Summary: <p>In a deal that is shocking to everyone, Microsoft is purchasing Activision Blizzard in a deal that is sending shockwaves through the gaming industry.</p> <h3><strong>What We're Playing</strong></h3> <p>Cliff: Superliminal, Stories Untold, Observation Colby: Anvil Dylan: Wild Rift</p> <h3><strong>News</strong></h3> <p><strong>So Xbox Did Something</strong></p> <p><strong>PlayStation Might Be Embracing BC</strong></p> <p><strong>The Reason PS Games Are Coming to PC is Because Studios Kept Asking</strong></p> <p><strong>Can’t Get a PS5? How Does a PS4 Sound?</strong></p> <p><strong>Almost 40 Employees Have “Left” Blizzard</strong></p> <p><strong>Humble Will No Longer Be Supporting Mac or Linux</strong></p> <p><strong>Your New PC Might Not Be Able to Play 4k Blurays</strong></p> <p><strong>Riot Will Literally Pay You to Quit</strong></p> <h3><strong>Questions</strong></h3> <p>Tr1pletrouble: What made-up word would you incorporate into the English language if you could?</p> <p>Princess_Megan: Some PS3 games have now been released for PS5. Are you excited to re-experience any of these games? Also, if you could bring back any game from a previous generation, updated with all the bells and whistles, which game would you choose?</p> <p>*monotone screaming*: Do you think remastered games are necessary or do you think it would be better to make sequels to games?</p> <p>Mansocks: Why should I play Anvil?</p> <p>Rich: What's more satisfying.. beating a single player game alone or a multiple player with teammates?</p> <p>Primefan: What’s more satisfying playing mudrunner or wreckfest?</p> <p>Joe Coleslaw: I am going through a transition into my life that I did not see coming so soon. Besides, Moving Out... What video game comes to mind when you hear starting from scratch for starting anew.</p> <h3><strong>Cheap/Free Games</strong></h3> <p><strong>Epic Games</strong></p> <ul> <li> <strong>Relicta </strong>is a first-person physics-based puzzle game where you need to creatively combine magnetism and gravity to unravel the secrets of Chandra Base.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Game Pass</strong></p> <ul> <li>Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC)</li> <li>Nobody Saves the World - Jan. 18</li> <li>Death’s Door (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – January 20</li> <li>Pupperazzi – 20th</li> <li>Windjammers 2 – 20th</li> <li>Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 20</li> <li>Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege: Deluxe Edition (PC) – January 20</li> <li>Hitman Trilogy - 20th</li> <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>Humble Bundle</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/games/surviving-mars-bundle"><u>https://www.humblebundle.com/games/surviving-mars-bundle</u></a></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
