Podcasts about Sledgehammer Games

Follow J and Sub on their socials: J007: Twitter : https://x.com/FakeJ00712 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/j007tv Sub: Twitter: https://x.com/subonekd Youtube:  @subonekd  Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/subonekdSummary SummaryIn this episode of the Slightly Above Average Gaming podcast, hosts J007tv and Subone KD welcome Greg Reisdorf, co-founder of Onkade and former Creative Director at Sledgehammer Games. The conversation delves into the innovative platform Onkade, which aims to revolutionize game distribution and monetization for developers and streamers. Greg shares insights from his extensive experience in game development, particularly with the Call of Duty franchise, discussing the challenges and successes of live seasons, player engagement, and the evolving landscape of microtransactions in gaming. The episode highlights the importance of community feedback and the need for developers to adapt quickly to player expectations in a rapidly changing industry. In this conversation, Greg Reisdorf shares insights into the design and development of Call of Duty, discussing the challenges of balancing casual and competitive play, the evolution of cross-platform gaming, and the ongoing issues of cheating and bot integration in online games. He emphasizes the importance of player engagement and the need for fun in gaming experiences, while also addressing the complexities of multi-platform development and the impact of aim assist on gameplay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Follow J and Sub on their socials: J007: Twitter : https://x.com/FakeJ00712 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/j007tv Sub: Twitter: https://x.com/subonekd Youtube:  @subonekd  Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/subonekd Summary In this episode of the Slightly Above Average Gaming Podcast, hosts J007tv and Subone KD discuss their chaotic Valentine's Day experiences, travel tales, and the latest in gaming gear. They delve into the business side of gaming, nostalgia for the pandemic gaming boom, and the current state of Call of Duty, including new maps, camo grinding, and the evolution of Sledgehammer Games. The conversation also touches on frustrations with melee weapons, the introduction of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in Call of Duty, and the impact of cosmetics and skins on gameplay. Finally, they analyze the current dynamics of Warzone, including perks, balancing, and player experiences. In this conversation, the speakers discuss the evolution of gameplay in Battle Royale games, particularly focusing on Call of Duty. They explore the shift in player priorities from winning to accumulating kills, the impact of game pacing and map design on player experience, and the importance of audio in gameplay. The discussion also touches on the debate surrounding audio enhancements and the expectations for future updates in the game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Time Stamps: 00:00:00 Community Guest Intros 00:07:00 Sledgehammer Games SHOCKS Xbox Gamers with Unexpected Halo Move 00:34:00 Why Are YOU An Xbox Fan? The Top 10 Reasons Broken Down In A #Fun Way! 01:06:00 When Is The Activision Back Catalog Coming To Xbox Game Pass? 01:30:00 Panel Outros and Special Message to the Community! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/craig-ravitch/support

About this episode: Jim Gray is a seasoned video game professional with over two decades of experience, having led engineering and development teams at notable companies such as ILMxLAB, Sledgehammer Games, and Midnight Society. He has a strong background in gameplay programming and engineering management, contributing to titles like Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Ralph Breaks VR. Currently, Jim is the Founder and CEO of Jim Gray Productions, building a new video game production company from the ground up. Escape from Hadrian's Wall Demo on Steam (steampowered.com) ⁠Jim Gray Productions Jim Gray Productions (@JimGrayProds) / X Jim Gray Productions: Overview | LinkedIn Connect with us: •

Join Andrew, Keith, and Aaron as we tackle Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 by Sledgehammer Games. Join the Call of duty squad as they globetrot around the world answering various calls from various duties. Play the campaign as you hunt bad man Markov who wants gas and or missiles. Tackle missions your way in the newly horrible missions called Open Combat, which are just segments ripped from Warzone. If the campaign is not your jam then head online and battle little kids who shoot you with laser guns that meow and turn you into a puddle. Don't worry about being harassed from kids who claim to have relations with your mother because online toxicity is cured! Don't care for PVP? Well check out the new non round based zombies that is definitely not just warzone with zombies.   Thank you to our sponsor for this episode Nonnie's Kitcken. go to https://www.facebook.com/NonnieBread?mibextid=ZbWKwL and order your freeze dried candy today! They are delicious. U.S. ONLY

Summary In this emergency episode of the Slightly Above Average Gaming Podcast, the hosts discuss the white paper released by Call of Duty, Activision, Raven Software, and Sledgehammer Games on the matchmaking process. They appreciate the increased transparency and openness from the developers. The white paper focuses on the importance of ping in matchmaking and how it is determined. They explain the shift from hosted servers to centralized servers and the impact on ping. The hosts also discuss the challenges of matchmaking with a limited pool of players and the goal of creating the best experience for everyone. They touch on the use of VPNs and the factors that affect latency, such as physical distance and network obstacles. The conversation discusses the challenges of connecting players to data centers and the impact of latency on gameplay. It explores the use of different technologies, such as fiber optic, cellular, microwave line of sight, and VPNs, to improve connection quality. The conversation also touches on the importance of ping and how it affects matchmaking and player experience. The hosts express their desire for more transparency from game developers and the need to continue applying pressure for improvements. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Appreciation for Transparency 02:55 The Importance of Ping in Matchmaking 06:31 Understanding Connection and Data Centers 12:02 Reducing Latency: Identifying Good Data Centers 29:24 Challenges in Routing Data to Data Centers 32:22 The Role of VPNs in Manipulating Matchmaking 36:07 The Importance of Transparency from Game Developers 43:12 Continued Pressure for Improvements in Matchmaking Systems

Let's start by setting the stage. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare III, released in 2011, is the eighth installment in the Call of Duty series. Developed by Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games, this game takes players on a heart-pounding journey across various global locations, engaging in intense combat missions. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ongamecast/support

This week on Gamertag Radio: Gears 6 will be announced at the Xbox Showcase, Hellblade 2 hands-on previews, Xbox President Sarah Bond has set up a new team dedicated to game preservation and forward compatibility and Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Season 3 interview with Sledgehammer Games. Poll of the week: Are you excited for the announcement of Gears 6? Yes, No or Don't know. Danny and Riana are to announce the launch of the new business "D&R Media Consulting" and podcast called "The Danny and Riana Show". New episodes every Wednesday. Check it out! http://dannyandriana.com Buy Danny's new children's book, "Danny Loves Video Games" now on Amazon! English (Hardcover / Kindle) or Spanish (Hardcover / Kindle). "Danny is your typical young boy. He loves playing video games! Read along and find out how he transformed his passion into his career. Based on the true story of Gamertag Radio Founder & Host, Danny Peña." Watch the award-winning film, Gamertag Radio: A Podcast Story now for free on Youtube - story.gamertagradio.com | Store: store.gamertagradio.com. Send us questions - fanmail@gamertagradio.com | Speakpipe.com/gamertagradio or 786-273-7GTR. Join our Discord - https://discord.gg/gtr chat with other GTR community member.

We made it! 300 episodes! Look at us, who woulda thunk? But hey we still got news to talk about. Top stories include Disney's investment into Epic Games and a new Fortnite partnership. Microsoft and Xbox are facing a massive wave of distrust, doubt, and sadness after rumors spark a wildstorm, and Gina Carano is suing Disney over "free speech". Plus we have Final Fantasy news, EVO news, and Hollywood just sending a flood of news down the pike. Including a river of Disney news.

Jay and Sub talk about the Sledgehammer Games interviews and Reddit AMA, SBMM, and the state of the game. Also, is MWIII a DLC? Is Krampus returning? Are you ready for Warzone? Your hosts: J007tv: https://twitter.com/FakeJ00712 https://www.twitch.tv/j007tv SuboneKD: https://twitter.com/Subonekd https://kick.com/subonekd

Title: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer(s): Sledgehammer Games, Treyarch (Zombies/Multiplayer Ranked Play) Publisher: Activision Designer: Zach Hodson Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Release date: November 10, 2023 PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) SPECIAL GUEST: Cam Sully, Jacked Up Review Show Podcast (@jackedupreview) SHOWNOTES: Happy Thanksgiving! Today we have a Game Launch review featuring returning guest Cam from the JURS Podcast, as we talk about the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. From the multiplayer, to the campaign, to the new DMZ-esque Zombies mode, just how does this rank against last year's Modern Warfare II? Find out now, and stay tuned for our two-part episode on Spider-Man 2 (we know it's late), and more hopefully by the end of this month! Collateral Gaming is on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and is on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, YouTube, iHeartRadio, Chill Lover Radio, and wherever else you get your podcasts! The JURS Podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and is on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and other podcast platforms! Collateral Gaming is a Podbean affiliate. Sign up for unlimited podcasting hosting at the following link, and get one month of hosting free: podbean.com/CGamingPodcast (Collateral Gaming is a Collateral Media Podcast. Intro song is a license-free beat by Quality_Online_Media from Pixabay. All music and game clips are owned by their respective creators and are used for educational purposes only. Please don't sue us; we're poor!)

