Marathon Monday in Boston and Patriots Day across New England but CapnMikeM and MAINEac17 are back to deliver Episode 98. The fellas ask the listeners what they think of the remastered games trend for this generation. It seemed like people were 50/50 as to whether they like this trend or not. Also, CapnMikeM interviews Gigantic's Community Manager Allie Murdock. She talks about some of the characters and classes in the game as well as a general overview on how to play Gigantic. Lastly, Jay and Mike discuss what they've been playing this past week along with recent news and the new video game releases for this week.
Intro:
Bloodborne sells a million units
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/04/14/bloodborne-sells-one-million-first-1-03-details/#sf8582165
Star Wars Battlefront
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/04/17/star-wars-battlefront-on-ps4-new-details-from-celebration/
Guitar Hero revealed
https://blog.activision.com/community/games-blog/guitar-hero/blog/2015/04/14/guitar-hero-live-revealed-coming-this-fall-2015
Matthew Armstrong leaves Gearbox
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/04/20/borderlands-franchise-director-and-creator-quits-gearbox-software
New Releases for week of 4/21:
Shovel Knight - PS4 - Action-Platformer - Yacht Club Games
AC Chronicles: China - PS4/XB1/PC - Action-Adv - Climax Games/Ubisoft
Ziggurat - PS4 - Action RPG/FPS - Milkstone Studios
LA Cops - PS4 - Tactical Shooter - Team 17 Studios
Oddworld: New & Tasty - PS3 - Puzzle Platformer - Just Add Water
Infinity Runner - PS4/XB1 - sci-fi themed first-person action runner - Wales Interactive
Mario Kart DS - WiiU - Racing - Nintendo
Crypt of the NecroDancer - PC - Rhythm roguelike - Brace Yourself Games
Mario Kart DLC
The Evil Within - Consequences DLC
Interview: Allie Murdock - Gigantic
Discussion: Do you like the Remastered trend for this current Gen? If so, what game would you want remastered that hasn’t been
PC/WiiU/Multi-platform:
Heroes of the Storm release date and open beta date
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/04/20/heroes-of-the-storm-gets-release-date-and-open-beta.aspx
Steam requires to you to spend $5 before you can do a host of functions
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/steam-limits-users-who-haven-t-spent-5-to-prevent-/1100-6426742/
Mass Effect 4 details leaked
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/mass-effect-4-details-allegedly-leaked-via-online-/1100-6426752/
COD Ascension DLC headed to PC/PS4 on April 30
http://www.polygon.com/2015/4/15/8421699/call-of-duty-advanced-warfare-ascendance-ps4-playstation-launch-date
Insomniac Games releases their first PC game today
http://www.insomniacgames.com/insomniac-to-release-first-ever-pc-game-slow-down-bull-on-april-20th/
Playstation:
New trailer for Everyone’s Gone to Rapture
http://www.polygon.com/2015/4/16/8436099/everybodys-gone-to-the-rapture-set-for-summer-release
Shadow of the Beast dev update for the PS4
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/shadow-of-the-beast-is-a-barbaric-brawler-born-out/1100-6426714/
Xbox:
May Update brings the ability to stream to other Win 10 devices
http://www.shacknews.com/article/89123/xbox-one-gains-streaming-capabilities-in-may-2015-system-update
Wolfenstein: Old Blood to get physical copy
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-03-20-wolfenstein-the-old-blood-physical-editions-out-the-week-after-download-versions
Will my progress from Smite XB1 merge with my PC account once I transfer over?
http://ask.fm/schisam/answer/128541262251
Tidbits:
Halo 5 Pre-Order Spartan Armor from GameStop - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR2vSTkYDho
Rumor - Star Wars figures to land on Disney Infinity later this year
http://www.polygon.com/2015/4/20/8456303/disney-infinity-3-rumor-star-wars-frozen-tron-mickey-figures
AMD CEO reveals in investor call that Win10 releases end of July
http://www.cnet.com/news/windows-10-to-debut-late-july-says-amd-ceo/
