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Losing Our Marbles #02 - Our Channel Plans, Upcoming Content &... Maybe Some Game News?

Hey everyone! We sat down for about an hour yesterday and talked through some *stuff*. What's going on with us? What are our content plans? This podcast has the answers... and there's some exciting news, just for you ;)We also do a little bit of riffing on a post-2020 world. Warcraft, games,...

Daily Briefing: Tuesday 31st August

Starfield Is STILL Not Coming To PlaystationAt a Bethesda Gamescom stream, Pete Hines said “It’s not a ‘sorry, you’re never going to get to play anything by Bethesda again’ [situation]”. “Certainly, there are going to be things that you’re not going to be able to play on PlayStation....

Daily Briefing: Monday 30th August

Valve Win Lawsuit Over Controller: Back Paddles For All?Back paddles on controllers (like the Steam controller and Xbox Elite) are a rare occurrence, because custom controller manufacturer SCUF hold the patents on it. The Xbox Elite licenses the patent, but Valve infringed upon it: In February, Valv...

Michael Here: What Do You Think Of This?

Hello everyone! Right, so this is a draft script that I've been working on. It's all about Class Order Halls, and I'm quite happy with it at a high level, so I thought I'd share it here early, and see if you've got any suggestions.Lets be real: the criticisms of modern WoW have b...

Daily Briefing: Friday 27th August

Why Haven't EA Had The Same Issues As Activision-Blizzard & Ubisoft?Chris Bruzzo, EVP for 'Positive Play', marketing and commercial, gave an interview to GamesIndustry.biz on toxicity, loot boxes and more. The reason they aren't embroiled in the same harassment allegations is apparen...

Daily Briefing: Thursday 26th August

Apologies for the late brief! We're running short-staffed this week due to absences.Saints Row Reboot Announced For February 25thSaints Row will be a return to the franchise's roots focusing on gang warfare, rather than the over-the-top craziness of 3 and 4. The main character will be 't...

Daily Briefing: Wednesday 25th August

Activision-Blizzard Accused Of Destroying Evidence & MoreThe Department of Fair Employment and Housing in California posted an update to their legal case against Activision-Blizzard, adding an eleventh case of action and updating some language used throughout. There are two important parts to the up...

Daily Briefing: Tuesday 24th August

Why Are Retro Games So Expensive? Fraud, Apparently!Youtuber Karl Jobst released a 52-minute long video breaking down his investigation into retro game valuation. Wata Games grades, or assigns quality levels, to retro videogame copies and then Heritage Auctions sells graded retro games. Before Wata,...

Loot Reveal: August

Here's our August loot! Turned out sweet, especially the wand pin 😄 If you're subscriber at the loot tier for August (which is billed 1st - 4th of September), then we'll send along the pack.Oh - a few packs have been returned to sender, so be sure to let us know if we need to send to ...

Daily Briefing: Monday 23rd August

Halo Infinite To Ship Without Co-Op Or ForgeIn a substantial development update posted to Youtube, 343 confirmed that Halo Infinite will lack the co-op campaign and Forge modes at launch, instead aiming to ship them in seasons 2 and 3, around 3 and 6 months after release. According to creative lead ...

Daily Briefing: Friday 20th August

Hey everyone! Apologies about the lack of Daily Briefing yesterday - Adam is off & there was no-one available to cover. Until he's back, I'll be delivering the news straight to you. Today, it's a remaster news special. MattSurprise! Skyrim Is Getting A Re-Re-Re-Release!Bethesda have anno...

Daily Briefing: Wednesday 18th August

Fortnite's new LTM looks very like Among Us, and a lot of people have noticedEpic Games this week unveiled a new LTM for Fortnite named Impostors, which sees eight agents trying to complete tasks on a submarine while dealing with sabotage efforts from two impostors. The mode takes place in a lar...

[Early Access] BEWARE TURALYON: Our Next Expansion?

Enjoy! Neat lore, and one of our most technically advanced videos yet!

Lorewalking Episode 4: The Dragons & Our Galakrond Realisation!

Phew - sorry it took us longer than usual to get this episode out. The recent Blizzard lawsuit took a lot of Matt & I's time.

Daily Briefing: Monday 16th August

Spider-Man is still coming to Marvel's Avengers this yearThat's coming directly from Crystal Dynamics' senior game designer Scott Walters who, speaking in a new interview with Screen Rant, outlined that Spider-Man is still set to join the embattled Avengers title later this year. The web...

