028: Blizzard Team Juan (Vicarious Visions Merged, Xbox Live Price Hike Backflip, Resident Evil Village Maiden demo, Australian Acquisitions, Opera Buys GameMaker Studio, Amiibo)

Welcome to the latest episode of Big Week in Acquisitions! No wait.... Big Week in Amiibo! Ah screw it - it's still been another Big Week in Gaming for 24 Jan 2021! This week we talk about Vicarious Visions merging into Blizzard, Microsoft's massive Xbox Live price hike fiasco, Resident Evil Village's creepy demo, multiple Aussie devs being bought by European publishers - and Mike offends the entire Amiibo community. Hmmm... now that integot's got a PS5, maybe it's time to reassess his value to the podcast... 🤔Highlights of this truly juanderful episode:Microsoft hikes the price of Xbox Live Gold - then reverses it after people are pissedAcquisitions, acquisitions, acquisitions... including some well known Aussie devsAnd metroidvania aficionado Mike finally pops his Super Metroid cherryTimecodes(00:00:00) Intro (00:23:47) Vicarious Visions Merged Into Blizzard - Diablo 2 Remaster? (00:33:42) Microsoft Backtracks On Massive Xbox Live Price Hike (00:43:52) Resident Evil Village News & Demo Impressions (00:58:38) Puzzle Quest 3 Announced & 505 Games Buys The Aussie Devs (01:07:05) Nacon Buys Australian Developer Big Ant Studios (01:12:47) Opera Buys GameMaker Studio Creators YoYo Games (01:21:56) Special Edition Gold MH Amiibo - Only In Japan? (01:24:34) MH Amiibo Available On The Australian My Nintendo Store (01:30:44) Is Apple Entering The VR Space With A New Headset? (01:44:16) Bargain Bin w/c Sun 24 Jan 2021 (01:49:42) Retrospective: Mike Finally Plays Super Metroid (02:12:30) Outro  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.