Heyo! Michael here. I thought I’d give you a quick update on where we’re at.
So! We’re knee-deep in Patch 9.1 content. I’ve recorded two videos already, I’m writing & recording one today, and the Matt / Dackor duo are hard at work on even more guides! I think this is going to be our best patch coverage yet. We’ve got our largest WoW team (Matt, Dackor, John, Nikki, Leyst & myself) yet, and we’re all feet flat to the accelerator!
Oh yeah… Leyst! You may have...
2021-06-24 13:42:02 +0000 UTC
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Halo Infinite's holiday 2021 release window has apparently been narrowed down
One of the biggest disappointments of Xbox's E3 showcase was Halo Infinite not getting a specific release date - a feeling that was exacerbated by the fact that Starfield did and it isn't even out until next year. But, speaking on a podcast this week, Phil Spencer confirmed that the game's Holiday 2021 release window has been narrowed down to "a few weeks."
- It's not the most reassuring s...
2021-06-24 13:00:59 +0000 UTC
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Overwatch cross-play is now live
The much-requested functionality launched in beta yesterday and coincided with a celebratory in-game challenge. Cross-play applies to players on PC, Xbox One, PS4, and Nintendo Switch and requires everyone to either create a new Battle.net account or connect their console to an existing one - even if they don't want to actually use cross-platform multiplayer.
- Players have been asking Blizzard for Overwatch cross-play for years now so it's g...
2021-06-23 13:01:04 +0000 UTC
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Cyberpunk 2077 returns to the PlayStation Store, but Sony counsel caution
Cyberpunk 2077 is once again available for download on the PlayStation Store, more than 180 days after the game's dreadful PS4 launch prompted Sony to delist the game from sale. The return comes after a series of high-profile updates and patches from developer CD Projekt Red but, while the game is now in a vastly improved state, Sony are still warning players against playing the game on a base PS4 until CDPR fix...
2021-06-22 13:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Sony want more cross-play
In a new interview with Axios, PlayStation boss Jim Ryan said that Sony "support and encourage cross-play" on their platform, and that the number of games that support it will "continue to grow" beyond those big titles like Rocket League, Fortnite, and Minecraft. Ryan also asserted that Sony's policies on cross-play are "consistent" with other big games companies.
- That last statement is particularly interesting as Epic Games' Tim Sweeney recently ...
2021-06-21 13:01:06 +0000 UTC
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Xbox cloud streaming is finally headed to Xbox One
The news comes courtesy of the Xbox Wire portion of Xbox and Bethesda's E3 presentation, which revealed that xCloud gaming will enable next-generation gaming on the base Xbox One. The announcement comes just a couple days after Microsoft confirmed that they are in the "final stages" of transitioning their cloud data centres to Xbox Series X hardware - they'd relied on Xbox One S until now.
- This shift to Xbox Series X hardw...
2021-06-18 13:01:04 +0000 UTC
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Bethesda say they understand backlash over Starfield Xbox exclusivity
Starfield was finally confirmed to be an Xbox exclusive at E3 after months of speculation and, while it was obviously expected given the fact that Microsoft literally own Bethesda these days, the decision hasn't gone over too well in certain circles. Bethesda understand this, with SVP of global marketing saying that he understands if some PlayStation players are "pissed" about the decision.
- Hines isn't t...
2021-06-17 13:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Breath of the Wild 2 is aiming for a 2022 release
A new trailer for the long-awaited sequel was Nintendo's final reveal of yesterday's Direct presentation, which showed that the action has now expanded to include the skies over Hyrule. The trailer was fairly brief but managed to pack in a lot of information - including new locations, abilities, and boss battles. It also concluded with screen reading only "2022."
- While it was wonderful to see Breath of the Wild 2 in action ...
2021-06-16 13:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Halo Infinite details non-expiring battle passes
Developers 343 Industries have completely overhauled Halo Infinite's traditional multiplayer components, and actually went into some detail on these changes in an overview video released earlier this week. With Infinite boasting F2P multiplayer for the first time cosmetics are very important - and players will be given detailed control over various customisation elements.
- The video also confirmed that the game will feature a...
