051: Virtual Stupidity (Housemarque, Bluepoint, Ghost Of Tsushima, Control, Kazuya, Ender Lilies)

It's time for another roundup of the biggest news and features in video games for this Big Week in Gaming for 4 Jul 2021! This week the bigwig crew chat about Sony spending big on studio acquisitions, plans for Control sequels and spinoffs, Ghost of Tsushima getting a snazzy Director's Cut, xCloud launching on PC & iOS, id Software's mystery leaked game - and the latest Smash & amiibo news, with hands-on thoughts of the new fighter Kazuya.For special features - we have impressions of the new metroidvania soulslike ENDER LILIES - as well as a MASSIVE nominee selection special for Game of Some Other Year 1995. It's a bloody battle of PC vs SNES classics for this GOSOY. Poor Mike... I promise we'll play Beavis & Butthead one day.Your mum's certainly going to love these highlights:▸ Sony's Studio Shopping Spree - and what these acquisitions tell us about their future plans▸ First impressions of the gothic metroidvania - ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights▸ And we choose the nominees for Game of Some Other Year 1995!TIMECODES ▼00:00:00 Intro00:14:41 Sony's Studio Shopping Spree - Housemarque, Bluepoint, Nixxes Join The PlayStation Family00:22:25 Control Sequel News - Remedy Announces Project Condor Multiplayer Spinoff00:26:58 Ghost Of Tsushima Director's Cut Announced For PS5 & PS400:33:53 Xbox Cloud Gaming Launches On PC & iOS (xCloud Game Streaming)00:39:14 id Software's Latest Game Leaks On The Australian Classification Board00:43:15 Smash Bros Kazuya Gameplay Hands-On & Sakurai Presentation00:50:59 Smash Bros Deconfirms Dante & Lloyd - No Fighter Pass 3, Min Min amiibo00:56:42 The Minute Mike00:59:34 Bargain Bin w/c Sun 4 Jul 202101:03:06 ENDER LILIES: Quietus Of The Knights - First Impressions01:13:19 The Best Games Of 1995! We Pick Game of Some Other Year Nominees (GOSOY)02:28:16 Outro Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.