Po týdenní pauze se vám opět hlásíme s plnotučným vidcastem, který se neplánovaně z velké části týká Call of Duty. Honza si přichystal detaily ohledně vzniku celé série před neuvěřitelnými 20 lety, abychom na tohle vzpomínání navázali aktuálním dílem Modern Warfare III. Má podle nás - minimálně v kampani - řadu nedostatků, které částečně vysvětlují nová zjištění ohledně vývoje ve studiu Sledgehammer Games. Abychom ale zbytek vidcastu trochu odlehčili, pozvali jsme k rozhovoru Honzu Tomana, kterého můžete znát pod přezdívkou VR_suX, coby nadšence do virtuální reality. V červnu pro nás sepsal detaily ohledně Meta Questu 3 a o několik měsíců později se už pustil do rozboru, jak ho nový headset zaujal, a co má na něm nejraději. V závěru pak chybí (ne)placený mišmaš, samozřejmě. Seznam témat 00:00 - Start 05:10 - Ohlédnutí za vznikem série Call of Duty 39:23 - Problémy Modern Warfare III a zákulisní informace o urychleném vývoji 1:00:43 - Rozhovor o virtuální realitě a Meta Questu 3 s Janem „VR_suX“ Tomanem 1:35:48 - Závěrečný mišmaš

The Game awards nominees have been announced, and boy are there some major snubs. Nintendo had its indieworld showcase, Rocksteady shows off more of Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, Valve announces the Steam Deck OLED. Meanwhile as Hollywood gets back to work, Marvel Studios delays, WB cancels, and Netflix keeps chugging along. Plus a review of The Marvels, and my top 10 Disney Channel Original Movies.

Those looking for an explanation for how Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 released in such a bad state now have one. According to Bloomberg the MW3 campaign and COD MW3 multiplayer were built in a very short window. Even Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 zombies is being criticized. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is a 2023 first-person shooter video game developed by Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision. It is the twentieth game in the Call of Duty series, and third entry in the rebooted Modern Warfare sub-series, serving as the direct sequel to 2022's Modern Warfare II. Reforge Gaming is a live talk show hosted by Lono covering the hottest and newest topics in a variety of gaming news with unmatched interaction, live event coverage, and question and answer segments. It is a live gaming podcast, weekdays @9:00 AM EST Don't have a video? Watch This Episode on YouTube We have a passionate community that loves gaming! JOIN OUR DISCORD Coffee drinker? If you've never tried a balanced acidity coffee, try - REFORGE ROAST We love having our audio listeners in the audience for the live show! - REFORGE GAMING --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reforgegaming/message

The GamesIndustry.biz Microcast returns, bringing you a digestible dose of the biggest news and analysis from the business of video games. On this episode, James Batchelor and Christopher Dring discuss the upcoming reveal of Grand Theft Auto 6, and how the development team behind it has changed since the launch of the record-breaking Grand Theft Auto 5 back in 2013. We also discuss the reports regarding the allegedly strained development of Modern Warfare 3 (reports that Sledgehammer Games has since denied), and the position the Call of Duty brand finds itself in as it receives the lowest review scores in the series' history. You can get more news, insight and analysis at www.gamesindustry.biz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hoy Geoff Keighley va a decir los nominados a los The Game Awards de este 2023 pero nosotros hablaremos la semana que viene, pero el ambiente en programa se hace notar. Hay informes financieros, concretamente el de PlayStation que parece que las cosas no van tan mal aunque tiene pinta de quedarse lejos de lo prometido a los inversos; además de arrojar algo de luz de su tanda de juegos como servicio. Nintendo también; lo de siempre: números positivos, ventas en alza y todo ello atravesando el séptimo año de una generación que parece acabar en 2024... o eso queremos pensar. Activision no parece entender lo que quiere sus usuarios y Modern Warfare III ha hecho saltar la polémica, sobre la situación de Sledgehammer Games. Veremos si con el paragua de Xbox -recordemos que MWIII sale bajo el paraguas de juego propietario de Microsoft y por ende de Xbox- cambian las tornas y vemos ese Advance Warfare 2. Y faltaría más... por fin vamos a ver GTA VI. Bueno, realmente el público duda sobre el nombe del título, si utilizará esa uve y ese palito. En todo caso, diciembre es el mes de Geoff y de Rockstar, a saber si la compañía pisa los planes del eterno villano de la industria del videojuego. Termómetro: Daniel: Las rebajitas de PlayStation por el Black Friday: MAL Oscar: Dice Warner que quiere desarrollar títulos GaaS principalmente Carlos: Vigila las filtraciones, Atlus...

Well, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 campaign has been playable for a weekend, and the reviews are worse than I expected. The COD MW3 campaign is so short. Virtually every Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 review is extremely negative and critical. Most of this centers around how short the campaign is, in addition to the open combat missions being incredibly bland and disappointing. My current COD MW3 review is nothing short of a disaster. It is clear now more than ever than Modern Warfare 3 is DLC and nothing more. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is an upcoming first-person shooter video game developed by Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision. It is the twentieth game in the Call of Duty series, and third entry in the rebooted Modern Warfare sub-series, serving as the direct sequel to 2022's Modern Warfare II. Reforge Gaming is a live talk show hosted by Lono covering the hottest and newest topics in a variety of gaming news with unmatched interaction, live event coverage, and question and answer segments. It is a live gaming podcast, weekdays @9:00 AM EST Don't have a video? Watch This Episode on YouTube We have a passionate community that loves gaming! JOIN OUR DISCORD Coffee drinker? If you've never tried a balanced acidity coffee, try - REFORGE ROAST We love having our audio listeners in the audience for the live show! - REFORGE GAMING --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reforgegaming/message

Immortals of Aveum er en first person shooter, hvor du istedet for våben skyder med magi ud af hænderne i bedste Dr Strange stil. Spillet er unikt på mange måder, og ikke bare fordi den retænker fps-delen. Immortals of Aveum er nemlig også en helt ny IP fra EA, og er tilmed lavet af en helt ny udvikler, Ascendant Studios. En udvikler som er særligt interessant grundet sine meget erfarne kræfter. Studiet er nemlig grundlagt af EA veteranen Bret Robbins, der også har været Creative director på Sledgehammer Games og har lavet flere Call of Duty titler såsom det originale Modern Warfare 3, Advanced Warfare og World War 2. Derudover består en stor del af studiet af tidligere Telltale udviklere. Da Telltale Games gik konkurs tilbage i 2018, så hoppede en stor del af medarbejderstaben nemlig over og blev en del af Bret Robbins nye Ascendant Studios. Evnerne og potentialet til at skabe en solid FPS med en god historie er derfor i den grad til stede hos Ascendant Studios, men om det lykkedes at lave et godt spil? Ja, det skal vi finde ud af nu. Tusind tak fordi du lytter med. 

If the title wasn't a giveaway, we have learned that Charles Martinet will not longer be the voice of Mario in future Mario games, tis a sad day in gaming. Yet at the same time Gamescom is currently going on in Germany, and we got a wealth of gaming news to talk about. Activision pulled the lid off of the Modern Warfare III, Atari is trying to make another comeback, and oh yeah, Microsoft is selling Activision streaming rights to Ubisoft. Meanwhile in Hollywoodland, the WGA continue their strike and call out the big three, Disney announces a slew of physical releases for digital only shows, and Ahsoka is the best live action Star Wars show, full stop. Plus I give my honest opinion about my top 10 favorite 80s movies.

Few have identified their intended career path earlier than Darcy Sandall, and few have followed that trajectory directly to where they wanted to be. Join Paul, as well as super engineer, Darcy as they discuss her pathway into games, Samurai Punk, Sledgehammer Games, Call of Duty, and more! Consider supporting the Dev Diary Patreon for early access to episodes of both Dev Diary and Next Gen, as well as much more! Join the Dev Diary Discord and engage with me and the growing community. Follow Paul and submit your ideas for future guests on Twitter. Visit the Player2 Website and the Player2 Youtube Channel where you can also follow his written and video exploits including reviews, feature pieces, and shows such as Patched, and Gamer School

The guys go over all of the content creators who visited Sledgehammer Games' Studio's videos and discuss everything they've revealed that was not in the blog posts we got from Call of Duty themselves regarding Modern Warfare III. 00:00:00 - Teaser 00:01:05 - Intro & announcements 00:12:22 - Multiplayer details; JGOD 00:44:33 - Multiplayer; others 01:08:25 - Zombies; JGOD 01:25:11 - Zombies; others Note: timestamps may be slightly misaligned on podcast apps (but not on YouTube) due to dynamic ads.