2021-06-15 13:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Starfield is "Nasa meets Indiana Jones" releasing next year
Bethesda's ambitious space RPG was shown off for the first time since it was announced way back in 2018 and apparently the best way Todd Howard could think to describe it was "like NASA meets Indiana Jones meets the League of Extraordinary Gentleman." Hard to know exactly what any of that is supposed to mean, but it was good to officially see the game after so many months of leaks.
- Even better was to finally get s...
2021-06-14 13:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Her soul was shattered long ago by Frostmourne, just like Uther... and Arthas. What does that mean for the Banshee Queen as we know her now? Is she even the Sylvanas we once knew?
Has 'our' Sylvanas been missing the Ranger-General part of her soul this whole time?
Let's run through everything and figure this out.
2021-06-14 11:02:00 +0000 UTC
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Elden Ring reappears, releases next year
Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest officially kicked off the E3 festivities last night and the undeniable highlight was a surprise appearance from Elden Ring. A new trailer showed actual gameplay for the very first time and closed with a release date - January 21st 2022 - we really couldn't have asked for more from the reveal.
- Seeing Elden Ring in action makes it look very much like an unofficial Dark Souls 4. Influences from all of ...
2021-06-11 13:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Battlefield 2042 launches this October
After much fanfare EA finally showed off their new Battlefield title yesterday. Officially called Battlefield 2042, the game ditches the usual campaign and battle royale modes in favour of going all in on traditional multiplayer. It'll support 128 simultaneous players on PC and next-gen consoles, while last-gen will cap at 64 players to ensure everything runs smoothly.
- The lack of campaign is an odd one, but EA's presentation also con...
2021-06-10 13:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Investment group says Bobby Kotick still gets paid way too much
CtW Investment Group are back at it again with new claims that, despite the recent high-profile reduction in his salary and bonus options, Bobby Kotick just makes way too much money as Activision CEO. This carries on an argument that began back in June 2020 - when CtW first implored Activision stockholders to reject an improved compensation package for Kotick.
- Kotick's new contract cut his sal...
2021-06-09 13:01:03 +0000 UTC
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The Light.
Who's involved? How are they involved?
And most importantly... What future does the Light have in store for us?
On this episode of Lorewalking, we catch you up and then go wild with speculation.
2021-06-09 00:56:10 +0000 UTC
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Ubisoft E3 leak reveals big crossover FPS
The project, which is codenamed "BattleCat", leaked onto social media earlier this week via what looks to be an internal marketing document. The game is still in the early stages of development, but it's a first-person shooter aiming for a PC and console release.
- The curious thing is that BattleCat looks set to combine the Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, and Division game universes together into one grand T...
2021-06-08 13:00:07 +0000 UTC
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CD Projekt Red apparently created a Cyberpunk 2077 bug showcase before release
The video, which looks to have been developed internally at CDPR, appeared online as part of the recent data breach leaks. It shows a collection of Cyberpunk 2077 bugs spliced together in a sort of blooper reel and was probably due to ship alongside the final game as bonus content a la The Witcher 3.
- In an alternate world where Cyberpunk 2077 released as a polished, glittering t...
2021-06-07 13:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to General Chat! This is a podcast in which we just talk, mostly about WoW.
In our inaugural episode, we recorded for over twice as long as we intended. Whoops! We ended up talking about WoW's endgame direction, the idea of 'content', how 'seasons' feel compared to patches, a LOT of M+ talk... then WoW's development vs the rest of the industry. Man, we really went all out. Except we didn't even talk about FF today!
Basically, this is a two-hour long, lightly edited discu...
2021-06-04 13:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Ubisoft announce Forward presentation to kick off E3 2021
Ubisoft confirmed this week that their Forward broadcast will air on Saturday June 12th, and will shine a spotlight on upcoming new releases like Far Cry 6 and "the game formerly known as Rainbow Six Quarantine" - which is oddly hilarious.
- We've already seen a bit of Far Cry 6 in action but little to nothing is known about Quarantine (or whatever it's called now). It was originally slated to release...