Daily Briefing: Friday 13th August

Grand Theft Auto remastered trilogy reportedly on the way this yearThat's according to a new report from Kotaku who, building on a recent spate of rumours to the effect and relying on the input of various sources familiar with the matter, claim that a remastered trilogy of Grand Theft Auto III, ...

Daily Briefing: Thursday 12th August

More staff ousted from Blizzard, including Diablo IV directorDiablo IV game director Luis Barriga, Diablo IV lead designer and Overwatch hero namesake Jesse McCree, and World of Warcraft senior designer Jonathan LeCraft have all been let go from Blizzard, the company confirmed earlier this week. Cor...

Daily Briefing: Wednesday 11th August

Shareholder group slams Activision Blizzard's "inadequate" response to lawsuitSOC Investment Group, an active Activision Blizzard shareholder group and firm advocates for ethical business practices, have issued a letter to company management stating that their attempts to improve corpora...

Daily Briefing: Tuesday 10th August

No Man Sky announces another massive update to celebrate fifth anniversaryAs hard as it may be to believe, No Man's Sky turns five years old this week and to celebrate developers Hello Games have released a neat highlight real detailing all the updates the procedural space game has received over...

Daily Briefing: Monday 9th August

Google reportedly considered buying Epic Games during the Fortnite dramaIt's easy to forget with how much press the other side of the lawsuit has gotten but, when Epic Games filed their infamous lawsuit against Apple for the "monopolistic" App Store, they also fired a similar suit agains...

[EARLY ACCESS] Where's Khadgar? What's He Up To? Guess.

Just because he's not a main character of Shadowlands doesn't mean he's not following along.... and getting up to his own solo adventures. Next time we see him, he's going to have a LOT to tell us.

Daily Briefing: Friday 6th August

The Overwatch League is really losing sponsorsA new report published by the Washington Post has revealed that State Farm and Coca-Cola are taking a step back from the ongoing sponsorship of the Overwatch League. The two companies, which have been active sponsors of OWL since 2019, will be "reass...

Daily Briefing: Thursday 5th August

Activision Blizzard's CCO deletes Twitter following criticism of inflammatory postIn the midst of all the turmoil, toxicity, truth, and upheaval of the ongoing sexual harassment lawsuit Frances Townsend - who has served as Activision Blizzard's Executive Vice President for Corporate Affairs,...

Daily Briefing: Wednesday 4th August

Diablo Immortal pushed to 2022Activision Blizzard have had a deservedly rocky couple of weeks and, in the middle of it all, had to publish their Q2 financial results. There's obviously quite a bit going on but an almost-hidden titbit is that often-ridiculed Diablo Immortal has slipped to a H1 20...

Daily Briefing: Tuesday 3rd August

J. Allen Brack is leaving BlizzardThe confirmation comes courtesy of a letter to the Blizzard community written by president and COO Daniel Alegre which states that Brack will be leaving "to pursue new opportunities." In his stead, Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra will be appointed "co-leaders&...

Daily Briefing: Monday 2nd August

Ubisoft employees feel "sidelined" by CEO's response to open letterLast week over one thousand current and ex-Ubisoft employees signed an open letter to the company's management calling for significant change in the wake of widespread misconduct allegations. While the letter was writ...

Daily Briefing: Friday 30th July

Capcom post record profitsCapcom this week revealed their financial results for the quarter ending June 30th 2021 and they make for some very striking reading, with net sales and profits having more than doubled compared to the same reporting period last year. Net sales were up 104.1% to $440m, oper...

Daily Briefing: Thursday 29th July

Ubisoft issue open letter to management demanding "real change"The letter has so far been signed by over 600 current and former Ubisoft staff and calls for "real, fundamental change" within the company and "across the industry" at large. The letter specifically mentions the e...

Daily Briefing: Wednesday 28th July

Bobby Kotick apologises for "tone-deaf" response to allegationsSpeaking in an open letter to staff sent earlier this week, the Activision Blizzard CEO admitted that the company's "initial responses to the issues we face together, and to [employees'] concerns, were, quite frankly,...

[EARLY ACCESS] Warcraft 3: Was It The Jailer All Along?

Now this is an interesting one. Warcraft 3, in retrospect, might have entirely driven by the Jailer and his agents, all fighting each other to fit his ultimate purpose.Kel'thuzad was the Jailer's right-hand man all along. Arthas was Zovaal's puppet, Sargeras and the Legion were puppets o...