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Marvel's Avengers is 2020's Anthem Oct 10, 2020

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Marvel’s Avengers had the potential to be a larger than life forever-game for Marvel fans around the globe... but according to recent reports, players are leaving in droves. A post from Forbes highlights some matchmaking issues and Steam Report has been showing the game dipping under a thousand concurrent players, not to mention, Avengers Twitch presence also seems to be a total ghost town. The single-player campaign got a bit of praise from critics but now that people have gotten through it and the more dedicated multiplayer fan base is starting to crumble will Avengers share the same fate as Anthem? Find out if Cap and the gang stand a chance, today on Inside Gaming Daily!

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[Steam Charts] Marvel's Avengers https://bit.ly/36MRzCc

[Twitch] All Categories https://bit.ly/2GFV9n3

[Forbes] ‘Avengers’ Dips Below 1,000 Players On PC, Causing Matchmaking Problems https://bit.ly/3dbFzLE

[Reddit] Communication with players is essential. The example of the last days shows this commitment … https://bit.ly/33Lfwru

[Reddit] The absence of our community manager says everything about the priorities of the game's management. https://bit.ly/3nyBBBB

[Kotaku] Crystal Dynamics Claims Relief In Sight For Bored Avengers Players https://bit.ly/3dfdPG7

Genshin Impact censored by China Oct 09, 2020

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Fans and critics have spoken and Genshin Impact is a hit! But… it’s recently been revealed that the game has a series of keywords and phrases banned from chat due to China’s regulations around media censorship. Of course this may not come as a surprise to those who already know that the game is made by a Chinese company - but since players in the west are restricted from those words as well it’s hard for many to ignore. China has obviously had a tight grip on anything made within the country that might threaten the notion of perfect national unity but this is another story in a long list about how China’s politics and its stance against free speech affects games that we play. Rest assured we won’t be censoring anything on today's edition of Inside Gaming Daily!... well unless someone says !@#$... or like they [REDACTED] you know? Anyways, enjoy the show.

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[Metacritic] Genshin Impact https://bit.ly/312EEsn

[Twinfinite] Genshin Impact Review https://bit.ly/3jJ8Yzg

[Destructoid] Review: Genshin Impact https://bit.ly/3jU7AtC

[Twitter] @JusticeKazzy_ https://bit.ly/2GRwrju

[Vice] China's Newest Hit Game 'Genshin Impact' Censors Any Mention of Hong Kong https://bit.ly/2IaLPYM

[Twitter] @ZhugeEX https://bit.ly/2SCOkoD

[PC Gamer] Genshin Impact's chat filter removes 'Taiwan' and 'Hong Kong,' but also 'Putin,' 'Hitler,' and 'words' https://bit.ly/33Fg5mH

[Gamebyte] PUBG VIOLENCE LAWS IN CHINA REPLACE KILLING WITH WAVING GOODBYE https://bit.ly/30KsLXL

[Twitter] @ZhugeEX https://bit.ly/33H6KuT

[The Verge] Hearthstone player banned for supporting Hong Kong protesters during live stream https://bit.ly/2GKNVOr

[The Verge] YouTube is deleting comments with two phrases that insult China’s Communist Party https://bit.ly/34xya72

[Venture Beat] Diablo: Immortal is a co-development project between Blizzard and NetEase https://bit.ly/3aTJ1cK

[IGN] Genshin Impact: 17 Million Downloads on Mobile Alone, Estimated $50 Million in Revenue Since Launch https://bit.ly/36RQBo6

[Games Industry dot biz] Genshin Impact made $60m in its first week on mobile alone https://bit.ly/36XHhPZ

[Eurogamer] Genshin Impact "biggest global launch of a Chinese game ever" https://bit.ly/36OzrYD

The PS5 is very big Oct 07, 2020

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Sony has produced a PS5 teardown video that is actually really cool. However, it’s hard not to immediately notice the PlayStation shaped elephant in the room which is actually just the PS5 itself. Turns out it’s huge! Like, really big… really, really, big. Okay, okay, we’ll be meme-ing about this one for a while but there was some really cool info in the teardown video too. Yasuhiro Ootori, VP of mechanical design at Sony Interactive Entertainment took the entire PlayStation 5 apart, on camera! It was awesome. Look, we can’t tell you everything in this description because then you won’t watch our YouTube video about another YouTube video but it looks like the PS5 is decked out with liquid metal thermal conducting two layers of noise-reducing insulation, and the prospect of interchangeable side panels. Pretty. exciting. stuff. All that news and more on today’s edition of INSIDE GAMING DAILY!