2021-06-04 13:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Valorant is headed to mobile
Valorant is celebrating its one-year anniversary and, to celebrate, Riot announced that the game will be headed to mobile platforms. We don't really have any details beyond that, though executive producer Anna Donlon says that the team's utmost priority was to ensure that they could deliver a full Valorant experience on phones.
- While Riot are endeavouring to offer an authentic Valorant experience on mobile devices, Donlon says ...
2021-06-03 13:00:06 +0000 UTC
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E3 2021 will end with an awards show for some reason
This year's E3 is already sporting an all-digital new look, but organisers also revealed this week the show will conclude with a new awards event. Any game shown off during E3 will be eligible for one of the new awards - with winners chosen by editors from IGN, GameSpot, PC Gamer, and Games Radar.
- The highest award will go to E3's "most anticipated" game, with other highlights including most anticipated games from specif...
2021-06-02 13:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone!
It's been a while since we've done anything major with you all, but we've been hard at work behind the scenes on what we're calling a 'soft relaunch'.
Thanks to your continued support, we've been able to lay some awesome groundwork behind the scenes.
For you at $5 and above on our Content Tier, here's our first podcast!
Matt and I discuss Yogg-Saron in the inaug...
2021-06-01 15:49:42 +0000 UTC
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Xbox may have just locked down two years of Dolby exclusivity
The suggestion comes courtesy of the French wing of the official Xbox blog, which says that both Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision will remain "exclusive to the Xbox ecosystem for two years." The Xbox Series X|S consoles have been Dolby Atmos compatible since they released last year, and the blog confirmed that Dolby Vision will be arriving "sometime in 2021."
- The post has since been removed, though ...
2021-06-01 13:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Destruction AllStars is adding bots
The PlayStation 5 exclusive is apparently having difficulty populating online matches during off-peak times, and developers Lucid Games have confirmed that bots will be introduced shortly as one of several updates being made to the game "further down the road."
- Destruction AllStars hasn't had the greatest time since it launched back in February. The relative global scarcity of PS5 consoles and the game's low install base...
2021-05-31 13:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Dying Light 2 finally has a release date
The game, now officially titled Dying Light 2 Stay Human, is set to release December 7th on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Players control an all-new protagonist attempting to survive in the City - a new area that the devs describe as "mankind's last stronghold in the fight."
- Developers Techland made the announcement during a livestream earlier this week called Dying 2 Know - a riff on the fact that Dy...
2021-05-28 13:01:04 +0000 UTC
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Blizzard have cancelled BlizzCon 2021
The in-person show has been canned for the second year in a row with Blizzard citing the "ongoing complexities and uncertainties of the pandemic." Instead, the company are aiming to hold a "global event" towards the start of next year that should involve a few "smaller in-person gatherings."
- The cancellation doesn't exactly come as a surprise - despite pandemic restrictions beginning to ease around the world there is s...
2021-05-27 13:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Sony Announce A Mobile Push & Wants To Make Playstation 'More Social'
Speaking at their corporate strategy meeting, Jim Ryan spoke about convergence of Social and Entertaiment content, citing their Discord investment and its positive fan feedback as an example. He goes on to say they've had 'early success' experimenting with mobile games, and that they're "exploring" mobile to reach "millions of gamers beyond our platforms".
- Playstation franchises on mobile before too ...
2021-05-26 15:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to Lorewalking, the first of our new podcasts! Each episode, we'll dive into the WoW lore. There's lots that can't fit in a video - and realms of speculation that right now are too wild. Too out there. Too... nerdy, for the rest of what we do. So, that's why we've created this show, and today, it's time to talk about The God of Death.
2021-05-25 20:34:00 +0000 UTC
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This is just under one minute of what is very easily our best content yet.
Look forward to more.
2021-05-25 20:32:59 +0000 UTC
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This is episode 0 of our podcast, Losing Our Marbles! This episode outlines our plans - for Patreon content, for Youtube content, for podcasts, and even a little bit of life.
To "lose one's marbles", according to the Oxford Dictionary, is to go insane. That's what's happening to Matt and I trying to run this operation. Hear us talk about productivity, Youtube, work, life, the lack of work-life balance, and find out what really goes on behind-the-scenes.
2021-05-25 20:31:59 +0000 UTC
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