Kaz returns this week with epic tales of cornfields and Battlechasers, but she’s a little bummed to be missing raid already! Willam played more Portrait of Ruin and Fire Emblem Heroes. Please forgive Kyles poor internet for dropping every once in a while, but he did manage to play a ton of games with week, most notably Spider-man and Mega Man 11.  In the New we were excited to go over the happenings of the Nintendo Direct, we also dig into the issue with backending in cloud saves.  For the rest of the discussion we dive into the legal issues EA continues to have with loot boxes in Belgium.  For something fun we talk about the 5 games that would best embody the types of games we like.  Come Pause with us!

HYPE TRAIN *toot toot*

• • Nintendo Direct

• Luigi’s Mansion 3

• • 3ds ports: Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn, Bowser’s Inside story
  • Switch ports: SMBU, Katamari, Civ 6, Cities Skylines (out now!)
  • Capcom Beat ‘em up bundle
  • Switch online details. It’s basically what we already knew, but you can also spend even more money on NES controllers for $60. Hooray, I guess.
  • Town is a new RPG from Gamefreak that seems kind of interesting
  • Yoshi’s Crafted World!
  • Board games! Carcassonne, Pandemic, LotR LCG, Catan, Munchkin. Really interesting concept, it’s cool to see Asmodee have a digital division.
  • Starlink looks great. I love Wolf’s new voice actor/model
  • FFVII, XI, X/X-2 HD Remaster, XIIZA, XV Pocket, WoFF, CD
  • I need the Smash dock. I hope they release it separately.
  • Also, we got more dad Bowser, which is adorable
  • Isabelle in Smash https://78.media.tumblr.com/e6392ce863f5b02b7e5816b1c82dc874/tumblr_ozf1h3GiCa1tpri36o1_400.gif
  • Animal Crossing 2019!

• Shadow of the Tomb Raider came out to pretty solid reviews
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles is getting an HD remaster with online play!
• Vesperia has a release date, 1/11/19, with a teaser of a… dog? special edition? https://twitter.com/BandaiNamcoUS/status/1039191897292472323

SMASH BROS RUMOR OF THE WEEK

• No Codex calls this time, according to David Hayter

Discussion:

EA is taking loot boxes to Belgian court.

Think they’ll win? Seems like they’re trying to control the situation before it spreads across the rest of the EU.

https://hexus.net/gaming/news/industry/122051-belgian-govt-opens-criminal-investigation-ea/

Some Switch games won’t support cloud saves.

Seems like it’s due to backend design, since the feature wasn’t built in to the system from day one. It’ll supposedly stop people from cheating.

https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/09/07/multiple-switch-games-including-pokemon-splatoon-and-dark-souls-do-not-support-cloud

Podcast THING OF THE WEEK

If you had to recommend someone play 5 games to really get a feel for you/your tastes, what five would you pick?

Kaz 

1. Warcraft 3
2. Bloodborne
3. Zoo Tycoon
4. Skyrim
5. Heroes of the Storm

Kyle

1. Parappa the Rapper
2. Mega Man 5/6/10
3. Dark Souls
4. Earthbound
5. DJ Hero 2

William (yes he cheated)

Without Me

1. FF6
2. LttP
3. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
4. Muramasa: The Demon Blade
5. Metroid Zero Mission

With Me

1. Skyward Sword
2. Fire Emblem 7
3. Majora’s Mask
4. Xenoblade Chronicles
5. Tales of Vesperia

Welcome back to Pause Screen, this week Kaz is out, so Kyle and William are on their own, so all bets are off. William takes the opportunity to talk about the scandalous Catherine and a bit more of Portrait of Ruin. Kyle is still stuck on Dead Cells, though he took a bit of time to try out Tekken 7. In news, Spider-Man comes out tomorrow, Destiny 2 is still getting expansions, Nintendo cancels a Direct, leaving Megaman 11’s demo out in the cold, and the Xbox Adaptive Controller is out! For discussions this week, we tackle microtransactions and the business model that is making them an unfortunate reality in gaming. We also take a look at the beautiful disaster that is Riot games attempting to change the public perception of their work culture. To finish up, we talk about some of our guilty pleasures in gaming, and speculate about what Kaz’s would be. Come pause with us!

