Description

Here's another chill story time. This time, I wanna tell you about IO interactive and how they made their comeback from Absolution with Hitman 2016 but also navigating through being sold off by their ex-parent company, Square Enix. 

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News

(1:02) - Xbox FY 2021 financial report

(2:52) - PlayStation 5 sold 10m units

(3:46) - Horizon Forbidden west delayed

(5:32) - PS5 Beta update adds SSD support and more

(7:36) - IO Interactive story

show notes

Microsoft - https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/27/22596578/microsoft-q4-2021-earnings-revenue-xbox-cloud-services-surface-gaming

PlayStation - https://www.sie.com/en/corporate/release/2021/210728.html

https://www.ign.com/articles/ps5-system-update-beta-3d-audio-tv-speakers-trophy-tracking

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-30/playstation-video-game-horizon-forbidden-west-delayed-to-2022

IO interactive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_stW6JvB4SI&t=1s

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-05-07-podcast-ios-independence-with-hakan-abrak-gi-live-online