Summary: <p>First-party Xbox games are going to cost you $70 in 2023, which is really the best reason to subscribe to Game Pass right now.</p> <h3><strong>What We're Playing</strong></h3> <p>Cliff: Pentiment, Rocket League</p> <p>Colby: Stitch, Eastward</p> <p>Dylan: Pokemon: Scarlet</p> <h3><strong>News</strong></h3> <ul> <li>MS is Raising First Party Game Prices to $70</li> <li>Callisto Protocol Performance Issues Are Due to a “Clerical Error”</li> <li>MS Compares Sony to Blockbuster…and I Guess They Are Netflix?</li> <li>300 QA Workers Unionize at Zenimax</li> <li>You Won’t Guess What Engine This LOTR Game Uses</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Questions</strong></h3> <p><strong>*monotone screaming*</strong>: Do you think automatic map generation was a good thing to introduce into games?</p> <p><strong>Primefan: </strong>What are your thoughts on metal hellsinger?</p> <p><strong>Brooke:</strong> What is your favorite non-weapon based attack?</p> <h3><strong>Cheap/Free Games</strong></h3> <p><strong>Epic Games</strong></p> <ul> <li>Saints Row IV Re-Elected</li> <li>Wildcat Gun Machine</li> </ul> <p><strong>Xbox Game Pass</strong></p> <ul> <li>Eastward (Cloud, Console, and PC)</li> <li>The Walking Dead: The Final Season (Cloud, Console, and PC)</li> <li>Totally Reliable Delivery Service (PC)</li> <li>LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 6</li> <li>Hello Neighbor 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 6</li> <li>Chained Echoes (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 8</li> <li>Metal: Hellsinger (Xbox One) – December 8</li> <li>High On Life (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 13</li> <li>Potion Craft (Console and PC) – December 13</li> <li>Hot Wheels Unleashed – Game of the Year Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 15</li> <li>Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 15</li> </ul> <p><strong>Playstation Plus</strong></p> <ul> <li>Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (PS4)</li> <li>Biomutant (PS4 and PS5)</li> <li>Divine Knockout: Founder's Edition (PS4 and PS5).</li> </ul> <p><strong>Humble Bundle</strong></p> <ul> <li>https://www.humblebundle.com/games/premier-vr</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Patreon</strong></h3> <ul> <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