Discussion topics

HYPE TRAIN *toot toot*

• Spider-Man comes out tomorrow, and reviews are really good!
• The Forsaken Destiny 2 expansion came out, and is apparently pretty okay
• Rayman is going to be in Brawlhalla. RIP Smash dreams
• The Xbox Adaptive Controller launched on Tuesday!
• Hot off the heels of buying Timesplitters back, THQ Nordic has bought Kingdoms of Amalur.
• TWEWY Final Mix is priced at $50 https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/the-world-ends-with-you-final-remix-switch
• Megaman 11 demo is now live on Switch, and starts on Xbox and PS tomorrow https://twitter.com/MegaMan/status/1037837854112530433
• Anti-hype: Nintendo cancelled their direct for today on account of a 6.7 earthquake in Japan.

SMASH BROS RUMOR OF THE WEEK

• There are going to be characters in this game

Discussion:

The producer of 2K’s NBA 2K19 called microtransactions an ‘unfortunate reality’ of gaming.

The sad part is, I think I agree with him. https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/9cz8n4/2k_says_microtransactions_are_an_unfortunate/

The Riot Games drama marches on: they held a few career seminars (complete with 1-on-1 resume reviews), but only allowed women and non-binary people to attend.

Is promotion the answer to discrimination, or is it just more discrimination? Reddit seems to think the latter. https://www.dailyesports.gg/reddit-vs-riot-drama-over-female-only-league-of-legends-pax-seminars/

Podcast THING OF THE WEEK

 Gaming guilty pleasures

Kyle has returned from the magical land of Disney and played a bunch of games.  William started playing Portrait of Ruin again and Kaz has been neck deep in Goatman work and Warcraft. In the news we talk about CD projekt Red’s unexpected Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay stream, A new IP coming out from Nintendo, the International and a Netflix Diablo series.  On a more serious note we mourn the loss of life at the Madden qualifier tournament event in Jacksonville. We also can’t believe a Pirate site is taunting Nintendo and hosting ROMS and also discuss EA’s move to delay Battlefield 5. Come Pause with us!

HYPE TRAIN *toot toot*

• CD Projekt Red released some Cyberpunk 2077 footage. Looks pretty good! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfW1WcuEI8Y
• Nintendo showed off its upcoming original IP mobile game, Dragalia Lost. It actually looks okay? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4wz7Mb8Kqw
• Nintendo also highlighted a bunch of indies this week. A highlight of the highlights is that Into the Breach is out on Switch! Also, Hyper Light Drifter is coming too.
• Streets of Rage 4 is going to be a thing, courtesy of DotEmu. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_bgPefCyfA&feature=youtu.be
• Spelunky 2 had its big reveal. It certainly looks like more Spelunky! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6JVT2Sp8aQ
• Huge congrats to OG for winning The International! Also, 2 new heroes in Dota—Grimstroke (out now!) and Mars, coming later this winter. Grimstroke looks rad. http://www.dota2.com/grimstroke
• Onimusha is getting ported(remastered) to modern systems?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTScT8UucHw \
• Blizzard and Netflix reportedly working on a Diablo series https://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/08/30/diablo-netflix-series-hellboy-writer/

SMASH BROS RUMOR OF THE WEEK

• It’s going to have brothers that you can smash
• There’s a limited edition coming to the US! Also, a Switch bundle with special joy cons and a special pro controller.

Discussion:

 EA’s Madden qualifier tournament event in Jacksonville, FL had a mass shooting.

Pretty terrible. 3 dead including shooter, 9 more wounded. EA is donating $1mm to the victims’ families and has cancelled the rest of the tourney. What does this mean for future gaming events?

Random pirate site is trying to call out Nintendo in the battle for ROM hosting https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-site-taunts-nintendo-with-a-new-retro-games-section-180830/

Battlefield 5 delayed it’s release until November

Is it enough to help them remarket themselves? https://www.pcgamer.com/battlefield-5-release-date-delayed-to-november/

This week with Pause Screen, Kyle is on vacation, William hasn’t played anything besides Fire Emblem: Heroes, and Kaz is enjoying Battle for Azeroth and a little bit of Battle Chasers. In news, we talk about the ongoing Gamescom and all that’s happened there. Cyberpunk 2077, Battlefield 5, Sekiro, Devil May Cry 5, and more. We also mention Amazon Prime dropping thier preorder discount, and the legendary Windjammers 2 trailer. For discussion topics, we have the newly debuted steam.tv, and to wrap up, we talk Battlefield 5 and the web of controversy surrounding it. Come pause with us!