¡Bienvenidos al episodio 130 de Los Time Pilots! En este episodio, platicamos largo y tendido sobre la nueva película animada de Seth Rogen, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. También, les traemos impresiones de una de las sorpresas del año: Twisted Metal. Además, les platicamos de Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, la segunda temporada de Winning Time: Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, la próxima semana empieza Ahsoka, y el regreso de los Herederos del Imperio cada semana para platicar de la serie. Y por si fuera poco, no pueden perderse nuestras impresiones del reveal de Call of Duty Modern Warfare III, que está siendo desarrollado por Sledgehammer Games. Compra en Hobby Link Japan: https://shop.hlj.com/lostimepilots Únete a nuestro Discord: https://discord.gg/xgTz742 Síguenos en: TWITTER https://twitter.com/lostimepilots INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/lostimepilots/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/lostimepilots TIKTOK https://www.tiktok.com/@timepilots

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we present an interview with Rosie Katz,. who acted as a level designer not only on Dead Space, but the Call of Duty series (and with whom the hosts work today). Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Podcast breakdown: 0:47 Interview 1:03:30 Break 1:04:00 Outro Issues covered: starting in central tech testing, getting in through QA, using Maya as a level design tool, bringing in the internal tech tool, easiest level design test ever, picking between games, switching to new IP, feeling the pressure to be more action-oriented due to sales potential, looking at competitors, not needing the vision to be communicated, the classic schism, games needing the room to be what they are, a room that has everything, a complicated set piece, what you do as a level designer on Dead Space, managing streaming, importing references into the tools, having setups provided, focusing on combat scenarios, doing real level design, understanding pacing first, putting the lock before the key, building in polish from the beginning, foreshadowing with audio early, moving to wide linear level design, getting to make multiplayer levels and play them internally, modding, playing many many levels, shifting meta and player creativity, less work and greater reward, making stuff that you wouldn't normally play, consistency in a single game, learning from the experienced folks with your own experience. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Tiger Woods 2007, EA, Godfather 2, Sledgehammer Games, Visceral Studios, Call of Duty (series), DICE, Ubisoft, Michael Condrey, The Simpsons, Ian Milham, Glen Schofield, Resident Evil (series), BioShock, Gears of War, Star Trek, Star Wars, Crystal Dynamics, Noah Hughes, Nintendo Wii, Infinity Ward, Titanfall, Dark Souls, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia. Next time: ... another interview?! Twitch: brettdouville or timlongojr, instagram:timlongojr, Twitter: @timlongojr and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

Στο νέο GameCast μαθαίνουμε για τα νέα αποκλειστικά του PS5 που έρχονται από τη Sony, τα επόμενα projects της CDProjeck RED, τα νέα Call of Duty, Need for Speed, Dead Space Remake κ.α. τις νέες κυκλοφορίες της εβδομάδας, όπως και το νέο trailer της Mario ταινίας που συντάραξε το μέσα μας! Timestamps (00:00) Έναρξη Εκπομπής (04:44) Οι κυκλοφορίες της εβδομάδας (07:40) NEWS (07:50) Οι διαρροές για επερχόμενα παιχνίδια στο PlayStation συνεχίζονται (16:40) Έρχεται remaster του Horizon: Zero Dawn;Δικαιολογείται; Προβληματισμοί (34:43) Το “Project Ocean” και επαναπροσδιορισμός σχέσης Kojima- Sony μετά την ολοκλήρωσή του (35:45) Ο Sylens του Horizon αποκάλυψε άθελά του ότι κάτι νέο έρχεται στο Forbidden West (38:22) Hermen Hulst: Day-one κυκλοφορίες στο PC για παιχνίδια των PlayStation Studios και συνέχιση υποστήριξης του PS4 (47:00) CD Projekt RED: Επίσημη ανακοίνωση για το επόμενο Cyberpunk, για 2 ολοκαίνουρια The Witcher, αλλά και για νέο IP! (52:00) Το Beyond Good & Evil 2 σπάει το χειρότερο ρεκόρ Guiness που θα μπορούσε (54:55) Εντυπωσιακό launch trailer του Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2! (56:55) Sequel για το Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare φαίνεται να μας ετοιμάζει η Sledgehammer Games (01:01:34) Το πρώτο trailer για το Need for Speed Unbound κατέφθασε (01:04:46) Το πρώτο εντυπωσιακό gameplay trailer του Dead Space Remake μόλις έγινε διαθέσιμο (01:09:00) PlayStation και Steam έρχονται πιο κοντά (01:10:50) Μεγάλη παραγωγή ετοιμάζεται για τα PSVR2 headset (01:13:28) QUICK NEWS (01:13:41) Αποκαλύφθηκε η διάρκεια του God of War Ragnarök; (01:15:30) Αποκαλύφθηκε επίσημα η διάρκεια του The Callisto Protocol (01:16:19) Μεγάλες αποχωρήσεις για τους developers του Disco Elysium – Τι γίνεται με το sequel; (01:18:11) Αποκλειστικός τίτλος του Google Stadia θα κυκλοφορήσει στο PlayStation (01:19:30) Το The Medium γίνεται τηλεοπτική σειρά (01:20:13) ΑΝΤΙΠΕΡΑ ΟΧΘΗ (01:20:20) Το SteamDeck άμεσα διαθέσιμο (01:22:15) Οι προσθήκες του Xbox GamePass (01:24:45) Το πρώτο trailer για την ταινία Μάριο! (01:18:57) NOW PLAYING (01:29:30) SUPERHOT (01:31:50) FIFA 23 (01:35:50) Where the heart leads (01:40:35) ΠΡΟΤΑΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΒΔΟΜΑΔΑΣ Reggie Fils-Aime Disrupting the Game (01:46:45) ΕΠΙΛΟΓΟΣ Για επικοινωνία μέσω email στείλτε στο: admin@psaddict.gr Μάθετε τα πάντα γύρω από το PlayStation στο http://psaddict.gr/ Ακολουθήστε το Site και την ομάδα μας στα social media: Discord Server ► https://discord.gg/MNUgP6Z Facebook ► http://bit.ly/1VLB9iB Facebook Group ►http://bit.ly/2DbgFcj Twitter ► http://bit.ly/1UasjJj Instagram ► http://bit.ly/1VvbfPq TikTok ►https://www.tiktok.com/@psaddictgr Twitch ► https://www.twitch.tv/psaddictgr

Time Stamps: 01:00 Panel Intros 05:00 Gaming Media Once Again Shows Bias Towards Halo Infinite & 343i RE: No Coop Match Making! Why? The ONLY Halo Game to have it was Halo Reach, SO its more "Click Bait"! 28:00 New Redfall Blog Reveals BIG Information On Weapon, Gadgets & Players Powers. Looks Like Arkane Austin Has Another Hit On It's Hands! 55:00 One Week Later: The Panel Breaks Down Their Hands On Experiences In The Hot Wheels DLC For Forza Horizon 5! 1:20:00 The staggering list that includes Toys for Bob, Benox, High Noon Studios, Demon Ware, Raven, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games & Infinity Ward. Of the 8 listed studios, "Who" are YOU most excited to see take on their own current of New IP that's NOT Call of Duty? 2:15:00 Panel Outros and Special Message to the Community! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/craig-ravitch/support

Nesse episódio eu converso com o Thiago Faria, Produtor de Jogos que atualmente trabalha na Sledgehammer Games, estúdio responsável pelo desenvolvimento do Call of Duty. O Thiago começou na área de produção ainda cedo na sua carreira e passou por diversos estúdios no Brasil trabalhando com jogos menores e jogos mobile até tomar a decisão de se mudar pro Canadá e tentar a sorte de trabalhar em uma empresa por lá. Nós conversamos sobre o papel do Produtor em jogos de diferentes tamanhos e como foi o processo de imigração para o Canadá sem ter nenhum emprego em vista até ser contratado para trabalhar no Watch Dogs na Ubisoft. Ele também compartilhou algumas diferenças no dia a dia de trabalho nas experiências que teve e deu dicas valiosas para quem quer ingressar ou migrar para a área de produção de games.

