epic one!
We start off with our full review and ratings of Resident Evil Village.
Our initial thoughts of the PS5 exclusive 'Returnal'. The hardest game either of us have ever played?
Gaming news:
A Reddit user discovers you can use the Nintendo Switch (right) Joy-Con as a shutter release for your Android phone's camera; Samsung, Google, Oppo, Xiaomi, etc.
Chris has concerns about the upcoming Hogwarts Legacy game due the Warner Bros potentially being sold and the company looks to getting into the movie/show streaming world. Adam has zero concerns, as he thinks the game has already been ruined.
Returnal update 1.3.7 - what did gamers get, opposed to what they wanted? Not much... except they made an already hard game, even harder.
Plus DLC coming soon, new levels and gear apparently in the works.
The Sony 'Days of Play' sale event coming on May 26: Both PS4 and PS5 games will be on sale, with pretty good discounts.
A PlayStation 5 exclusive Final Fantasy game has been leaked by a RESETera user with a very good track record. Which has a lot of people excited.
Mortal Kombat star criticizes Amazon for not casting Asian people in the upcoming The Lord of the Rings series. Adam goes on an epic rant.
We answer a bunch of questions from some of our regular listeners. A huge thanks to Luke, Shannon and Nath. You guys are legends.
Story time with Adam & Chris!
We share some of our most stressful and annoying dramas we've encountered buying something gaming related. Chris shares his horror story at Target with a Nintendo DS XL and Adam shares his nightmare with buying a Nintendo Switch + games at Big W.
We get all sappy, with a huge thanks to our regular listeners and subscribers. We appreciate the support!
Then we finish off with a glorious blooper reel.
Come join us over at Discord! And once again, thank you!