We start the first Mashcast of the year going over a few important things that have happened while we were gone. From there we talk about some promising job openings at Microsoft, Playstation Now going live, and more.
Hosts: Jarret Redding, Nick Zielenkievicz
Theme: "Insert Coin" - Chris Geehan of Hyperduck Soundworks
While we were gone:
Assassin's Creed 7gb Patch
http://www.polygon.com/2014/12/17/7407869/assassins-creed-unity-glitch-broken-problems-xbox-one-patch
http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/12/17/assassins-creed-unity-patch-mistakenly-mutates-into-40gb-game-replacement-on-xbox-one/?partner=yahootix
Ubisoft gives free game, takes away right to sue
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/12/22/read-the-fine-print-ubisoft-free-game-offer-waives-lawsuits/
News Bites:
Assassin's Creed Movie Release Date
http://comicbook.com/2015/01/06/assassins-creed-release-date-announced/
Skip grinding in Evolve
http://evolvegame.com/news/xbox-one-open-beta-play-as-wraith-the-newest-hunters
Articles:
Playstation Now Released
http://www.joystiq.com/2015/01/05/playstation-now-offers-subscription-service-available-january-1/
Microsoft Job Openings
http://blog.extra-life.org/2015/01/in-the-wake-of-hacking-microsoft-reaches-out-for-cyber-security-engineers-.html
http://www.polygon.com/2015/1/5/7497123/microsoft-hiring-for-top-secret-xbox-projects
Better without Kinect
http://kotaku.com/two-interesting-things-we-learned-from-the-xbox-one-sof-1677658244
Farcry users unable to play Farcry on Xbox one
http://kotaku.com/some-xbox-one-users-cant-play-far-cry-4-even-though-th-1677621472
