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Hey don’t by NFTs and Troy Baker getting into them is dumb, Take-Two spent $13 billion on mobile developer Zynga, people still play PUBG and a lot more are now that it’s free to play, and Australia’s rating board is making weird decisions about using the word “piss.”
We also talk about Tales of Arise, the Dark Souls of battle royales Hunt: Showdown, Ace Attorney, Outer Wilds, and surprisingly The Witness.
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:52 - The Internet Creates Hate Against Troy Baker NFTs
00:13:50 - Take Two Spends $13B on Zynga
00:20:52 - PUBG Goes Free to Play
00:26:43 - Australia Reclassifies Deltarune
00:33:10 - Tales of Arise
00:38:48 - Spelunky 2, Hunt: Showdown
00:46:11 - Ace Attorney Movie + Trilogy
00:50:13 - The Outer Wilds, The Witness
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Sony finally unveiled the PSVR 2, the Halo servers for Xbox 360 that we totally knew were still up and running are finally shutting down, and hey, people are being really awful to the Battlefield 2042 developers over the state of the game.
We also talk about games we’ve been playing like Trails in the Sky, Tales of Arise, Witcher 3, The Anacrusis, Wildermyth, and the game taking social media by storm: Wordle.
Also, Our Best Wordle Starting Words:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:50 - PlayStation VR 2
00:09:27 - Xbox 360 Halo Servers Shutting Down
00:15:49 - Battlefield 2042 Toxicity
00:33:48 - Trails in the Sky, Tales of Arise
00:46:08 - The Witcher 3, The Anacrusis
00:53:38 - Wordle
00:59:28 - Wildermyth
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A lot of weird things happened in 2021, and Stretch, with loads of prep time, had the great idea to quiz the rest of us on just how much we paid attention to gaming news. Play along and find out just how well-informed we all are.
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:00 - Round 1
00:31:05 - Round 2
00:43:00 - Round 3
00:56:28 - Final Round
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Over the last week we published the winners in the various 2021 TechRaptor Awards. We celebrate the great games of the last year and give our 100% factual takes you can’t argue with.
https://techraptor.net/topic/2021-techraptor-awards
https://techraptor.net/gaming/opinions/guardians-of-galaxy-sad-dad-trope
https://techraptor.net/gaming/opinions/ethan-winters-resident-evil-village
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:20 - Best Multiplayer Game
00:09:39 - Best Writing
00:20:17 - Best Soundtrack
00:27:54 - Best Visual Design
00:35:08 - Best Expansion/DLC
00:43:28 - Best Evolving Game
00:52:03 - Indie Game of the Year
01:05:07 - Game of the Year
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We learn that more of the industry continues to suck with Bungie’s workplace allegations, STALKER 2 announced and quickly unannounced NFTs coming to the game, and Mega Man is coming to Netflix.
We also talk about the recently released The Gunk, The Witcher Season 2 on Netflix, and the latest and greatest on Xbox Game Pass.
https://techraptor.net/blog/2021-techraptor-awards-nominees-and-readers-choice-vote
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/bungie-hr-exec-steps-down-following-allegations
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/stalker-2-is-going-all-in-on-nfts
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/mega-man-movie-reportedly-in-works-at-netflix
00:00 - Intro + Our Game Awards Are Releasing This Week
01:57 - Bungie's Toxic Workplace Allegations
15:23 - STALKER 2 NFTs
27:57 - Mega Man Netflix Movie
37:47 - Netflix's The Witcher Season 2
48:18 - The Gunk
50:43 - Xbox Game Streaming
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We watched the stream entitled “The Game Awards” this week, which featured a bunch of trailers and also some awards here and there. We talk about the latest.
You should also actually check out The Matrix: Awakens, and now we’ve all had a chance to play Halo Infinite’s campaign, where one of us is having trouble understanding just why Master Chief is a cool guy.
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/every-announcement-from-game-awards-2021
https://techraptor.net/gaming/reviews/halo-infinite-review
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:17 - The Game Awards Overall
00:15:03 - Game Awards Announcements
00:48:05 - The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience
00:54:51 - Halo Infinite Campaign
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Our review for Halo Infinite is live now and we talk about it with our reviewer Stretch, Rut wastes our time talking about Elex II, Dead Cells is still pretty great, and we get some into mind-bending puzzler Superliminal.
