Microsoft Puts All Their Chips on Diversity




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Summary: <p>Microsoft is focusing on diversity in their games, studios and player base as a way to hit 3 billion gamers in their ecosystem.</p> <h3><strong>What We're Playing</strong></h3> <p>Colby: Subnautica Below Zero, ALL THE DEMOS<br> Cliff: Paint the Town Red, Death Trash, Tunic, Sable, Stardew</p> <h3>Other Video Game News</h3> <ul> <li>Tencent Owns The Majority or Yager Now</li> <li>Epic is Making Developers Lives Easier Again</li> <li>Your Last Chance to Return Cyberpunk is Coming</li> <li>Xbox Certified Monitors Are Coming</li> <li>New Sea of Thieves Tall Tales are Instanced</li> <li>Tetris Effect is Coming to PlayStation</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Questions</strong></h3> <p>DA VINSTER: What was your favorite reveal from E3? Biggest Surprise?</p> <p>Aslan the Incompetent: Which video game villain do you actually agree with?</p> <p>JoeColeslaw: Just so ya know... Xbox series X/S has a demo out for the new game. LAWN MOWING SIMULATOR...  what would be a simulator you wouldn't even want to think about, wish it would NEVER exist?</p> <p>Rdeacon: Soft pretzels... cheese or mustard?</p> <p>Princess_Megan: What is your favorite non-American accent?</p> <h3><strong>Cheap/Free Games</strong></h3> <p><strong>Epic Games</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Horizon Chase Turbo</strong></li> </ul> <p>Horizon Chase Turbo is a racing game inspired by the great hits of the 80's and 90's. It recreates the classic arcade gameplay with unbound speed limits of fun. Full throttle on and enjoy!</p> <ul> <li> <strong>Sonic Mania</strong><br> The ultimate celebration of past and future. An all-new adventure full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay. Sonic Mania brings retro fast-paced platforming into the future through pixel perfect 2D graphics running at 60FPS.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Game Pass</strong></p> <ul> <li>Dungeons and Dragons: Dark Alliance (Cloud, Console and PC) - June 22</li> <li>Worms Rumble (cloud, console, and PC) — June 23</li> <li>Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered (Console and PC) - June 24</li> <li>Iron Harvest (Windows PC) — June 24</li> <li>Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered (console and PC) — June 24</li> <li>Prodeus (Game Preview via PC) — June 24</li> <li>Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts &amp; Bolts (cloud) — July 1</li> <li>Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling (cloud, console, and PC) — July 1</li> <li>Gang Beasts (cloud, console, and Windows PC) — July 1</li> <li>Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars (cloud, console, and PC) — July 1</li> <li>Limbo (cloud, console, and Windows PC) — July 1</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Patreon</strong></h3> <ul> <li>John Tippins</li> <li>Sean Palmer</li> <li>Austin Palmer</li> <li>Alan Schulte</li> <li>Joe Cole Jr.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Extra Life</strong></h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><u>https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/</u></a></li> </ul> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message