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Extra! Extra! Hear all about it! It’s another Nice Games Bulletin…
Join us in the Nice Games Clubhouse/Newsroom to hear the latest and greatest news from the video game world. Mortho makes a return (and another and another), Stephen doesn’t want to say “git gud,” (but…), Mark wants to press all the buttons, and (STOP THE PRESSES!) Martha likes board games now.
Recent releases
- “Risk Of Rain 2’s real monster is capitalism, not the ravenous alien horde” – William Hughes, AV Club Games
- “Needle Felting Gives Us All the Feels” – Ashley Little, Bluprint
- “Islanders is a bite-sized palate cleanser of a civilization builder” – Cass Marshall, Polygon
- “‘Super Mario Odyssey’ and ‘Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ are both getting VR support” – Jacob Siegal, BGR
- Labo VR kit launches April 12th, Mario/Zelda support coming April 25th.
- “The Division 2 has a lot to say, but it’s very hard to hear over all the gunfire” – Charlie Hall and Cass Marshall, Polygon
- Martha mentioned a GDC talk about the UI in the first Division game. That talk is available for free on the GDC vault, here.
- In related news, this week a lot of new free content from GDC 2019 became available on the GDC vault: https://www.gdcvault.com/free/
[0:10:02] News
- “She Invented a Board Game With Scientific Integrity. It’s Taking Off.” – Siobhan Roberts, The New York Times
- “Wingspan review: A gorgeous birding board game takes flight” – Aaron Zimmerman, Ars Technica
- Speaking of board games, Minnesota developer Leder Games just made 1.7 million dollars(!!!) on Kickstarter for “Root: The Underworld Expansion.”
- “EA Lays Off 350 People In Marketing, Publishing, And More” – Jason Schreier, Kotaku
- “How BioWare’s Anthem Went Wrong” – Jason Schreier, Kotaku
- “BioWare Boss Addresses Studio Issues, Vows To ‘Continue Working To Solve Them’” – Jason Schreier, Kotaku
- “All the latest details on the new Borderlands game” – Harry Shepherd, PCGamesN
- “Borderlands 3 On PC Is Exclusive To Epic Games Store Until Early 2020” – Tamoor Hussain, Gamespot
- “Review-bombed Borderlands 2 is the first to have user scores thrown out by Steam” – Owen S. Good, Polygon
- “Lawsuit alleges Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford improperly siphoned $12M for personal gain” – Charlie Hall, Polygon
- “Google Stadia has a lot of ‘last mile’ challenges” – Jeff Grubb, Venture Beat
- “The Nintendo Switch in Japan offers a peek at the cloud gaming future” – Sam Byford, Polygon
- “’Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice’ and the debate over difficulty vs. accessibility” – Adam Rosenberg, Mashable
- “An Easy Mode Has Never Ruined A Game” – Joshua Rivera, Kotaku
164 episodes
Archived series ("Inactive feed" status)
When? This feed was archived on March 25, 2020 22:07 (). Last successful fetch was on February 11, 2020 20:04 ()
Why? Inactive feed status. Our servers were unable to retrieve a valid podcast feed for a sustained period.
What now? You might be able to find a more up-to-date version using the search function. This series will no longer be checked for updates. If you believe this to be in error, please check if the publisher's feed link below is valid and contact support to request the feed be restored or if you have any other concerns about this.
Manage episode 230956815 series 1318634
Extra! Extra! Hear all about it! It’s another Nice Games Bulletin…
Join us in the Nice Games Clubhouse/Newsroom to hear the latest and greatest news from the video game world. Mortho makes a return (and another and another), Stephen doesn’t want to say “git gud,” (but…), Mark wants to press all the buttons, and (STOP THE PRESSES!) Martha likes board games now.
Recent releases
- “Risk Of Rain 2’s real monster is capitalism, not the ravenous alien horde” – William Hughes, AV Club Games
- “Needle Felting Gives Us All the Feels” – Ashley Little, Bluprint
- “Islanders is a bite-sized palate cleanser of a civilization builder” – Cass Marshall, Polygon
- “‘Super Mario Odyssey’ and ‘Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ are both getting VR support” – Jacob Siegal, BGR
- Labo VR kit launches April 12th, Mario/Zelda support coming April 25th.
- “The Division 2 has a lot to say, but it’s very hard to hear over all the gunfire” – Charlie Hall and Cass Marshall, Polygon
- Martha mentioned a GDC talk about the UI in the first Division game. That talk is available for free on the GDC vault, here.
- In related news, this week a lot of new free content from GDC 2019 became available on the GDC vault: https://www.gdcvault.com/free/
[0:10:02] News
- “She Invented a Board Game With Scientific Integrity. It’s Taking Off.” – Siobhan Roberts, The New York Times
- “Wingspan review: A gorgeous birding board game takes flight” – Aaron Zimmerman, Ars Technica
- Speaking of board games, Minnesota developer Leder Games just made 1.7 million dollars(!!!) on Kickstarter for “Root: The Underworld Expansion.”
- “EA Lays Off 350 People In Marketing, Publishing, And More” – Jason Schreier, Kotaku
- “How BioWare’s Anthem Went Wrong” – Jason Schreier, Kotaku
- “BioWare Boss Addresses Studio Issues, Vows To ‘Continue Working To Solve Them’” – Jason Schreier, Kotaku
- “All the latest details on the new Borderlands game” – Harry Shepherd, PCGamesN
- “Borderlands 3 On PC Is Exclusive To Epic Games Store Until Early 2020” – Tamoor Hussain, Gamespot
- “Review-bombed Borderlands 2 is the first to have user scores thrown out by Steam” – Owen S. Good, Polygon
- “Lawsuit alleges Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford improperly siphoned $12M for personal gain” – Charlie Hall, Polygon
- “Google Stadia has a lot of ‘last mile’ challenges” – Jeff Grubb, Venture Beat
- “The Nintendo Switch in Japan offers a peek at the cloud gaming future” – Sam Byford, Polygon
- “’Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice’ and the debate over difficulty vs. accessibility” – Adam Rosenberg, Mashable
- “An Easy Mode Has Never Ruined A Game” – Joshua Rivera, Kotaku
164 episodes
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