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[PlayStation Blog] PS5 Teardown: An inside look at our most transformative console yet https://bit.ly/33DyfWf

[Twitter] @6d6f636869 https://bit.ly/2SBzs9W

[Twitter] @spewkz https://bit.ly/2GKPBHH

[Bloomberg] Sony Cuts PlayStation 5 Forecast by 4 Million Due to Chip Woes https://bloom.bg/3hxtHUQ

Is Nintendo arguing Joy-Con drift isn’t a real problem? Oct 07, 2020

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Joy-Con drift has plagued Nintendo Switch owners since the console’s release over three years ago back in March of 2017. However, even after apologizing about the issue internally to investors Nintendo’s official and public stance on the very well-known and widespread hardware defect is it, “isn’t a real a problem.”

At least that’s what Nintedo lawyers are arguing based on the prosecuting firm fighting the case in arbitration. There are probably hundreds of videos on the internet demonstrating Joy-Con drift and another hundred more teaching people how to fix their own Joy-Cons. That’s because even though Nintendo will “fix” your Joy-Con drift issues for free some people have reported experiencing drift more severely even after sending their controllers in to be fixed.

Of course, that is the frustrating part. Nintendo already has a customer support system in place for addressing drift issues yet doesn’t seem to have made any attempt to fix the root of the problem. That means they are still selling consoles that will eventually start to drift - even the Switch Lite which doesn’t have removable Joy-Cons that can be replaced or removed and sent in for repair. Joy-Con drift is easily one of the largest hardware defects in the history of games and you can bet we’re going to talk all about it on today’s episode of Inside Gaming Daily!

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[Video Games Chronicle] Nintendo is reportedly arguing that Joy-Con drift ‘isn’t a real problem or hasn’t caused anyone any inconvenience’ https://bit.ly/3lkeGYK

[Reddit] Nintendo Joy-Con Drift Class Action lawsuit attorneys now looking for videos expressing the impact of joy-con drift to send to Nintendo. Deadline is Oct 16th. https://bit.ly/3lfRj2H

[Kotaku] Nintendo President Apologizes For Joy-Con Trouble https://bit.ly/3iFLjON

[Statista] Lifetime unit sales of the Nintendo Switch console worldwide from March 2017 to August 2020 https://bit.ly/3ny5Icy

[Wired] A Literal Child and His Mom Sue Nintendo Over ‘Joy-Con Drift’ https://bit.ly/3d3bEW1

PS5 fixes PS4 noisy fan issues Oct 06, 2020

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The PS5 and the Series X are just a month away from launch and we finally got some first impressions for the new PlayStation! Well actually, reviewers in Japan got hands-on time with the PS5 and they were oh-so kind enough to share THEIR first impressions with the rest of the world. So here we are. It turns out that the extra cash Sony spent on the PS5’s cooling system paid off because one of the glowing highlights for the console is how quiet the new fan is. Reviewers also described the exhaust coming from the new PlayStation's ports as a medium to warm in temperature. Of course, there are plenty of other new impressions to ‘him and haw’ over so what are you waiting for? Hit play and jump right into today’s newest edition of Inside Gaming Daily!

It’s with a heavy heart we bid a fond farewell to Autumn Farrell who is moving on from Inside Gaming to join the stellar content team over at 100Thieves. Thanks for all the guidance, laughs, and unforgettable moments. Best of luck to you Autumn and we wish you the best!