If you've played Call of Duty: Vanguard chances are you've heard dialogue written by Shelby Carelton, '19 BA. In this episode, Shelby discusses how she became narrative designer at Sledgehammer Games and what it is like to work in the industry. She also discusses the benefit of taking part in the innovation and interdisciplinary Computer Game Development program at the University of Alberta and how that helped launch her career journey. Connect with your UAlberta community on Switchboard at uab.ca/sboard. WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance. Got a question? Email us at: wtj@ualberta.ca What the Job? is a University of Alberta Alumni Association podcast Hosted by: Matt Rea Produced by: Matt Rea and Jennifer Jenkins Music: Cottages by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Welcome back to the regularly scheduled 2nd Opinion Podcast! Things have been rough these past few weeks, with the holidays upon us things have been getting crazier every day! We plan on setting up a lot of content for the future, including interviews, bringing back our Head2Head segment, as well as having our co-host rejoin the show! We hope you enjoy this episode of the podcast and please make sure to subscribe! SHOWNOTES (1. SOLEB WILL TALK ABOUT COMPUTER DYING, NEW JOB, AND NEW CONTENT COMING TO THE CHANNEL (2.WHAT HAVE WE BEEN GAMING? (3. GAMING NEWS TOPICS The PlayStation Wrap-Up Report Is Available To View Your 2021 Gaming Stats https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/01/20/the-playstation-wrap-up-report-is-available-to-view-your-2021-gaming-stats Xbox Game Pass Titles Include Death's Door, WindJammers 2, And More! Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition (Console, PC, Cloud) - January 18 Death's Door (Console, PC, Cloud) - January 20 | Our Review Hitman Trilogy (Console, PC, Cloud) - January 20 Nobody Saves The World (Console, PC, Cloud) - January 18 Pupperazzi (Console, PC, Cloud) - TBA Rainbow Six Extraction (Console, PC, Cloud) - January 20 Windjammers 2 (Console, PC, Cloud) - TBA Taiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master! (Console, PC) - TBA Rainbow Six Siege Deluxe Edition (PC) - January 20 (4. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga April Release Date Revealed With New Gameplay Overview Trailer https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/01/20/lego-star-wars-the-skywalker-saga-april-release-date-revealed-with-new-gameplay-overview (5. Microsoft Set to Acquire Activision Blizzard for Over $68 Billion The move further bolsters Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios lineup, which added Zenimax|Bethesda just last year. Once this deal goes through, every studio under the Activision Blizzard umbrella will become part of the green brand. That includes, Activision Publishing, Blizzard Entertainment, Beenox, Demonware, Digital Legends, High Moon Studios, Infinity Ward, King, Major League Gaming, Radical Entertainment, Raven Software, Sledgehammer Games, Toys for Bob, Treyarch, etc. END SHOW TOPIC - SONY, ITS TIME TO STEP IT UP! MUSIC INFORMATION This Song certificate is granted by Artlist Ltd (hereinafter: "Artlist"), to: Caleb Soleb Gayle (hereinafter: the "Client") as of 20 Jan 2022, regarding the use of the song Future Groove (feat. Floating Anarchy) created by Peter Spacey (hereinafter: the "Song") by the Client. Artlist hereby grants the Client a non-exclusive, worldwide license to integrate and synchronize the Song into an audio-visual work and use the Song as part of the Project in accordance with Artlist's Terms of Use and Personal License. #2ndOpinionPodcast #XboxBuysActivision #GamingPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/2nd-opinion-podcast/message

Follow the show! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PSTrophyRoom​​ Discord: https://discord.gg/wPNp3kC​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PSTrophyRoom NEW Merch: https://bit.ly/3fEz5aU ​​ --------------------------------------------- This week on The Trophy Room A PlayStation podcast Joseph and Kyle talk on the show the single biggest news to ever land in the video game industry. Microsoft Xbox has purchased Activision Blizzard King for 68 billion dollars. Serving as the largest acquisition in the video game industry! this means Xbox first-party now includes Beenox, Demonware, Digital Legends Entertainment, High Moon Studios, Infinity Ward, Raven Software, Sledgehammer Games, Solid State, Toys for Bob, Treyarch, Blizzard Entertainment, King.com Limited, Major League Gaming Corp, Activision Blizzard Studios, Activision Blizzard Consumer Products Group... THATS A LOT OF GAMES. This hurts PlayStations wallet no doubt as Call of Duty alone makes it to the top PlayStation selling game year in year out. The news itself caused Sony stock to plunge over 13% losing the company over 20 billion dollars

Shortly after our original episode this week posted, Microsoft dropped a bombshell on the video game world by announcing that they are purchasing Activision Blizzard for a whopping $67.8 billion, more than ten times the amount they paid for Bethesda. In a post on Xbox Wire written by CEO of Xbox Gaming himself, Phil Spencer, he stated that they are “incredibly excited to have the chance to work with the amazing, talented, dedicated people across Activision Publishing, Blizzard Entertainment, Beenox, Demonware, Digital Legends, High Moon Studios, Infinity Ward, King, Major League Gaming, Radical Entertainment, Raven Software, Sledgehammer Games, Toys for Bob, Treyarch and every team across Activision Blizzard.” This means Microsoft would now own franchises like Diablo, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Overwatch, Star Craft, Warcraft, Candy Crush, Pitfall, and of course Call of Duty, all of which will be added to Xbox Game Pass upon acquisition. Support Us on Patreon! Email the Show: arsenalxpodcast@gmail.com Visit our Website: bossrush.net Corey Dirrig: Twitter | Instagram Stoy Jovic: Twitter Josh Finney: Twitter Follow us on Social Media: Twitter | Discord | Instagram | Twitch | YouTube | Facebook Group | Facebook You can find Arsenal X Live on Twitch every Sunday night or on YouTube and your podcast service of choice every Tuesday morning. Remember if you're watching on YouTube to follow the channel. If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, leave us a review and a five-star rating. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to episode #47 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In this episode, we start off the new year with some new additions to our gaming accessories from Christmas, and break down the big question; Is it worth it? Now that the holiday break is over, we are hoping to see some updates coming from Sledgehammer Games on fixing the current problems facing Vanguard. We once again touch on these changes, but also give an in depth look on how our experience has been so far in season 1. How has your experience been so far in season 1? Have you been enjoying any additions from the battle pass, new operator, or guns? Please let us know as we discuss this and much more! Hope you all enjoy the episode and we'll see you next week! Follow us: Twitter: @TheCODCasuals Instagram: @TheCODCasuals Contact us: Business Inquiries: TheCODCasuals@gmail.com

Call of Duty: Vanguard is a 2021 first-person shooter game developed by Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision. It was released on November 5 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. It serves as the 18th installment in the overall Call of Duty series

On Nov. 16, Kirsten Grind, Ben Fritz and Sarah Needleman of The Wall Street Journal put out a bombshell report regarding Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. Earlier this year, California's Department of Fair Housing and Employment sued Activision Blizzard over multiple allegations of employee harassment and abuse. The company has been since been combative, fighting back at the allegations and appealing to the public that it is a safe place to work that's inclusive of all types of people. Kotick himself made a similar statement, and reportedly downplayed the severity of the multiple situations to the board of directors, and wasn't aware of others. The report said that Kotick was aware of a rape that occurred between a female employee and her male supervisor in 2016 and 2017 at Sledgehammer Games. Kotick reportedly did not inform the board regarding the assault. This week, Imad is joined by Shannon Liao of The Washington Post for more insight into the latest chapter in an already exhausting saga.

In her prior career, Kristal worked as a Software Engineer at BuzzFeed and Marqeta, Director of Operations at a cryptocurrency startup, and as an assistant to executives and leadership at Uber, Affirm, and Sledgehammer Games. She served the largest Latinx in tech community, Techqueria, as a community leader and helped to grow and nurture the community by thousands of additional members.https://joinyearone.iohttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kgarcia4/https://twitter.com/kristal_s_kristal@joinyearone.io

17 de noviembre | Nueva YorkHola, maricoper. Me complace anunciar que mi perra Wenta está ya casi totalmente recuperada de su lesión de rodilla. Falta una nueva visita al veterinario este jueves para decidir cuándo puedo volver a sacarla a la calle, pero no niego que lo estoy pasando mal porque se nota que se muere de ganas de correr como una loca. Mañana os paso foto.Bienvenido a La Wikly diaria, una columna de actualidad y dos titulares rápidos para pasar el resto del día bien informado. Si quieres comentar las noticias en nuestra comunidad privada de Discord, puedes entrar rellenando este formulario.La Wikly es una newsletter joven e independiente que se mantiene con el apoyo de los suscriptores. Súmate al proyecto:Leer esta newsletter te llevará 5 minutos y 32 segundos.Uno de los grandes vídeos de nuestro tiempo. Bienvenido a La Wikly.