HYPE TRAIN *toot toot*

• Windjammers 2 coming in 2019
• Gamescom is going on in Germany RIGHT NOW
  • Cyberpunk 2077 -45 mins of gameplay
    • They’re going for a similar scope as the witcher 3
  • Battlefield 5 open beta date Sept 4
  • Resident evil 2 screenshots and gameplay of Claire
  • Assasin’s Creed cinematic trailers and dev walkthrough
  • Sekiro gets a release date and collectors edition march 22, 2019
  • Blizzard reveals a new overwatch map and short featuring D.Va
  • Spyro reignited showed off more gameplay and has been delayed to November 13th from September 1. Sorry Kyle https://www.gamnesia.com/news/the-spyro-reignited-trilogy-is-delayed-to-november
  • Devil May Cry 5 has a new trailer and a release date, March 8th, 2019
  • For Honor went FTP and is seeing some comeback https://www.pcgamer.com/for-honor-starter-edition-goes-free-draws-over-225000-concurrent-players-on-steam/
• Amazon Prime is getting rid of it’s 20% off preorder discount https://www.gamnesia.com/news/amazon-prime-is-dropping-its-20-pre-order-discount
• Battle for azeroth is blizzard’s fastest selling expansion ever https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/battle-for-azeroth-fastest-selling-expansion-1202915379/

SMASH BROS RUMOR OF THE WEEK

• Gameplay of new smash characters at gamescom

Discussion:

Valve’s streaming service, Steam.tv, has launched.  Is this the end of youtube gaming? Will it be a real competitor to twitch? https://www.pcgamer.com/valves-new-streaming-platform-steamtv-is-officially-live-now/

Battlefield 5 preorders are ‘weak’ and chief design officer Patrick sunderlund is going to step down from EA  Will it flop because of the political controversy around it, or are they releasing it too close to RD2 and COD, or is an overall dissatisfaction with EA (or all of the above)?  https://www.vgr.com/battlefield-5-pre-order-sales-weak/

https://www.polygon.com/2018/8/14/17688052/electronic-arts-patrick-soderlund-leaves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ry5Lu9g1nk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pGjb5MvuUE

We’re back after a week break and have a LOT to talk about! Kyle played the most with a bunch of old games. Good news is that he finally beat Enter the Gungeon, but is somewhat slogging through the Megaman X Collection 1.  William is revisiting portal to achievement hunt and played some Fire Emblem Fates Conquest.  Laura battled a giant skeletal man in Dark Souls 3, and it tearing it up in the new WoW expansion!  In our quick news we talk about Diablo 3 for Switch, DS remastered release date,  DOOM Eternal, Evo and more.  In our Discussion we talk about former IGN editor Filip Miucin and his Plagiarism, Bethesda’s litigious moves on games re-sellers and Riot’s Sexism and discrimination culture.  Come pause with us!

HYPE TRAIN *toot toot*

• Diablo 3 Eternal Collection is coming to Switch!
• Dark Souls Remastered (and the Solaire amiibo) are coming out on October 19th
• THQ Nordic acquired Timesplitters (and Second Sight), and says they’re gonna bring it back! http://news.cision.com/thq-nordic-ab/r/thq-nordic-acquires-timesplitters,c2592484
• Doom Eternal got some gameplay footage, and it looks fantastic
• Shovel Knight is in Rivals of Aether, which is neat
• Torchlight Frontiers got announced. I’m cautiously optimistic, even with the MMO angle
• EVO
• The International 8 Group Stages are happening
• TWEWY coming out on October 12 https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1026830324850937857
• Square’s thoughts on Octopath and Bravely https://twitter.com/mochi_wsj/status/1026737884168998912?s=09
• Switch VR https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/08/hackers-discover-buried-vrmode-support-in-switch-firmware/

SMASH BROS RUMOR OF THE WEEK

• We’re incredibly late to the party, but Luigi is dead (super dead), and Smash has everything in it now
• LITERALLY
• EVERYTHING

Discussion:

IGN’s Nintendo editor, Filip Miucin, was caught plagiarizing a small Youtube reviewer’s review of Dead Cells.