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[The Verge] First PS5 hands-on videos show off hardware and games, but no UI https://bit.ly/30wWsLB

[The Verge] Sony promises redesigned PS5 dashboard with ‘no pixel untouched’ https://bit.ly/3d5bqO3

[Twitter] @Nibellion https://bit.ly/2StSWgO

[Twitter] @Nibellion https://bit.ly/3ldzukK

[4gamer] 8K写真で見るPlayStation 5本体とDualSense。本体は静音性に優れ，ゲームパッドは新しくも実用的に https://bit.ly/34vyodg

[Video Games Chronicle] PS5’s quiet cooling ‘is even more impressive than its loading times’, praises Japanese hands-on https://bit.ly/3njzly6

[Dengeki Online] ひと足早くPS5を体験！試遊で感じたPS5の驚きとは？ https://bit.ly/3jzCwPY

[Twitter] @Nibellion https://bit.ly/34qJLDp

[ResetERA] Black DualSense and PS5 User Selection Screen https://bit.ly/3jEMtM8

[Games Radar] If this leak is true, the PS5 offers 664GB of usable storage space https://bit.ly/3ivTzAT

Stadia players have had enough Oct 02, 2020

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With xCloud finally getting into the hands of players and Amazon announcing that they’ll be joining the Cloud Gaming family, it was time for Stadia to make it back into the news cycle! Unfortunately for Google the news is not great. Google Stadia’s most devoted fans are becoming more than a bit frustrated with the service, most specifically the lack of big games to play. Stadia is filled with mostly indie and older AAA titles and that doesn’t seem to be enough to keep the playerbase happy anymore. Can Stadia pull off a miracle and bring players back? Find out on today's edition of Inside Gaming!

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[Reddit] As a founder, it is hard to keep faith in Google. https://bit.ly/2SmP5Cg

[Stadia Game DB] Stadia Game DB https://bit.ly/3imSJXm

[The Verge] The new Chromecast with Google TV won’t officially support Stadia at launch https://bit.ly/36qDo5z

[Killed by Google] Google Graveyard https://bit.ly/3d3Antv

Insomniac messed up Spider-Man’s face Oct 01, 2020

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Puddlegate 2.0 everyone! Or… Facegate? Whatever. Marvel’s Spider-Man was seen as one of the best PlayStation 4 games by many and with the remastered version coming to PlayStation 5 fans were excited to play it all over again! Until they saw Peter Parker’s new face. Gamers took to social media to denounce this new Spider-Man saying he looked too much like Tom Holland and that the MCU was ruining everything. But what exactly is the reasoning behind this face change? Is Insomniac Games doing more than just a face swap? Find out on today's edition of Inside Gaming!

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[Playstation Blog] Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered detailed https://bit.ly/36mGGH2

[The Verge] Peter Parker looks like a store-brand Tom Holland in Spider-Man Remastered on PS5 https://bit.ly/3n7KdPk

[Twitter] @bryanintihar https://bit.ly/2EOK5mA

[Twitter] @EvanFilarca https://bit.ly/30pV3GP

[Twitter] @Smuggy177013 https://bit.ly/2GqrU7c

[Twitter] @insomniacgames https://bit.ly/34jYwrs

[Twitter] @JohnBubniak https://bit.ly/3cRHBAr

[Marvel] 'Marvel's Spider-Man' For PS4 Has Sold Over 13 Million Units Worldwide https://bit.ly/30kWXsc

[Twitter] @YuriLowenthal https://bit.ly/36k8iN3

[Twitter] @p10dylans https://bit.ly/3n728px

[Twitter] @insomniacgames https://bit.ly/33kLv1z

[Twitter] @spiydaman https://bit.ly/34cPH2U

[Twitter] @insomniacgames https://bit.ly/2GglesD

[Twitter] @suren696 https://bit.ly/3n8opmL

[Twitter] @MrRamtastic https://bit.ly/30pMDz5

Cyberpunk 2077's devs lied about crunch Sep 30, 2020

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A year after CD Project Red reassured their staff and gamers that Cyberpunk 2077 would have absolutely no crunch involved in its development… it appears they lied! As of Monday CD Project Red’s studio head, Adam Badowski, announced that the entire studio would be shifting into overdrive and increasing the amount of days staff are expected to work. They admitted to this being counter to the point they pushed nearly a year ago, but stress that they have extended all possible means to keep crunch out of Cyberpunk. But what is the studio actually doing to protect its employees and actually help them? Find out on today's edition of Inside Gaming!