Rise on every front: Dogfight over the Pacific, airdrop over France, defend Stalingrad with a sniper's precision and blast through advancing forces in North Africa. The Call of Duty® franchise returns with Call of Duty®: Vanguard, developed by Sledgehammer Games, where players will be immersed in visceral WWII combat on an unprecedented global scale. Call of Duty®: Vanguard includes a deeply engaging single player Campaign, a massive launch day Multiplayer offering featuring 20 maps including 16 built for core Multiplayer and an exciting new Zombies experience developed by Treyarch. Call of Duty®: Vanguard will also usher in a new and unparalleled Call of Duty®: Warzone™ integration post launch, and feature cross-progression and cross-generation play, in addition to a massive calendar of free post-launch content that adds in new Multiplayer maps, modes, seasonal events, community celebrations and more.QuipScope is where we provide our thoughts and impressions while discussing how we're getting on with the latest video game releases. This time, Call of Duty: Vanguard!Our thanks to Activision for supplying a code.#CallOfDuty #Vanguard #COD--------------------------Subscribe for more wonderful video game content from Ben Potter, Peter Austin and Ashton Matthews!TripleJump provides video coverage of video games - including top ten lists featuring current gen platforms (PS4 & PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/Xbox Series S, Nintendo Switch and PC), retro consoles (PlayStation, Nintendo, Xbox and Sega), as well as Worst Games Ever, video game challenges, launch games videos, first impressions, podcasts, livestreams and much, much more.Careers, contacts, and more information can be found on our website: http://tripleju.mp⇨ Official PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo digital storefront credit (and Minecraft Minecoins): https://triplejump.gg/⇨ Patreon: https://Patreon.com/TeamTripleJump⇨ Twitch: https://Twitch.tv/TeamTripleJump⇨ Merchandise: https://triplejumpshop.com/⇨ Livestream VODs: http://tripleju.mp/vods⇨ Podcast: https://play.acast.com/s/triplejump⇨ Twitter: https://Twitter.com/TeamTripleJump⇨ Facebook: https://Facebook.com/TeamTripleJump⇨ Discord: http://Bit.ly/TeamTripleJumpFollow the team on social media:• Ben: http://www.twitter.com/Confused_Dude & Confused_Dude on PSN• Peter: http://www.twitter.com/ThatPeterAustin & https://instagram.com/ThatPeterAustin• Ashton: http://www.twitter.com/ScrambledAshton & https://instagram.com/ScrambledAshtonFollow our friends!• Billy Ray Walrus: https://twitter.com/BillyRayBotrus• Rules Boss: https://twitter.com/ThisIsRulesBoss• Barbara Pis: https://twitter.com/pis_barbaraThe TripleJump Podcast is hosted by Acast, but available on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and more!Acast: https://play.acast.com/s/triplejump See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dan and Luis talk about their impressions on Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl and Metroid Dread. Plus Sony made a lottery to buy a PS5, Best Buy made a paywall to buy a PS5, Jim Ryan wants to expand PS Software reach, Microsoft Re-thinking right to repair. All this and more. 00:00 - Intro / Housekeeping 05:40 - Nickelodeon All Star Brawl 12:15 - Metroid Dread 24:17 - Jim Ryan on wanting to expand PlayStation Software Reach via GamesIndustry.biz 31:20 - Sony has made a lottery for a chance to buy a PS5 via VGC 36:11 - Best Buy's new $200/yr membership locks PS5 behind sign up via ArsTechnica 43:32 - OLED Switch has ‘improved' Joy-Cons — but drift still persists via Polygon 49:34 - Evidence suggests Switch OLED's dock can support 4K via VGC 52:20 - Microsoft re-thinking right to repair via VG247 57:49 - Extra News #1 - Activision Lawsuit Update via GamesIndustry.biz #2 - Marvel's Avengers is now selling paid XP boosters via Polygon #3 - Rockstar Games has officially announced The GTA Trilogy: The Definitive Edition via GameSpot #4 - Virtuos has confirmed it's working on an “unannounced [triple-A] action adventure game remake” via VGC #5 - Composer Koichi Sugiyama died at the age of 90 via Polygon #6 - ‘System Shock' live-action series in the works via Deadline #7 - Xbox Series X and S have cleared 100,000 consoles sold in Japan via VGC #8 - November's PlayStation Plus games will include three bonus PlayStation VR titles via VGC #9 - European versions of Nintendo 64 games for Nintendo Switch Online members will all run at 60Hz via MyNintendoNews #10 - Epic has acknowledged that its new Fortnite mode Imposters is inspired by Among Us via VGC Check this out: Celebrate 20 Years of Play Together with 20th Anniversary Hardware Roundup: Ubisoft has delayed Ghost Recon Frontline's tech test following fan backlash, a new studio was opened by State of Decay and Arena NET founder Jeff Strain, and Sledgehammer Games has opened a new studio in the UK. 1:08:00 - New Releases & Updates 1:13:30 - Broke Gamer's Guide 1:17:12 - Outro / Winner of Gameplay / Ready Press Play Full Theme by Joel “WAZ” Perez Every Friday, Dan Lima (@thedanlima) and Luis Menchaca (@chacalaca88) will catch you up on everything that's new and exciting in the world of video games. If you want to write anything to be read in the show, go to readyplaynetwork.com or hit us up on Twitter or TikTok @readypressplay. If you like our intro and would like to support the artist, go check out The.How.To.Be by Waz on Spotify. Thank you!

El equipo de Sledgehammer ve en esta entrega la posibilidad de seguir contando historias en el futuro, como en otras subsagas, y crear personajes icónicos. Sledgehammer Games tiene el deseo de seguir contando historias de Call of Duty: Vanguard. La nueva entrega de la saga, prevista para noviembre, cuenta con una ambiciosa campaña de la que su equipo de guionistas espera que no sea la última. Sam Maggs, una de las escritoras del título y del cómic a modo de precuela, ha expresado su punto de vista en un panel celebrado en la Comic Con de Nueva York. Maggs confía en los personajes que conoceremos en Call of Duty: Vanguard. “Llegamos a este proceso diciendo: ‘¿Cómo podemos crear personajes icónicos de CoD?', porque ahora mismo no existe eso en Call of Duty”, comienza diciendo. “Cuando se piensa en un juego como Halo, se piensa en el Jefe Maestro, pero cuando se piensa en CoD no hay realmente tales personajes destacados”, desde su punto de vista. Aunque la gente pueda recordar grandes iconos de la saga Modern Warfare o Black Ops, Maggs quiere ir un paso más allá y cree que Vanguard tiene potencial para ello --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carlos-roberto-gutierrez/message

ESL Pro League Season 14 had their Round of 12 begin today. PGL Stockholm Major likelier to take place now, what changed? Sledgehammer Games dropped a bunch of info on CoD Vanguard. Watch The Gamer Hour - Esportz Network's new show from Times Square. (https://youtu.be/H2OBkNLYAaw) If you are interested in being a sponsor for the Esports Minute, Esports Network Podcast, College Esports QuickTake or The Gamer Hour, please reach out to Esportz Network CEO Mark Thimmig by emailing mthimmig@esportznetwork.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please rate and subscribe, it helps us out a ton! New episodes Monday through Friday. For more in-depth news check out our feature show the Esportz Network Podcast The Esports Network Podcast (https://www.esportznetworkpodcast.com/). If you are interested in learning more about college esports, subscribe to the College Esports QuickTake. (https://esportzcollegequicktakecom.fireside.fm/) Follow Kevin on Twitter @Correa24 (https://twitter.com/Correa24) Follow Esportz Network on Twitter (https://twitter.com/EsportzNetwork), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/esportznetwork/), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/EsportzNetwork) @EsportzNetwork Or visit our website esportznetwork.com (https://www.esportznetwork.com/) for updates on what's to come!

