Dan and Luis meet to discuss Discord coming to Xbox, Sony’s new loyalty program, Nintendo buying an animation studio, June’s NPD results, and plenty more.
00:00 - Intro / Housekeeping
08:00 - Discord is coming to Xbox via XboxWire
15:08 - Xbox Series outsells Xbox One lifetime sales in Japan 2:1 via VGC + Mojang blocks NFTs and Blockchain technologies from Minecraft via Fortune
19:22 - Sony announces loyalty program PlayStation Stars via PlayStation Blog
29:25 - SIE completes Haven acquisition, teases Mark Cerny collab via VGC + 6 minutes of TLOU Part 1 remake footage has leaked via VGC
34:34 - Nintendo buys animation studio, forms Nintendo Pictures group via Polygon
41:54 - Kirby’s Dream Buffet announced for Switch via VGC + Nintendo advises against using its wi-fi dongle from the DS/Wii era via NintendoLife
44:21 - June NPD Results via GI.biz
49:01 - Game of the Year Watch - Best Video Games for 2022 via Metacritic
57:27 - Extra News
- #1 - John Romero announces all-new FPS via PCGamer
- #2 - Meta Quest VR to remove Facebook account mandate via ArsTechnica
- #3 - Ubisoft delisting many games from Steam via Polygon
- #4 - Ubisoft cancels Ghost Recon battle royale via Polygon
- #5 - Bandai Namco says it was hacked by a ransomware group via Polygon
- #6 - Supermassive Games acquired by Danish company Nordisk via VGC
- #7 - SEGA Genesis Mini 2 coming to NA on 10/27 via GameInformer
- #8 - Fall Guys clone Stumble Guys tops mobile charts via MobileGamer.biz
- #9 - Activision Blizzard workers demand gender equality + Vicarious Visions QA workers plan to unionize via Polygon
- #10 - Nintendo and Valve warn handheld users about heat implications via WashingtonPost
- #11 - Bruce Straley founds new studio: Wildflower Interactive via VGC
- #12 - Spotify bought music guessing game Heardle via Polygon
- #13 - Rockstar shelves plans to bring RDR2 to current gen via VGC
- #14 - Youtube poaches streamers LilyPichu and Myth from Twitch via WashingtonPost
- Roundup: Animation Tekken: Bloodline hits Netflix on 8/18; Inscryption comes to PS4/PS5 on 8/30; Yars: Recharged comes to PC, Xbox, Switch, PS and the Atari VCS on Q3 2022; No More Heroes 3 hits PS, Xbox and PC on 10/11; Dragon Ball: The Breakers comes to PC, PS4 and Switch on 10/14; Bayonetta 3 comes to Switch on 10/28; The Dark Pictures: The Devil in Me comes this Fall for PC, Xbox and PS; RoboCop: Rogue City is comes to Switch, PS5, PC and Xbox in June 2023; Ubisoft has delayed Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora to “2023 or 2024”; Survios announced a new Aliens game for PC, consoles and VR; new Terminator survival game is in development.
1:11:57 - Out This Week
1:27:36 - RPP’s List of Best Games of All Time
1:35:00 - Recommendations - Nope (theaters), The Grey Man (Netflix), Get Out and Us (AppleTV, Prime)
1:39:11 - Ready Press Play Full Theme by Joel “WAZ” Perez
Every other Friday, Dan Lima (@PowerUpDan) and Luis Menchaca (@Chacalaca88) will catch you up on everything that’s new and exciting in the world of video games.
