Episode 62: Living in the Age of Kotaku aka We ObjectFluid Nao

 
Eve Online developer sent candy “bag of dicks”

Lawbreakers Free Open Beta Starts June 30th, ends July 5
Pricing $30
GoW creator Cliff Bleszinski’ studio, Boss Key Productions
Arena base mp shooter, release on Steam and PS4
“I want that one player who likes the game and doesn’t feel like spending any money to be able to take down the trust fund kid that’s spent a ton of money to have all the stuff”
Publisher – Nexon

330,000 Rust Owners Have Asked Steam For Refunds. That totals $4.3 million.
5.5 million people own Rust

Alex Mauer created a soundtrack for Starr Mazer and put claims on any youtube video that has featured the game or music of the game.

Star Citizen Dev Denies That It’s Facing Financial Trouble
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/1/thread/re-uk-tax-rebate-advance-for-foundry-42

Destiny 2’s Clan System is still a mystery

Mass Effect Andromeda DLC is not not not going to happen

Overwatch statues…yay….

G2A is back in the business of reselling game keys

The Xbox Ultimate Game Sale
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/massive-xbox-digital-sale-begins-all-deals-reveale/1100-6451333/

Massive PSN Sale Discounts Hundreds Of PS4, PS3, And Vita Games
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/massive-psn-sale-discounts-hundreds-of-ps4-ps3-and/1100-6451229/

StarCraft Remastered Gets Release Date And Price; Preorders Now Open
August 14 $15
include Brood War
The original non-remastered version of StarCraft (Brood War included) is free to download now. https://battle.net/download/getInstallerForGame?os=WIN&version=LIVE&gameProgram=STARCRAFT

The third annual GuardianCon, a Destiny fan convention held in Florida, has raised over $1.2 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

A sequel to Dragon Age: Inquisition in the works?
Series creative director Mike Laidlaw said on The 1099 podcast this week that “something is happening with Dragon Age”

Sega launched its Sega Forever service, with mixed reception. Complaints of dropped frames, poor audio, and bad controls.

Nintendo Switch & Wii U
Breath of the Wild, Master trials & DLC

Miyamoto says he doesn’t want people to make new Mario games, but, make new IP

The Division 1.7 update news

Watchdogs 2, 4 player mode available for free

Take-Two’s attempted takedown of OpenIV caused an uproar in the GTA V modding community
“Rockstar Games believes in reasonable fan creativity, and, in particular, wants creators to showcase their passion for our games,” the statement reads. “After discussions with Take-Two, Take-Two has agreed that it generally will not take legal action against third-party projects involving Rockstar’s PC games that are single-player, non-commercial, and respect the intellectual property (IP) rights of third parties.”

We’re Living In the Age of Kotaku
Shitness Like Usual
We’re ObjectFluid Now

Cast Members this episode:

Grammaton Dryad: https://www.twitch.tv/grammaton_dryad

Philamon Grundy: https://www.youtube.com/c/philamon-grundy246