Since then, it’s gone from bad to worse. He had a bad apology video (monetized, of course), challenged people to find more plagiarism (which they promptly did), and IGN is now considering removing all of his content he’s ever done entirely. What a tool.

Bethesda sent eBay sellers cease and desist letters for selling ‘new’ games.

Man, they like to sue people.

https://www.polygon.com/2018/8/11/17661254/bethesda-sell-used-games-amazon-block

Kotaku ran a really interesting piece on sexism and discrimination at Riot Games.

Not sure if we want/need to tackle it, but it’s an interesting read.

https://kotaku.com/inside-the-culture-of-sexism-at-riot-games-1828165483

This week Kaz is coming off of a losing streak in heroes, and a similar streak in Dark Souls 3. William is back from the dead with a shiny ‘Double S’ achievement from Dustforce and having played a little of Octopath Traveler. Kyle returns with a report on the Hololens, Beat Saber, Megaman X, and Enter the Gungeon. In our quick news, we mention Evo, Spider-Man, Valve, off disc Spyro 2-3, and the Megaman and Castlevania animated shows. For discussion, we take a look at some of Sylvanas’ actions as warchief in the upcoming WoW expansion, and a bit of the player reaction. Then, to finish up, we discuss examining games based on player experience as opposed to actual content, and subjectivity (or objectivity, if you prefer). Come pause with us!

HYPE TRAIN *toot toot*

• Spider-Man has gone gold!
• Jay Pinkerton is back at Valve! https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/92qy96/jay_pinkerton_writer_for_portal2_team_fortress_2/
• Also, Artifact is coming out in November. It won’t be free-to-play, and card packs will be an additional $2 each. https://www.pcgamer.com/artifact-valves-fantasy-card-game-will-be-out-in-november/
• Spyro 2 and 3 aren’t going to be on the disc—you’ll have to download them as a day 1 update. 🙁
• Megaman Fully Charged looks terrible https://www.gamnesia.com/news/mega-man-battles-fire-man-in-new-fully-charged-footage
• But maybe I’ll like the second season of Castlevania more than the first https://www.gamnesia.com/news/get-excited-for-castlevania-season-2-with-its-first-trailer

SMASH BROS RUMOR OF THE WEEK

• It’s Sakurai’s birthday! https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/943v8o/happy_birthday_to_a_legend/

Discussion:

Warcraft Prepatch is causing all sorts of distress among the community, especially the Horde

Basically Sylvanas (as Warchief) ordered a bunch of warcrimes, we all knew Teldrasil would burn down, but people were hoping it would be some morally grey events. The Horde was definitely in the wrong

https://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-warcrafts-most-controversial-plot-twist-has-the-community-tearing-itself-apart/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVp7yLfnmrE

This week is a Kaz and Kyle show because William has caught the plague.  Kaz is diving deep into dark souls and has encountered her first Lord of Cinder.  Kyle tried really hard to beat Enter the Gungeon.  In the new, Kyle can’t help but mentioning Spyro’s awesome soundtrack options, and Kaz mentions there’s a Slenderman movie (remember that name?).  We discuss in depth the huge Copyright Hammer down on a couple popular ROM sites, Next Gen cloud Xbox possibilities, an unfortunate Loot box loophole in Denmark and more, come pause with us!

HYPE TRAIN *toot toot*

• Spyro is going to have both classic and new remixes of the music! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot1QP_RbWSU
• Slender Man movie is coming this year, looks spoopy!  https://youtu.be/nxgSXM8NUls
• The Battle for Azeroth prepatch is live, events are going on to lead up to important story moments

SMASH BROS RUMOR OF THE WEEK

• Uh…. it comes out on December 7?

Discussion:

Nintendo is suing a couple of popular ROM sites, LoveROMS.com and LoveRETRO.co.

Both sites are now down. Wonder if this is Nintendo trying to make an example, or if they’re just bothered that they’re popular/making money off it.

https://torrentfreak.com/nintendo-sues-console-rom-sites-for-mass-copyright-infringement-180720/

The rumor mill says the next Xbox is going to have two tiers: a lean/cheap cloud streaming version and a more traditional console.

Interesting.

https://www.thurrott.com/xbox/163896/details-microsofts-xbox-scarlett-game-streaming-service

Dragon Ball Fighterzzzzzzzzzzzz has overtaken Street Fighter 5 to be the biggest event at EVO 2018.

