Modern Console Warfare
By Brian Bishop
Fear not! Hosts Brian Bishop, Mike Matthews and Moses Agboola cover the video game industries' hottest news stories every week and rank every company, so we can once and for all, every week, every month and every year FINALLY put it to rest: Who Won Video Games in this age of...
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Modern Console WarfareFeb 10, 2022
2/9/22: A Very Special Nintendo Direct Special
On This Week's Episode we dive deep into today's Nintendo Direct and talk about all of the wild shit that was announced. The fact that we're talking about the obscure JRPG Live A Live in 2022 is completely bonkers to me, but here we are. Also, Mario Kart 8 DLC, The Brillaint looking new Kirby game, and SUPER MARIO STRIKERS IS BACK BABYYYYYYYYYYYYY.
This Week's News Stories:
The February Nintendo Direct: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYuUcG9iGyM
This Week's Scores:
Nintendo: 66
Omega force: 5
Intelligent Systems 6
Hello Games: 2
Whoever’s Making super Mario Strikers: 17
Splatoon Devs: 8
Forever Entertainment: 3
Gameloft: 3
Aspyr: 2
Ubisoft 6
Squenix for Chrono Cross: 2
Who’s Making Kirby: 18
Sony San Diego: 5
Squenix for Kingdom Hearts: -2
Squenix for Live a Live: 3: 10
Nintendo Switch Sports: 10
Triangle Strategy: 7
Mercury Steam: 10
Earthbound: 14
Mario Kart 8 Devs: 12
Monolithsoft: 6
Theme Music: Parasite from Tunetank.com
1/31/22: Winner - Bungie Getting the Bag / Loser - EA Probably Overextending Again
On This Week's Episode the eternal consolidation of the video game industry continues, as Sony buys Bungie to stick it to Microsoft, and the New York Times purchases current flash-in-the-pan Wordle. The latest NFT bungle comes from an unlikely studio. EA decides to give it another shot at overextending a beloved studio with too many projects. And we discuss what the hell a Call of Duty movie with Dwayne the Rock Johnson even looks like. Plus, a eulogy for Hyper Scape, gone too soon.
This Week's News Stories:
Sony buys Bungie, tries to feel relevant: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-01-31-sony-buying-bungie-for-usd3-6-billion
NYT Buys Wordle for some millions of bucks: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/31/22911274/wordle-new-york-times-free-word-game-acquisition
Respawn is going all in on Star Wars: https://kotaku.com/star-wars-announcement-2022-jedi-fallen-order-apex-lege-1848416767
Halo TV Series: https://www.cnet.com/news/halo-tv-series-gets-explosive-first-trailer/
Rock the Dwayne Johnson is in “a video game movie,” allegedly COD: https://ftw.usatoday.com/2022/01/the-rocks-mysterious-video-game-movie-is-reportedly-call-of-duty
It Takes Two getting movie adaptation: https://www.destructoid.com/it-takes-two-next-in-long-line-video-game-adaptations-film-tv/
RIP Hyperscape: https://www.onmsft.com/news/hyper-scape-video-game-to-completely-shut-down-soon
NFT BS of the Week: Worms this Time: https://kotaku.com/worms-team17-nfts-metaworms-scam-blockchain-1848452059
This Week's Scores:
Sony 12
Bungie 20
Hyperscape: -7
Ubisoft --2
Aggro Crab 20
Team 17 --19
Mr. Wardle: 18
New York Times 11
Resapwn 6
EA: - Better Hope you get purchased by sony and -23
Halo TV Series -4
Paramount Plus -1
The rock 6
COD 1
Hazelight 8
Theme Music: Parasite from Tunetank.com
1/18/22: Winner - MICROSOFT BOUGHT ACTIVISION / Loser - ACTIVISION GOT BOUGHT BY MICROSOFT
On This Week's Episode GEE WILLIKERS, WOWSERS, HOLY MOLY THE MADLADS AT MICROSOFT REALLY JUST BOUGHT ACTIVISION BLIZZARD FOR REAL, FFXIV finally goes back on sale, RIP Halo 3 Servers, PUBG Corp is Suing Free Fire for being what it is. But mostly we talk about the many, many angles of the ActiBlizz purchase.
This Week's News Stories:
Microsoft is actually buying Acitivison Blizzard, Wow: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/1073763644/microsoft-set-to-acquire-the-gaming-company-activision-blizzard-for-68-7-billion
FFXIV Finally going back on sale: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/14/22883544/final-fantasy-14-date-digital-sales-server-expansion
RIP Original Halo 3 Servers: https://kotaku.com/the-final-moments-of-halo-3-online-2007-2022-1848363350
PUBG Maker Actually Suing competitor over Alleged Copy, Free Fire: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/13/22882796/pubg-developer-krafton-suing-apple-google-garena-free-fire-max
Kotick is really still trying to cover this up: https://www.wsj.com/articles/activision-blizzard-pushes-out-dozens-of-employees-over-workplace-misconduct-11642428001?mod=hp_lead_pos1
This Week's Scores:
Activision Blizzard: -7
Bobby Kotick: 0
Microsoft: 20
Square Enix: 12
PUBG Corp: 6
Whoever Makes Free Fire: -3
Theme Music: Parasite from Tunetank.com
1/10/22: Winner - Underground Ouya Games / Loser - Square Enix NFTs
On This Week's Episode we discuss Ken Levine's unorthodox management, Square Enix's grim NFT future, The Inevitable Ouya future of Chinese underground game development, and Sony's vendetta against Bend Studio.
This Week's News Stories:
Ghost Story Games Being Terrible: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-03/bioshock-creator-s-next-game-and-its-narrative-legos-in-turmoil
Square Enix’s Crypto Bullshit Adventures: https://kotaku.com/square-enix-president-hopes-nfts-blockchain-games-beco-1848294675
Nvidia’s New Cards: https://www.engadget.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3090-ti-ces-announcement-163653863.html?src=rss
China’s Video Game industry is falling apart: https://kotaku.com/14-000-chinese-game-companies-have-gone-out-of-business-1848299632
Ubi service coming to Xbox/GamePass: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/5/22868704/ubisoft-plus-xbox-launch-rainbow-six-extraction-xbox-game-pass
Activision Strike Continues into 3rd Week: https://www.ign.com/articles/activision-blizzard-strike-fund-350000-management-finally-replies
Sony Hates Bend Studios for some reason: https://kotaku.com/after-sony-passed-on-days-gone-2-devs-pitched-open-wor-1848321452?utm_campaign=Kotaku&utm_content=1641579076&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=facebook
This Week's Scores:
Ghost Story Games -6
2K: +5
Square EnixGhost Story Games -18
Nvidia -1
GameStop -10
CCP: -10
Pirate Ouya Games +10
Ubisoft +8
Game Pas +10
Activision Blizzard -17
ABK +10
Sony -3
Theme Music: Parasite from Tunetank.com