The Week The Industry Shifted: PlayStation 6, Bluepoint, Highguard, Xbox, and more

Well, that was a whirlwind! This week felt like someone hit fast-forward on the entire video game industry and every day was yet another breaking news story. From AI causing potential console delays, Highguard can’t catch a break, Bluepoint being shut down and the fallout from the sudden change of guard at Xbox… whew! However, this episode is not just doom and gloom: Joelle became a sneaky octopus in the Darwin’s Paradox and Leah celebrates the Winter Olympics with a round of Pixel Olympics Trivia.  What is Everyone Playing? (00:08:46) Darwin’s Paradox Demo (00:13:40) Game On: Pixel Olympics Trivia (00:21:06) This Week’s News (00:27:20) PlayStation 6 might be delayed due to hardware shortages (00:28:50) Rise and fall of Highguard (00:34:25) Sony shuts down Bluepoint (00:42:50) Leadership shake up at Xbox: Spencer and Bond are out (00:49:36) Outro and Wrap-up (01:08:38) --- Thanks for listening! The GoGCast comes out weekly so make sure to subscribe and you won't miss an episode. For more about us, Girls on Games, check out girlsongames.ca. Buy us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/girlsongames