Summary: <p>It's Christmas in early August and PlayStation and Valve have some good news for gamers!</p> <h3><strong>What We're Playing</strong></h3> <p>Cliff: Backbone, Garden Story</p> <h3><strong>News</strong></h3> <ul> <li>More PS5s Are On Their Way for the Holidays</li> <li>Good News on the Steam Deck Front Too</li> <li>Minecraft Players Are Pissed About the New Reporting System</li> <li>Shockingly Ubisoft is Still Not a Great Place to Work</li> <li>Destiny 2 Needs Ranked PVP Matches Badly</li> <li>KOTOR is Permanently Paused</li> <li>Sims 4 Lets You Date Your Very Old Brother</li> <li>PS5 is Finally Getting 1440p Support</li> </ul> <p><strong>Questions</strong></p> <p>DA VINSTER (Vinny) — If you had to recommend a game that you loved that you feel was underappreciated what is it and why?</p> <p>primefan — What is your perfect idea for a game?</p> <p>Turndwn4wut (Travis) — Your username is now a company. What do you sell?</p> <p>Turndwn4wut (Travis) — That kind of video games give you anxiety and what kind do you play to release some anxiety?</p> <p>Alan S (zeroskill) — What is your favorite format to consume music? What is your favorite format to enjoy music? Obviously they could be the exact same, but just interesting to differentiate.</p> <h3><strong>Cheap/Free Games</strong></h3> <p><strong>Epic Games</strong></p> <ul> <li>Unrailed!</li> </ul> <p><strong>Xbox Game Pass</strong></p> <ul> <li>Ghost Recon Wildlands (Cloud, Console, and PC)</li> <li>Shenzhen I/O (PC) ID@Xbox – August 4</li> <li>Turbo Golf Racing (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) ID@Xbox – August 4</li> <li>Two Point Campus (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 9</li> <li>Cooking Simulator (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 11</li> <li>Expeditions: Rome (PC) – August 11</li> <li>Offworld Trading Company (PC) ID@Xbox – August 11</li> <li>Midnight Fight Express – August 23 (Console, PC)</li> <li>Immortality – August 30 (Console, PC)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Xbox Gold</strong></p> <ul> <li>Calico ($11.99 ERP): Available August 1 to 31</li> <li>ScourgeBringer ($16.99 ERP): Available August 16 to September 15</li> <li>Saint’s Row 2 ($9.99 ERP): Available August 1 to 15</li> <li>Monaco: What’s Yours is Mine ($14.99 ERP): Available August 16 to 31</li> </ul> <p><strong>Playstation Plus</strong></p> <ul> <li>Yakuza: Like a Dragon</li> <li>Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 & 2</li> <li>Little Nightmares</li> </ul> <p><strong>Humble Bundle</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/games/amazing-adventures-bundle"><u>https://www.humblebundle.com/games/amazing-adventures-bundle</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/games/summer-sims-bundle"><u>https://www.humblebundle.com/games/summer-sims-bundle</u></a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Prime Gaming</strong></p> <ul> <li>StarCraft: Remastered</li> <li>Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders</li> <li>Beasts of Maravilla Island</li> <li>Recompile</li> <li>ScourgeBringer</li> <li>Family Mysteries: Poisonous Promises</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Byte Sized</strong></h3> <h3><strong>Troll Corner</strong></h3> <ul> <li>C'mon gamers, just knock it off</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> <li>Anonymous</li> <li>Rich Deacon</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Extra Life</strong></h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/"><u>https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/</u></a></li> </ul> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message
