Summary: <p>Sony makes a small $3.6 billion purchase of their own, buying formerly Microsoft-owned Bungie, developers of both the Halo and Destiny franchises.</p> <h3><strong>What We're Playing</strong></h3> <p>Cliff: Unpacking, Gorogoa, Nobody Saves the World, Star Wars Galaxies</p> <p>Colby: Anvil: Vault Breaker, Inscription, Nobody Saves the World, Super Mario World, Super Mario Bros., Kirby’s Adventures, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island</p> <p>Dylan: Necromunda: Hired Gun</p> <h3><strong>News</strong></h3> <p>Sony Buys Bungie for $3.6 Billion</p> <p>Sony Finally Sorta Catches Up with Game Capture</p> <p>Gwent is Getting a Stand Alone Single Player Game</p> <p>Free Guy Coming to HBO Max and Disney+</p> <p>Steamed Hams</p> <p>Games Just “Don’t Get” NFT According to Ubisoft</p> <p>Good Guy Hello Games</p> <p>C’mon Activision</p> <h3><strong>Questions</strong></h3> <p><strong>Rdeacon:</strong> With the current state of game studios, do you feel Sony would be better of just killing game exclusives and focus on selling titles and less on consoles that make little to no profit?</p> <p><strong>Primefan: </strong>What are your opinions on things like Comic-Con and if you had the chance would you go?</p> <p><strong>Princess_Megan</strong>: You are offered a million dollars, but to claim it you must enter the last video game you played, and stay there for a year. How screwed are you?</p> <p><strong>Mansocks</strong>: Favorite Sierra game? And why is it Quest for Glory 1? (Cliff: Outpost, Space Quest, King’s Quest 4)</p> <h3><strong>Cheap/Free Games</strong></h3> <p><strong>Epic Games</strong></p> <ul> <li>Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair</li> </ul> <p><strong>Game with Gold</strong></p> <ul> <li>Broken Sword 5 - Available February 1-28</li> <li>Aerial Knight's Never Yield - Available February 16-March 15</li> <li>Hydrophobia - Available February 1-15</li> <li>Band of Bugs - Available February 16-28</li> </ul> <p><strong>Game Pass</strong></p> <ul> <li>Grounded: Into the Wood Update – Available now</li> <li>Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update VII: Australia – Available now</li> <li>Contrast (Cloud and Console) ID@Xbox – February 3</li> <li>Dreamscaper (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – February 3</li> <li>Telling Lies (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – February 3</li> <li>Besiege (Game Preview)(Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – February 10</li> <li>CrossfireX (Console) – February 10</li> <li>Edge of Eternity (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – February 10</li> <li>Skul: The Hero Slayer (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – February 10</li> <li>The Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 10</li> <li>Ark: Ultimate Survivor Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – February 14</li> <li>Infernax (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – February 14</li> <li>Total War Warhammer 3 – Feb 17th</li> <li>Shredders – Feb TBA</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><strong>PlayStation Plus</strong></p> <ul> <li>Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep: A Wonderlands One-shot Adventure | PS4</li> <li>Planet Coaster: Console Edition | PS5***</li> <li>UFC 4 | PS4</li> </ul> <p><strong>Twitch Gaming</strong></p> <ul> <li>Stellaris</li> <li>Ashwalkers A Survival Journey</li> <li>As Far As The Eye</li> <li>Double Kick Heroes</li> <li>Golazo Soccer League</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/" 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
