045: Peppa Pig Metaverse (Starfield, WB Games, Press Reset, amiibo)

It's time to explore the weird side of gaming this week, in the latest Big Week in Gaming for 23 May 2021! From Peppa Pig to Gucci-flavoured Roblox, there's no shortage of wacky antics going on with the Bigwig crew. Join integot, Mike & Swinny as they cover Starfield being Xbox exclusive, a new TimeSplitters announced after 16 years, Nintendo locking fast travel behind an amiibo - and our impressions of the new brainpunk RPG Scarlet Nexus.Besides all that, integot finally gets his hands on Jason Schreier's latest book Press Reset - and the whole crew has a go at the indie mingleplayer maso-core platformer Cruel World. Find out which of us just wants to watch the world burn...So take me down to Potato City, and check out these oinktacular attractions:▸ Is Starfield an Xbox exclusive?▸ Timesplitters is back! And so is Free Radical Design!▸ And our review of Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game IndustryTIMECODES00:00:00 Intro00:28:46 Is Starfield No Longer On PS5? | Starfield 2021 News & Potential Release Date00:36:54 WB Games Studios Being Split Up - What's Gonna Happen To NetherRealm & Rocksteady?00:42:53 TimeSplitters Is Back! Free Radical Design Reforms For TimeSplitters 400:49:37 Nintendo Locks Fast Travel Behind New Skyward Sword amiibo! (Zelda & Loftwing)00:59:00 New Peppa Pig Game Announced For Switch, Playstation 4, Xbox & PC01:07:57 Gucci Garden In Roblox - Who Is This For?!01:16:25 Bargain Bin w/c Sun 23 May 202101:22:09 Scarlet Nexus Demo Impressions - Bandai Namco's New Brainpunk RPG01:28:55 Press Reset Review - New Jason Schreier Book On Game Development & Studio Closures01:47:08 Cruel World Review - How Did We Act In Droqen's Game?02:04:35 Outro Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.