Also, Smash 4 beat Melee by one person.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/90duyk/evo_2018_numbers_officially_released_dragonball/

Dutch players now have loot boxes in Dota 2 again, but without the direct randomization.

Instead, they can see what they’ll get if they buy another box. Buy one more, maybe you’ll get what you want next time!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/91r77a/dutch_players_can_now_see_rewards_in_dota_2/

Related, Forza announced it will removing all prize crates a day after DotA’s announcement https://www.pcgamer.com/forzas-loot-boxes-and-paid-tokens-are-going-away/

The Culling 2 happened, and then unhappened.

http://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/07/23/the-culling-2-servers-shutting-down/

Another week comes and goes and Kaz hasn’t gotten to play much between streaming and puppy. William forces himself through Fire Emblem Warriors and Kyle plays a whole slew of games: Runner 3, Super Bomberman R, Oceanhorn, and Sonic Mania Plus. In the new we talk about Nathan Fillions epic Uncharted fan film, how much space Super Smash Bros Ultimate will take on your switch, and a new $30 clicker game with NO MICROTRANSACTIONS?! We also discuss how rainbow six siege’s choice to instaban user of Slurs might spread to all games, Nintendo’s relaxed(or non-existent) approach to cheaters in Splatoon, and how one typo in coding can completely screw up a game. Come pause with us!

HYPE TRAIN *toot toot*

• The Captain Toad port is out, and is apparently good!
• They patched Mario Tennis Aces, and Bowser Jr. and trick shots aren’t quite as good. Hooray! https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29137/p/897
• Enter the Gungeon has a neat new expansion out called “Advanced Gungeons and Draguns”. This isn’t newsworthy, but that pun
• Halo Infinite DOESN’T have a battle royale mode. Interesting. https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/9004op/praise_the_gods_halo_infinite_will_not_have/
• Suddenly there is free BotW DLC for Mario Kart 8 https://www.gamnesia.com/news/mario-kart-8-deluxe-just-got-free-zelda-dlc
• Nathan Fillion did an uncharted fan film and it’s amazing https://youtu.be/v5CZQpqF_74
• Speaking of Nathan Drake, Dev reveals that you don’t have a health bar in uncharted, rather a luck meter https://www.gameinformer.com/gamer-culture/2018/07/08/nathan-drake-doesnt-have-a-health-meter-in-uncharted-he-has-a-luck-meter

SMASH BROS RUMOR OF THE WEEK

• The digital version of Ultimate requires 16gb or more of space. Get your Micro SD cards ready! https://store.nintendo.co.jp/item/HAC_J_AAABA.html

Discussion:

Clicker game with no microtransactions is kicking butt in sales.

It is bad that I’m really tempted to buy it?  https://steamed.kotaku.com/clicker-game-ditches-microtransactions-becomes-steam-b-1827703881

Rainbow 6 Siege players who use slurs are now getting instabanned.

I love it. https://www.pcgamer.com/rainbow-six-toxicity-ban/

 Someone hacked the Splatoon 2 leaderboards to ask Nintendo for anti-cheat.

It got taken down, and still no anti-cheat. Think they’ll add it before we’re supposed to pay for the privilege of playing against cheaters online? https://twitter.com/Nintendeal/status/1017539297577086976

Aliens: Colonial Marines had its AI fixed by a modder who found a single letter typo in the game’s .ini file.

Tether, not teather. https://www.resetera.com/threads/aliens-colonial-marines-ai-fixed-by-a-single-letter.55247/

Welcome back from a short break! William has come back from a short vacation, but doesn’t have much to show for it other than incremental progress in Dustforce. Kaz has begun an epic journey in both Dark Souls and Tooth and Tail, and Kyle has beaten Steamworld Dig 2, only to fall to piracy in order to play some rare games on his NES Classic. In news, we talk about Octopath Traveler, Bomb Chicken, the new Pokemon trailer, Warframe, Spyro, and Sonic Mania, followed up with some Smash amiibo and music. For our discussion, we look at ESPN and Overwatch, the banning of lootboxes in some countries, and Nintendo’s new anti-pirate hardware. To finish up, we discuss collecting games, their value, and preservation as we move into the future. Come pause with us!