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[Kotaku] As Cyberpunk 2077 Development Intensifies, CD Projekt Red Pledges To Be 'More Humane' To Its Workers https://bit.ly/36jaiVH

[Bloomberg] Cyberpunk 2077 Publisher Orders 6-Day Weeks Ahead of Launch https://bloom.bg/2G4PfM9

[Twitter] @AdamBadowski https://bit.ly/2HJ8qLQ

[Twitter] @ZhugeEX https://bit.ly/33hS6K4

[Twitter] @adrianchm https://bit.ly/36q7V3H

[Twitter] @adrianchm https://bit.ly/33epFwI

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[Twitter] @GameAnim https://bit.ly/3l3hyZQ

[Twitter] @GameAnim https://bit.ly/2GnsbId

[Games Industry dot biz] Shawn Layden: "I would welcome a return to the 12 to 15 hour AAA game" https://bit.ly/3iczteR

Judge dunks on Fortnite in Epic vs Apple Sep 29, 2020

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The battle to #FreeFortnite continues as a judge in the case of Epic Games Vs Apple gave Epic a huge wakeup call. A few weeks ago Epic pulled the biggest move by allowing Fortnite players to purchase V-Bucks without having to go through the iOS or Google Play store. This got their popular game Fortnite removed from both stores within hours, but it all played into Epic’s hands… or so they thought. This new revelation from the judge overseeing the case has pointed out some major flaws in Epic’s reasoning, pointing at Steam, GOG, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, GameStop, Amazon, Best Buy and many other storefronts that essentially have the same 30% cut that Apple and Google are taking. So what does that mean for the “would be mega corporate Robin Hood” find out on today's edition of Inside Gaming!

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[Ars Technica] Judge issues restraining order protecting Unreal Engine development on iOS https://bit.ly/3465HDO

[VentureBeat] Apple, Epic, and federal judge spar over restraining order in antitrust case https://bit.ly/346IG3n

[Games Industry dot biz] Epic vs Apple judge calls for trial by jury https://bit.ly/3jg8wZ1

[Games Industry dot biz] Fortnite has also been kicked off of Google Play https://bit.ly/3kYBVaQ

[Youtube, Fortnite] Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite - #FreeFortnite https://bit.ly/3la7XAT

Xbox Series X is a lot faster Sep 28, 2020

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Early impressions of the Xbox Series X are in and the consensus is that the load times are incredible! Of course, Microsoft hasn’t allowed reviewers hands on time with Xbox Series X dedicated games just yet but there is a whole slew of backwards compatible games from last gen to try! That’s right, Sekiro, Red Dead Redemption 2, Control, and Ori and the Will of the Wisps have all been put through their paces on the Xbox Series X and the general feeling across multiple outlets is that the Xbox Series X is going to be a cross-gen monster. With the ability to effortlessly push games all the way to their framerate caps of 30fps and 60fps it’s really exciting to see where the next generation of consoles and solid state drives will take us. Join us today as we gawk at the blazing fast Xbox Series X load times on today's edition of Inside Gaming!

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[Gamespot] Xbox Series X Hands-On Preview - Less Waiting, More Gaming https://bit.ly/3cDbTXs

[VentureBeat] Xbox Series X impressions: No going back to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 https://bit.ly/339wLmc

[The Verge] A WEEK WITH THE XBOX SERIES X: LOAD TIMES, GAME PERFORMANCE, AND MORE https://bit.ly/2HEy2JK

[IGN] Xbox Series X Hands-On: Load Times, Quick Resume, and Compatibility https://bit.ly/348bfNU

[IGN] Official Xbox Series X and S 1TB Expandable Storage Drive Costs $219.99 https://bit.ly/2S7Tj0c

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