This Week In Games

More troubling update from Nvidia’s GeForce Now service. Kickstarter employees decide to unionize. We say goodbye to the phenomenon that was HQ Trivia. Music by Proviant Audio: http://freemusiarchive.org/music/Proviant_Audio/Welcome_Wilderness/Just_Like_That

Tim Sweeney tells off half the game industry, in Epic fashion. Activision-Blizzard pulls the plug on GeForce Now. The most untitled game wins big at the DICE Summit Awards. Music by Proviant Audio: http://freemusiarchive.org/music/Proviant_Audio/Welcome_Wilderness/Just_Like_That

Nivida launches their bet on the cloud gaming market. The second part of the Rockstar trinity leaves as Dan Houser departs the studio. An AI startup raises a hefty seed round in hopes of disrupting gaming QA. Music by Proviant Audio: http://freemusiarchive.org/music/Proviant_Audio/Welcome_Wilderness/Just_Like_That

It’s the 100th episode of This Week in Games. Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs gets acquired by a digital service company. Blizzard earns the lowest Metacritic user score in history. Music by Proviant Audio: http://freemusiarchive.org/music/Proviant_Audio/Welcome_Wilderness/Just_Like_That

Activision-Blizzard signs a multi-year deal with Google. Major mobile game studios acquisitions go down. The world’s most valuable startup is rumored to enter games. Music by Proviant Audio: http://freemusiarchive.org/music/Proviant_Audio/Welcome_Wilderness/Just_Like_That

Details of Nintendo’s new interactive theme park are revealed. Epic Games Store combats review bombing. The Valve Index could spark VR’s 2020 comeback. Music by Proviant Audio: http://freemusiarchive.org/music/Proviant_Audio/Welcome_Wilderness/Just_Like_That

EA taps Respawn for new DICE studio leadership. Alienware unveils a Switch inspired PC. Tencent is injecting cash into one of Japan’s top developers. Music by Proviant Audio: http://freemusiarchive.org/music/Proviant_Audio/Welcome_Wilderness/Just_Like_That

Celebrating 2019's biggest news, acquisitions and games. 2019 had some big shifts and big whimpers and we crown the best games of the year. Music by Proviant Audio: http://freemusiarchive.org/music/Proviant_Audio/Welcome_Wilderness/Just_Like_That

The 2010's had so much to offer from indie games, eSports, Games as a Service, art games, Twitch, Kickstarter, AR, VR and more. I'll be covering everything that made the last 10 years transformative in the game industry. Music by Proviant Audio: http://freemusiarchive.org/music/Proviant_Audio/Welcome_Wilderness/Just_Like_That

Stadia purchases its first AAA game studio. Facebook buys its way into cloud gaming. An eSports platform raises a hefty series A. Music by Proviant Audio: http://freemusiarchive.org/music/Proviant_Audio/Welcome_Wilderness/Just_Like_That

The Year’s Biggest Award Show went down this week. Twitch goes on the offensive against rival streaming platforms. Microsoft releases the first glimpse of what Scarlett is. Music by Proviant Audio: http://freemusiarchive.org/music/Proviant_Audio/Welcome_Wilderness/Just_Like_That

Things are getting worse at AR giant Magic Leap. Rumors of Microsoft’s two console strategy surface again. Nintendo and Tencent are launching a Chinese Switch much sooner than you think. Music by Proviant Audio: http://freemusiarchive.org/music/Proviant_Audio/Welcome_Wilderness/Just_Like_That

Google poaches Ubisoft leadership for its game studio. An eSports firm plans to IPO. Facebook acquires its biggest Oculus success. Music by Proviant Audio: http://freemusiarchive.org/music/Proviant_Audio/Welcome_Wilderness/Just_Like_That

Valve lights the VR world on fire with a new VR-only Half-life game. Stadia stumbles out of the gate to no one’s surprise. The game industry loses a legend with the passing of Brad McQuid. Music by Proviant Audio: http://freemusiarchive.org/music/Proviant_Audio/Welcome_Wilderness/Just_Like_That

Microsoft holds its annual X0 conference. Google makes Stadia’s launch as lackluster as possible. And VR has a mixed reality this week as two big stories drop. Music by Proviant Audio: http://freemusiarchive.org/music/Proviant_Audio/Welcome_Wilderness/Just_Like_That

China adds further restrictions on minor playtime. Niantic launches a creator program, but is it too late. Twitch loses another star as YouTube enters the streaming talent draft. Music by Proviant Audio: http://freemusiarchive.org/music/Proviant_Audio/Welcome_Wilderness/Just_Like_That

Ubisoft delays 3 major titles due to missed earnings. The Modern Times Group is looking to float on the US stock exchange. Value shuts down money laundering in CS:GO for a second time. Music by Proviant Audio: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Proviant_Audio/Welcome_Wilderness/Just_Like_That

UK’s Children’s Commissioner takes regulation aim at loot boxes. Tencent takes majority stake Supercell. Mixer pouches another Twitch top dog. Music by Proviant Audio: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Proviant_Audio/Welcome_Wilderness/Just_Like_That

Blizzard bows to China in eSports political conduct. Riot announces new games for the first time in their 10 year history. Google decides to wake up from its Daydream and end its consumer VR hardware. Music by Proviant Audio: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Proviant_Audio/Welcome_Wilderness/Just_Like_That

Psyonix explores a world without loot boxes. The Writers Guild Awards give the ol’ middle finger to game writers. Industry legend Raph Koster is getting back to his MMO roots. Music by Proviant Audio: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Proviant_Audio/Welcome_Wilderness/Just_Like_That