HYPE TRAIN *toot toot*

• Octopath Traveler comes out tomorrow, and is getting decent reviews. It seems a little divisive with how it tells its story, though.
• Bomb Chicken is out on the Switch too, and it looks great. Also getting good reviews.
• New Pokemon Let’s Go trailers are out. https://www.gamnesia.com/news/new-pokemon-lets-go-trailers-shows-brock-misty-and-more
• Warframe is coming to the Switch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dUxbV0ItPE
• They showed off 10 minutes of Spyro 2 footage! IT LOOKS SO GOOD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnSxb9pB-H8
• Sonic Mania Plus comes out on Tuesday, and reviews are real solid there too.

SMASH BROS RUMOR OF THE WEEK

• They revealed the new amiibo for Ridley, Inkling, and Wolf! You can preorder them now, they come out the same day as Smash Ultimate. They look amazingly good, and Snake/Ice Climbers/Daisy and re-releases of old figures are confirmed to be coming too. https://twitter.com/NintendoVS/status/1017227109541076992
• They revealed a new Mega Man 4 music medley for the game, and it’s fantastic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG5NSiPzfx8

Discussion:

Overwatch league is now going to be on ESPN

I guess treating it like a serious sport is paying off! https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/11/overwatch-league-strikes-a-milestone-deal-with-disney-and-espn/

Players in the Netherlands and Belgium can no longer open loot boxes in CS:GO.

Wonder how long this patchwork solution will last as more and more countries ban the practice.

http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2018/07/20618/

Nintendo is rolling out new hardware configurations for the Switch to make it harder to hack.

Maybe it’ll be effective for another 2 months.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/07/nintendo-reportedly-rolling-out-new-more-hack-proof-switch-hardware/

William is out of town but Kaz and Kyle carry on in his stead! Kaz got a boost in happy by turning to Mario Odyssey and playing with her new puppy. Kyle plays some Steam World Dig and beats yokus island express. In the news we celebrate SGDQs final donation numbers, twitch primes FREE game offerings and the return of the NES classic! For our discussion we speculate on what Amy Hennig will do with her own studio after leaving EA, we mourn Amazon prime dropping remaster and rereleases disount (thanks again Best Buy,) and fornite is pioneering story telling in the battle Royal genre, who knew? Come pause with us!

HYPE TRAIN *toot toot*

• SGDQ raised $2,122,449 for Doctors Without Borders overall. Pretty crazy!
• Turtle Rock Studios (the Left 4 Dead guys) are working on a new game in a ‘globally known franchise’. Looks like it’ll still be multiplayer. http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/06/28/left-4-dead-creators-working-on-unannounced-title-in-a-globally-known-franchise
• Overwatch has a hamster now, I guess
• Twitch Prime is giving away a ton of free games this month. If you have the room in your heart for another game launcher, definitely worth checking out. http://www.twitch.tv/prime
• The NES Classic is back!
• Amazon Italy leaking a bunch of stuff http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2018/07/01/rumor-amazon-italy-leaks-bloodborne-2-splinter-cell-dreams-release-date/#/slide/1

SMASH BROS RUMOR OF THE WEEK

• Charles Martinet said ‘Waluigi for Smash! Waa!’ when signing a fan’s photo at a con. Waluigi confirmed https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/8vj0uq/i_had_the_pleasure_of_meeting_charles_at_fanboy/

Discussion:

Amy Hennig (director of Uncharted and Soul Reaver) has left EA, and is working on building her own small studio.

Remember when EA said they were reworking her project to make it multiplayer/open world? Sounds like she split with them as a result, clear back in January. Hopefully we see something from her soon, it’s been more than 5 years!

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-06-28-uncharted-creator-amy-hennig-has-departed-ea-to-set-up-indie-studio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Hennig

Amazon Prime no longer gives you 20% off re-releases or remasters.

I still hate Best Buy.

https://www.destructoid.com/amazon-prime-drops-pre-order-discount-for-remasters-and-re-releases-511039.phtml

During all that rocket nonsense in Fortnite, some dude broke the giant staircase folks were watching it on, killing 48 people in one game and giving him the new record.

Genius or madman? This is why we can’t have nice things.

https://kotaku.com/griefer-snags-fortnite-kill-record-by-blowing-up-crowd-1827289698