Description

We talk about Blizzard caving on flying in Draenor, World of Warcraft getting into the World Video Game Hall of Fame, and filmmaker Uwe Boll's epic meltdown.

WRUP

• Todd: Heroes of the Storm
• Joe: Universe Sandbox
• Duane: Heroes of the Storm, Town of Salem, Destiny

Links

• Mojang staff offered $300K bonus to stay with company after MS buyout
• Minecraft mod brings Nintendo's Splatoon to PC, sorta.
  • Polygon's Splatoon Review: Moveable Type
• Steam Controller coming in October; pre-order for 50 USD / 40 GBP
  • Worst Movies Ever: Gigli, The Room
• WoW inducted into Video Game Hall of Game
  • World Video Game Hall of Fame
  • HammerCast 5: Full Dives Within My Lifetime
  • HammerCast 6: The Virtual Reality Arms Race
• Diablo III themed extravaganza coming to Heroes of the Storm
• Uwe Boll has public meltdown on YouTube after Kickstarter campaign failure
  • Uwe Boll Filmography
• Wargaming resurrecting Master of Orion
• No Jar-Jar news this week; Joe promises to put an appropriate GIF on the YouTube version of the show.
• Blizzard waffles on flying in Draenor, offers grindy path back to the skies
  • HammerCast 15: Magnificent Death Counters
• Hearthstone to offer new heroes for $$$
• Hearthstone teases new game mode
• Overwatch Gameplay Previews
  • Penny Arcade - Unbeatable Value
• XCOM 2 to be exclusive to PC... because mods.
• Mirror's Edge: Catalyst announced, is "not a sequel"
• Oculus leaks old mockups of Rift
• Zoe Quinn launches game industry resource Games Are For Everyone