Summary: <p>Activision Blizzard's continued mishandling of the Raven Software QA situation might actually cause the formation of the first AAA game studio union, something the game industry desperately needs.</p> <h3><strong>What We're Playing</strong></h3> <p>Cliff: The Gunk, Anvil, Gorogoa</p> <p>Colby: Anvil, Inscryption, Super Mario World, Nobody Saves the World</p> <p>Dylan: The Witcher 3</p> <p><strong>News</strong></p> <p>Activision Blizzard Might Have Caused the First AAA Game Studio Union</p> <p>Bobby Kotick is Still Being a Jerk</p> <p>Overwatch 2 Producer Comes Down Hard on Bobby Kotick</p> <p>Mike Ybarra Talks Blizzard Accountability</p> <p>Phil Spencer is Excited About Some Old Games</p> <p>Well This is A Terrible Idea</p> <p>Steam Deck is Getting a Cool Version of Cloud Sync</p> <p>Even Game Devs Hate Crypto</p> <p><strong>Questions</strong></p> <p>DA VINSTER (Vinny): Out of all of Microsoft's 30+ Studios, which IP do they have that has been dormant that you'd like to see come back, and for fun, if you have a specific studio you'd want to make it who would it be? The idea of Guitar Hero coming back makes me ecstatic and I hope it happens!</p> <p>Rdeacon: Ok this one is important one: Toast ... light or dark?</p> <p>Primefan: If you had to choose what is your favorite platformer and what triple a game would you recommend?</p> <h3><strong>Cheap/Free Games</strong></h3> <p><strong>Epic Games:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Daemon X Machina</strong></li> </ul> <p><strong>Game Pass</strong></p> <ul> <li>Taiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master (Console and PC) – January 27</li> <li>Edge Of Eternity – February 10 (Console)</li> <li>Total War: Warhammer 3 – February 17 (PC)</li> <li>Shredders – February TBA (Console, PC, Cloud)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Nintendo Online</strong></p> <ul> <li>The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Troll Corner</strong></h3> <p>Won’t Someone Think of the Poor Job Creators…I Mean Scalpers?</p> <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
