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The strange and stagnant state of the video games industry continues to slow the news cycle, but not the marketing. Epic Games earns its "s," CD Projekt Red hits a milestone, Twitch launches Pac-Man, and the crew discusses the best game of 1998.
Epic store has given away more than $2,000 in free games since launch
https://pcgamesn.com/grand-theft-auto-v/epic-store-free-games-total-value
CD Project Red surpasses Ubisoft and becomes most valuable video game company in Europe
https://gameplaymechanix.com/2020/05/19/cd-projekt-has-surpassed-ubisoft-to-become-europes-most-valuable-video-game-company/
Twitch-Integrated Pac Man launches this June
https://theverge.com/2020/5/22/21266881/pac-man-live-studio-playable-on-twitch-june
Theme music is "Flamingo (Azureflux Remix)" by Kero Kero Bonito (freemusicarchive.org/music/Kero_Ker…zureflux_remix), modified under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
This podcast was produced by the hosts of the Emerald GamesCast. Podcast producer Jamie Diep edited.
