The Podcast - Ep 31 - How far can game makers push fan tolerance?
Description
Tom and Will take over this week and kick off with the heavy news from Activision Blizzard. Plus Tom overcomes his fears to watch an animal crossing horror trailer, and Square Enix do yet another video conference for upcoming stuff! Scott and Gareth also return, with Gareth moving away from mobile game trailers and Scott getting excited about a new website for RP Haven!
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All the links we referenced:
- Activision Blizzard lay off a load of people:
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/03/close_to_190_employees_have_reportedly_been_laid_off_by_activision_blizzard_due_to_impact_of_the_pandemic
- GTA Online loading patch makes it into the actual game:
https://www.pcgamer.com/rockstar-thanks-gta-online-player-who-fixed-poor-load-times-official-update-coming/
- Um, there's a patent for turning bananas into controllers;
https://me.ign.com/en/ps4/182348/news/sony-patented-a-way-of-turning-bananas-mugs-and-more-into-playstation-controllers
- Jade Raymond gets her own studio.
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-03-16-jade-raymond-announces-studio-working-on-new-ip-for-playstation
- Playstation buy Evo
https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-playstation-buys-evo-championship
- Square Enix event happened:
https://square-enix-games.com/news/square-enix-presents
TV AND FILM NEWS:
- Don't Peek: an animal crossing based short is being developed into a feature film by Julian Terry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S51jIrunYuY
RETRO GAMING:
- Someone puts Tenet on 5 Gameboy cartridges:
https://www.ign.com/articles/modder-turns-christopher-nolans-tenet-into-a-five-cartridge-game-boy-advance-movie