The audio quality can be a little wonky this week. We've identified the issue and resolved it. Sorry about that.We've heard for years that gamers are violent. But what if gamers were more peaceful in game than the people around them in real life? A really interesting new study has identified that gamers behave differently in EVE Online depending on the type of community they live in.The Nirvana Nevermind baby isn't happy about his nudes being plastered all over record stores and the internet. Now he's suing. We're not legal beagles, but we've got opinions.Roblox is bad. It isn't the simple gameplay, the child targeted community, or the memes. Actually, it's bad because it's one of the worst deals for game devs out there. Roblox seem intent to make it hard to make money from developing on their platform. That's a really nice way to treat the people who made your game popular. People are also trying to recreate mass killings in a game for children. It's a mess.The Link Between Videogames And Violence Is Not What You Think- https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0240196#sec012Smells Like A Lawsuit- https://deadline.com/2021/08/baby-nirvana-nevermind-album-cover-sues-band-exploitation-1234821540/Roblox Drama- https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-08-20-roblox-business-model-criticized-as-exploiting-children- https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-06-03-parent-watchdog-group-warning-about-robloxOther topics discussedMilk crate challenge has doctors warning it's ‘worse than falling from a ladder'- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/aug/25/milk-crate-challenge-tiktok-doctors-warningsWhat is the Milk Crate Challenge, how did it explode out of nowhere and why are people doing it?- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-25/what-is-milk-crate-challenge-viral-videos-doctors/100404942Ice Bucket Challenge (sometimes called the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, is an activity involving the pouring of a bucket of ice water over a person's head, either by another person or self-administered, to promote awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as motor neuron disease and in the United States as Lou Gehrig's disease) and encourage donations to research.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Bucket_ChallengeJack Thompson (activist) (American activist and disbarred attorney, based in Coral Gables, Florida. He is known for his role as an anti-video-game activist, particularly against violence and sex in video games. During his time as an attorney, Thompson focused his legal efforts against what he perceives as obscenity in modern culture. This included rap music, broadcasts by shock jock Howard Stern, and the content of video games and their alleged effects on children.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(activist)Mothers Against Videogame Addiction and Violence (a parody and satire hoax organization created by sophomore Parsons The New School for Design student David Yoo as a final project in December 2002.)- https://gyaanipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Mothers_Against_Videogame_Addiction_and_ViolenceEve Online ((stylised EVE Online) is a space-based, persistent world massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by CCP Games. Players of Eve Online can participate in a number of in-game professions and activities, including mining, piracy, manufacturing, trading, exploration, and combat (both player versus environment and player versus player). The game contains a total of 7,800 star systems that can be visited by players.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_OnlineEve Online's ‘million dollar' battle came up a little short last night- https://www.polygon.com/2018/1/24/16927594/eve-online-million-dollar-battle-resultsFIFA (video game series) ((also known as FIFA Soccer, FIFA Football or EA Sports FIFA) is a series of association football video games developed and released annually by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports label. As of 2011, the FIFA franchise has been localised into 18 languages and available in 51 countries. Listed in Guinness World Records as the best-selling sports video game franchise in the world, the FIFA series has sold over 325 million copies as of 2021. It is also one of the best-selling video game franchises.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_(video_game_series)Australian Classification Board : Adult (18+) ratings for video games (Many games were banned before 2011 on the basis that the R18+ rating did not apply to video games at the time. This was the subject of complaint in the gaming community, who argued that there is no reason why adults should be prevented from seeing content in games that they could see in a film.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Classification_Board#Adult_(18+)_ratings_for_video_gamesVideo game addiction (also known as gaming disorder or internet gaming disorder, is generally defined as the problematic, compulsive use of video games that results in significant impairment to an individual's ability to function in various life domains over a prolonged period of time. The World Health Organization included gaming disorder in the 11th revision of its International Classification of Diseases (ICD).)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_addictionSurgeon Simulator : Surgeon Simulator is an over-the-top operation sim, stitching together pitch-black humour with life-saving surgery.- https://store.steampowered.com/app/233720/Surgeon_Simulator/Corrupted Blood incident ((or World of Warcraft pandemic) was a virtual pandemic in the MMORPG World of Warcraft, which began on September 13, 2005, and lasted for one month. The epidemic began with the introduction of the new raid Zul'Gurub and its end boss Hakkar the Soulflayer. When confronted and attacked, Hakkar would cast a hit point-draining and highly contagious debuff spell called "Corrupted Blood" on players.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupted_Blood_incidentCorrupted Blood Incident : Comparison to the COVID-19 pandemic (The Corrupted Blood incident has been compared to the COVID-19 pandemic, and epidemiologists who studied the Corrupted Blood outbreak are using the research from the incident to better understand coronavirus's spread - primarily its sociological factors.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupted_Blood_incident#Comparison_to_the_COVID-19_pandemicCall Of Duty (a first-person shooter video game franchise published by Activision. Starting out in 2003, it first focused on games set in World War II. Over time, the series has seen games set in the midst of the Cold War, futuristic worlds, and outer space. The games were first developed by Infinity Ward, then also by Treyarch and Sledgehammer Games.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_DutyUS man sues Nirvana for using his naked photo on iconic 'Nevermind' album : Spencer Eldon recreating the photo he took when he was a four-month-old baby in 1991.- https://www.malaymail.com/news/showbiz/2021/08/25/us-man-sues-nirvana-for-using-his-naked-photo-on-iconic-nevermind-album/2000325Viva Frei - Nirvana's "Nevermind" Baby Lawsuit is BOUND TO FAIL! Lawyer Explains - Viva Frei Vlawg- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXY_nlfZ_dI&t=257sGamer Chad - Roblox / Ultimate Slide Box Racing / Into the Toilet! / Gamer Chad Plays- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzqLTCT0vc4Columbine High School massacre : Doom connection and the Harris levels (Eric Harris was an enthusiast of the Doom series, owning some of the Doom novels and having designed Doom levels under the nicknames "REB", "Rebldomakr", and "RebDoomer". In a videotape recorded before the massacre, Harris expressed enthusiasm for the planned shooting, saying it would be like Doom. He also pointed out that the shotgun was "Straight out of Doom".)- https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacreSuper Columbine Massacre RPG! (a role-playing video game created by Danny Ledonne and released in April 2005. The game recreates the 1999 Columbine High School shootings near Littleton, Colorado. Players assume the roles of gunmen Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold and act out the massacre, with flashbacks relating parts of Harris and Klebold's past experiences. The game begins on the day of the shootings and follows Harris and Klebold after their suicides to fictional adventures in perdition.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Columbine_Massacre_RPG!Robux ((R$) is the currency on Roblox. Robux was introduced on May 14, 2007 (alongside Tix) as a replacement of ROBLOX Points. Robux was one of two currencies on the platform alongside Tix, which was removed on April 14, 2016. Robux is known as Roblox's primary currency by the community and staff; all paid items within the avatar shop are sold for Robux, including user-created content such as microtransactions and game passes. The name 'Robux' is a portmanteau of Roblox and bucks.)- https://roblox.fandom.com/wiki/RobuxAttack on Pearl Harbor (a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States (a neutral country at the time) against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' formal entry into World War II the next day. The Japanese military leadership referred to the attack as the Hawaii Operation and Operation AI, and as Operation Z during its planning.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_HarborSix Days in Fallujah (an upcoming first-person shooter video game developed by Highwire Games and published by Victura. Described by Highwire Games as a tactical shooter, it is slated to be the first video game to focus directly on the Iraq War. The game's plot follows a squad of U.S. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines (3/1), fighting in the Second Battle of Fallujah over the span of six days in November 2004.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Days_in_FallujahBattle of Hastings (fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman conquest of England. It took place approximately 7 mi (11 km) northwest of Hastings, close to the present-day town of Battle, East Sussex, and was a decisive Norman victory.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_HastingsHistory (American TV network) ((formerly The History Channel from 1995 to 2008; stylized as HISTORY) is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and the Disney General Entertainment Content division of the Walt Disney Company.The network was originally focused on history-based documentaries. During the late 2000s, History drifted into reality television programming. In addition to this change in format, the network has been criticized by many scientists, historians, and skeptics for broadcasting pseudo-documentaries and unsubstantiated, sensational investigative programming.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_(American_TV_network)The Curse of Oak Island : What Is the Oak Island Money Pit?- https://www.history.com/shows/the-curse-of-oak-island/articles/what-is-the-money-pitForged in Fire (TV series) (American competition series that airs on the History channel and is produced by Outpost Entertainment, a Leftfield Entertainment company.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forged_in_Fire_(TV_series)The Secret Playboy Mansion Games Room With Hidden Bedrooms, Mirrored Walls, Gambling & Arcades ?‍♀️- https://www.celebritywotnot.com/celebrity-homes/the-playboy-mansion-games-room-secret-cabin-hidden-bedrooms-mirrored-walls-gambling-arcades/Red Hat (an American IBM subsidiary software company that provides open source software products to enterprises. Founded in 1993, Red Hat has its corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, with other offices worldwide.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat- https://www.redhat.com/enHistory of union busting in the United States (The history of union busting in the United States dates back to the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century which produced a rapid expansion in factories and manufacturing capabilities. As workers moved away from farm work to factories, mines and other hard labor, they faced harsh working conditions such as long hours, low pay and health risks.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_union_busting_in_the_United_StatesAmazon is using union-busting Pinkerton spies to track warehouse workers and labour movements at the company, according to a new report- https://www.businessinsider.com.au/amazon-pinkerton-spies-worker-labor-unions-2020-11?r=US&IR=TActivision Blizzard ‘suppressed' evidence in sex discrimination lawsuit, California claims- https://www.polygon.com/22641099/activision-blizzard-dfeh-gender-discrimination-lawsuit-amendmentThe Fly (1986 film) (a 1986 science-fiction psychological body horror film directed and co-written by David Cronenberg. Produced by Brooksfilms and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film stars Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis and John Getz. Loosely based on George Langelaan's 1957 short story of the same name and the 1958 film of the same name, The Fly tells of an eccentric scientist who, after one of his experiments goes wrong, slowly turns into a fly-hybrid creature.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1986_film)The Fly II (a 1989 American science fiction horror film directed by Chris Walas. The film stars Eric Stoltz and Daphne Zuniga, and is a sequel to the 1986 film The Fly, itself a remake of the 1958 film of the same name.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_IIThe Fly (1958 film) (a 1958 American horror science-fiction film produced and directed by Kurt Neumann and starring David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price, and Herbert Marshall. The film was released in CinemaScope with color by Deluxe by 20th Century Fox. It was followed by two black-and-white sequels, Return of the Fly (1959) and Curse of the Fly (1965). The original film was remade in 1986 by director David Cronenberg.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1958_film)Arrival (film) (a 2016 American science fiction drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve and adapted by Eric Heisserer, who conceived the movie as a spec script based on the 1998 short story "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang. It stars Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Forest Whitaker. The film follows a linguist enlisted by the United States Army to discover how to communicate with extraterrestrial aliens who have arrived on Earth, before tensions lead to war.