There’s of course the news, with some BioShock 4 rumors, It Takes Two getting hit by copyright by Take Two, and PlayStation supposedly getting its Game Pass competitor.
https://techraptor.net/gaming/reviews/halo-infinite-review
https://techraptor.net/gaming/previews/elex-2-preview
https://techraptor.net/gaming/guides/2018-techraptor-awards-indie-game-of-year
https://techraptor.net/gaming/reviews/superliminal-review
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/bioshock-4-rumored-to-be-set-in-1960s-antarctica
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/it-takes-two-creator-hit-by-take-two-trademark-claim
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/playstation-game-pass-competitor-reportedly-planned-by-sony
00:00 - Intro
00:46 - BioShock 4 Rumors
08:12 - Take Two Copyright Claims It Takes Two
14:12 - PlayStation Game Pass??
31:34 - Halo Infinite Campaign + Multiplayer
47:05 - Dead Cells
51:23 - Superliminal
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Some day, it will be nice to not have the biggest stories of the week or month dominated by the awful industry practices in gaming, but it is not this day. We get into the PlayStation gender discrimination lawsuit, and we talk about CDPR’s claims that people will one day see Cyberpunk 2077 as "a very good game." Some cool game preservation news this week as well, with fans recreating the Spaceworld 1997 demo of Ocarina of Time.
We also get into Halo Infinite continuing to dominate our time, Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon (which just announced its release date for Dec. 13), and Lost Judgment.
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/cyberpunk-2077-will-be-seen-as-very-good-game-cdpr-says
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/fans-recreate-spaceworld-1997-demo-of-ocarina-of-time
https://techraptor.net/gaming/features/development-timeline-ocarina-of-time-1
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:09 - PlayStation Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
00:11:03 - Cyberpunk 2077 Will Eventually Be "A Very Good Game"
00:24:25 - Ocarina of Time Source Code Recreated
00:31:05 - Kirby Deep Lore
00:34:28 - Halo Infinite
00:45:01 - Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon
00:51:52 - Lost Judgment
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Rockstar has apologized for their awful GTA trilogy release, and the explosive news about Bobby Kotick and Activision Blizzard never seems to end. We get into the news on both and talk about our site coverage of Activision Blizzard, Riot, and Ubisoft.
Of course, we all played some of the newly released Halo Infinite multiplayer, and Stretch beat Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and is for some reason also now halfway through Shining Pearl?
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/rockstar-games-apologizes-for-gta-trilogy-launch
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/xbox-playstation-heads-criticize-activision-blizzard
00:00 - Intro
01:00 - Rockstar Apologies for the GTA Trilogy Remaster
10:25 - Bobby Kotick Won't Step Down
26:42 - Halo Infinite Multiplayer
44:48 - Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl
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We talk about what may be the worst game launch of all time with Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy and some about Skyrim Anniversary mods.
We also get into the turn-based tactical survival game The Last Spell, some more about Forza Horizon 5, The Outer Worlds briefly, SMT V, and we talk about Devolver Digital’s latest hit Inscryption without spoiling it too much.
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/gta-trilogy-pc-pulled-dev-notes-missing-music-found
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/take-2-dmcas-gta-mods-save-file
https://techraptor.net/originals/game-changers-grand-theft-auto-iii
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/skyrim-anniversary-edition-skse-available
https://techraptor.net/gaming/reviews/forza-horizon-5-review
https://techraptor.net/gaming/reviews/outer-worlds-review
https://techraptor.net/gaming/reviews/shin-megami-tensei-v-review
https://techraptor.net/gaming/reviews/inscryption-review
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:42 - Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Remaster Disaster
00:25:29 - Skyrim Anniversary Mods Are Safe
00:32:54 - The Last Spell
00:37:18 - Forza Horizon 5, Outer Worlds Achievements
00:47:24 - Shin Megami Tensei V
00:54:52 - Inscryption
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