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrival_(film)Verge Science - We decoded NASA's messages to aliens by hand (In 1977, twin golden records were sent into space on the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft. Still sailing through space at nearly 60,000 km per hour, the records contain sound, songs, and images from earth.)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRuovINxpPcWTF is Happening! The Podcast (TNC Podcast)- https://anchor.fm/wtfihpodShout Outs 21st August 2021 – Nick Davatzes, Cable Pioneer Who Launched A&E Network and History Channel, passes away at 79 - https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/nick-davatzes-dead-79-ceo-ae-networks-1235046271/ Nickolas Davatzes, longtime CEO of A+E Networks who steered the launch of A&E Network and History Channel has passed away. Davatzes joined the company as CEO in 1983 just as A&E Networks was formed through the merger of fledgling cable channels Entertainment Network, owned by RCA and the Rockefeller family, and ARTS Network, owned by Hearst and ABC. A+E Networks today is a 50-50 joint venture of the Walt Disney Co. and Hearst Corp. Davatzes served as CEO emeritus. Davatzes led the company's launch of the signature A&E Network (an amalgam of Arts and Entertainment) in 1984 and History Channel in 1995 (History formally dropped “Channel” from its moniker in 2008). He served as CEO of the parent company through 2005, when he was succeeded by protege Abbe Raven, who started at the company as a secretary. Davatzes was known for promoting educational outreach and the importance of industry R&D during his run at A&E Networks. The company later expanded to include the Lifetime cable channel as well as more recent entries like lifestyle channel FYI and Lifetime Movie Network. Disney executive chairman Bob Iger hailed him as a “towering figure in the early days of cable television (who helped) build some of the most iconic brands in the media landscape.” Iger added that he was “a person of true integrity.” He died in Wilton, Connecticut.24th August 2021 – Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts passes away at 80 - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-25/rolling-stones-drummer-charlie-watts-dies-at-age-80/100404658Charlie Watts, the drummer who provided the backbone of the Rolling Stones' songs for more than half a century, has died. Watts "passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family," his publicist Bernard Doherty said. "Charlie was a cherished husband, father and grandfather and also as a member of The Rolling Stones, as one of the greatest drummers of his generation." The quiet, elegantly dressed Watts was often ranked with Keith Moon, Ginger Baker and a handful of others as a premier rock drummer, respected worldwide for his muscular, swinging style as the band rose from its scruffy beginnings to international superstardom. He joined the Stones early in 1963 and remained over the next 60 years, ranked just behind Jagger and Keith Richards as the group's longest lasting and most essential members. Watts stayed on, and largely held himself apart, through the drug abuse, creative clashes and ego wars that helped kill founding member Brian Jones, drove bassist Bill Wyman and Jones' replacement Mick Taylor to quit and otherwise made being in the Stones the most exhausting of jobs. The Stones began, Watts said, "as white blokes from England playing black American music" but quickly evolved their own distinctive sound. Watts was a jazz drummer in his early years and never lost his affinity for the music he first loved, heading his own jazz band and taking on numerous other side projects. He had his eccentricities — Watts liked to collect cars even though he didn't drive and would simply sit in them in his garage. But he was a steadying influence on stage and off as the Stones defied all expectations by rocking well into their 70s, decades longer than their old rivals The Beatles. He died in London with his family around him.25th August 2021 – Linux turns 30 - https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-on-linuxs-30th-birthday/ In 1991, Unix was an important but secondary x86 operating system. That year, on August 25, a mild-mannered Finnish graduate student named Linus Benedict Torvalds announced on the Usenet group comp.os.minix that he was working on "a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones." No one knew it, not even Torvalds, but the technology was going to change forever. Thirty years later, Linux rules IT. Almost all major websites -- including Google, Facebook, and Wikipedia -- run on Linux. It's the same with the clouds. Even on Microsoft's own Azure, the most popular operating system is Linux. As for supercomputers, all 500 of the world's fastest 500 supercomputers run Linux. Thanks to Android, Linux is also the most popular end-user operating system. Not bad for a hobby operating system! In those very first days, Linux wasn't formally known as Linux. Torvalds explained, "Linux was my working name, but I never wanted to release it as Linux. Linux was a perfectly good working name, but if I actually used it as the official one, people would think that I am an egomaniac and wouldn't take it seriously. So I chose this very bad name, "Freax," for "Free Unix." Fortunately, the first Linux administrator Ari Lemmk, decided Freax was a silly name too. Hence, he actually named it Linux because he thought this internal project name was Torvalds first choice.Remembrances25th August 1822 – William Herschel - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_HerschelGerman-born British astronomer and composer. He frequently collaborated with his younger sister and fellow astronomer Caroline Lucretia Herschel. Born in the Electorate of Hanover, William Herschel followed his father into the military band of Hanover, before emigrating to Great Britain in 1757 at the age of nineteen. Herschel constructed his first large telescope in 1774, after which he spent nine years carrying out sky surveys to investigate double stars. Herschel published catalogues of nebulae in 1802 (2,500 objects) and in 1820 (5,000 objects). The resolving power of the Herschel telescopes revealed that many objects called nebulae in the Messier catalogue were actually clusters of stars. On 13 March 1781 while making observations he made note of a new object in the constellation of Gemini. This would, after several weeks of verification and consultation with other astronomers, be confirmed to be a new planet, eventually given the name of Uranus. This was the first planet to be discovered since antiquity, and Herschel became famous overnight. As a result of this discovery, George III appointed him Court Astronomer. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society and grants were provided for the construction of new telescopes. Herschel pioneered the use of astronomical spectrophotometry, using prisms and temperature measuring equipment to measure the wavelength distribution of stellar spectra. In the course of these investigations, Herschel discovered infrared radiation. Other work included an improved determination of the rotation period of Mars, the discovery that the Martian polar caps vary seasonally, the discovery of Titania and Oberon (moons of Uranus) and Enceladus and Mimas (moons of Saturn). Herschel was made a Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order in 1816. He was the first President of the Royal Astronomical Society when it was founded in 1820. He died at the age of 83 at Observatory House, Windsor Road, Slough Herschel's epitaph is Coelorum perrupit claustra (He broke through the barriers of the heavens).Famous Birthdays25th August 1819 – Allan Pinkerton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_PinkertonScottish–American detective and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. Pinkerton first became interested in criminal detective work while wandering through the wooded groves around Dundee, looking for trees to make barrel staves, when he came across a band of counterfeiters, who may have been affiliated with the notorious Banditti of the Prairie. After observing their movements for some time he informed the local sheriff, who arrested them. This later led to Pinkerton being appointed, in 1849, as the first police detective in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. In 1850, he partnered with Chicago attorney Edward Rucker in forming the North-Western Police Agency, which later became Pinkerton & Co, and finally Pinkerton National Detective Agency, still in existence today as Pinkerton Consulting and Investigations, a subsidiary of Securitas AB. Pinkerton's business insignia was a wide open eye with the caption "We never sleep." As the US expanded in territory, rail transport increased. Pinkerton's agency solved a series of train robberies during the 1850s, first bringing Pinkerton into contact with George McClellan, then Chief Engineer and Vice President of the Illinois Central Railroad, and Abraham Lincoln, the company's lawyer. When the Civil War began, Pinkerton served as head of the Union Intelligence Service during the first two years, heading off an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland while guarding Abraham Lincoln on his way to Washington, D.C. as well as identifying troop numbers in military campaigns. His agents often worked undercover as Confederate soldiers and sympathizers to gather military intelligence. Pinkerton himself served on several undercover missions as a Confederate soldier using the alias Major E.J. Allen. He worked across the Deep South in the summer of 1861, focusing on fortifications and Confederate plans. This counterintelligence work done by Pinkerton and his agents is comparable to the work done by today's U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agents in which Pinkerton's agency is considered an early predecessor. He was succeeded as Intelligence Service chief by Lafayette Baker; the Intelligence Service was the predecessor of the U.S. Secret Service. His work led to the establishment of the Federal secret service. Despite his agency's later reputation for anti-labor activities, Pinkerton himself was heavily involved in pro-labor politics as a young man. Though Pinkerton considered himself pro-labor, he opposed strikes and distrusted labor unions. He was born in Gorbals, Glasgow.Events of Interest25th August 1957- The Invisible Man Vs. The Human Fly premiered in Japan - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204691/ A star is born! On this day in 1957 (in Japan), The Invisible Man Vs. The Human Fly took to the silver screen for a monster of a pairing! Directed by Mitsuo Murayama, the SciFi/Fantasy starred Ryûji Shinagawa and Yoshirô Kitahara; and here's the plot summary: "A ruthless serial killer with a peculiar method of stalking and killing his victims comes face to face with a police officer turned invisible by a scientific experiment. Who will emerge triumphant?" In the late 1950s, in the United States this film was announced, and stills were published, under the English language title "The Murdering Mite." This film shares part of its Japanese title with the Japanese release of the much better-known 1958 U.S. science fiction film The Fly, which was released in Japan as Fear of the Fly Man (ハエ男の恐怖 Hae Otoko no Kyōfu), though with the 'Fly' in "Fly Man" spelled in katakana rather than kanji characters. While both films feature "fly men," The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly actually predates the latter film by almost an entire year.25th August 1989 – Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the last planet in the Solar System at the time, due to Pluto being within Neptune's orbit from 1979 to 1999 - https://www.wired.com/2010/08/0825voyager2-neptune/ Voyager 2 makes its closest encounter with Neptune, passing just 3,000 miles above the cloud tops of the most distant planet in our solar system. The Voyager 2 space probe has been our most productive unmanned space voyage. It visited all four of the outer planets and their systems of moons and rings, including the first visits to previously unexplored Uranus and Neptune. Voyager 2 found four rings and evidence for ring arcs, or incomplete rings, above Neptune. That means all four of the gas giants in our solar system have rings. Neptune's, however, are very meager compared to the magnificent rings around Saturn. In the late 19th century, astronomers thought that an unseen Planet X was influencing the orbits of Uranus and Neptune. The observed positions of the two planets and their calculated positions differed. Among those astronomers convinced of the existence of Planet X was Clyde Tombaugh. In 1930 while scanning areas of the sky for Planet X, he found Pluto. When Voyager 2 flew by Neptune, it took very precise measurements of Neptune's mass and found it to be about 0.5 percent less massive than previous estimates. When the orbits of Uranus and Neptune were recalculated using the more accurate mass figure, it became clear that the imprecise number for Neptune -- and not the gravity of an unseen planet -- had caused the observed orbital discrepancies. After its encounter with Neptune, the spacecraft was rechristened the Voyager Interstellar Mission by NASA to take measurements of the interplanetary magnetic field, plasma and charged-particle environment. But mostly it's searching for the heliopause, the distance at which the solar wind becomes subsumed by the more general interstellar wind.IntroArtist – Goblins from MarsSong Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJFollow us onFacebook- Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/- Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/440485136816406/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/Email - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.comSupport via Podhero- https://podhero.com/podcast/449127/nerds-amalgamated See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Another year, another Call of Duty! Following the Battle of Verdansk live event in Warzone, Activision has revealed Call of Duty Vanguard. This year's outing, developed by Sledgehammer Games, will take us back to WWII, but will it be able to find a new spin on the well-worn territory? We were joined by our good friend Martin, from Just Interesting, to discuss exactly that! That's not all though! We also discussed the recently revealed Quake remaster, laughed about Bethesda's insistence on porting Skyrim to every console, and determined whether Cyberpunk 2077's latest patch, 1.3, would be enough to entice new players. Enjoy!

This morning, Sledgehammer Games' follow-up to Call of Duty WWII, Call of Duty: Vanguard, was officially revealed alongside an epic trailer. The game is set to release for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC on November 5. Ttrailer has confirmed that the game will once again be set during the Second World War.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join the Bonus Accessory crew every Friday as they dive head first into all things Xbox, Xbox Game Pass, & PC gaming. We've finally gotten our first official look at Call of Duty: Vanguard, and the fan reaction seems to be a bit of a mixed bag. With the iconic FPS franchise making its seventh return to WWII, it begs the question: could we ever see Call of Duty slip in a major way? This week, we examine the reveal of Call of Duty: Vanguard and what Activision and Sledgehammer Games has to do to make sure the franchise's newest release doesn't result in an underwhelming response. Will we see the positive response to Cold War carry over? Can you guess the file size of the Ultimate Edition of the game (spoilers: it's big)? We lay it all out for you. Plus, a remastered collection some old school GTA favorites look to be on the way, Skyrim is getting yet another re-release, and much more coming up on the newest episode of the Game Pass Gamecast! Be sure to subscribe and turn on notifications so you never miss a show when they drop every Friday morning!

It's been 18 years since the first Call of Duty came out. Infinity Ward, Treyarch, Raven Software, Sledgehammer Games...they've given us so much. And we've ask so much of them. In the episode, we focus on Call of Duty (while getting distracted by a few other games along the way) and talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of COD with the one and only SantaSlayz.Check out SantaSlayz on Twitch:https://www.twitch.tv/santaslayzCheck out the link below to get connected with us. You know, because we are desperate for your attention. And love. We would love to hear from you!https://linktr.ee/ootb_gamingDirect link to our Discord:https://discord.com/invite/JfKp7sW

In This Episode…Stocks experts seem to get gaming stock or even tech stocks wrong. They are always looking behind and never fully invested in the market. It was obvious when AMD released the Ryzen CPUs and the same can be said with Corsair. Always trust your gut!Show Notes●      [00:56] Rambo may be coming to Call of Duty Warzone                    ●      [02:53] Sledgehammer Games is making the next Call of Duty game   ●      [04:31] Fortnite may be coming to Geforce Now?                  ●      [05:59] Nvidia 3080 and 3070 ti has been delayed●      [08:02] RDNA 3 maybe 3 times as fast?          ●      [10:25] Overwatch Streamers are playing Apex Legends now●      [12:31] A hilarious bug makes Baptiste block 1 trillion damage.●      [15:13] New Pathfinder game releasing in September●      [16:26] MechWarrior 5 coming to Steam and GOG this month●      [18:08] Witcher 3 game director leaves the studio●      [20:05] SteelSeries releases new game capture software●      [22:38] Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition released●      [24:32] Trust your gut when it comes to gaming stocks? People, Games, and Companies, We Mentioned in the Show●      Overwatch ●      Corsair●      MechWarrior 5●      Call of Duty●      Apex Legends●      AMD●      Nvidia●      Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition●      Fortnite●      Geforce Now●      Pathfinder ●      You can become a member and join monthly AMAs on Supercast!Thank You for Tuning in! Join us every Friday for a new episode! Review our Podcast!Merch●      Check out the latest merch from Digital Coffee!Contact Us!●      If you want to get involved, leave us a comment!●      Visit us and give us a ‘like’ on our Facebook page!●      Follow us on Twitter.●      Follow us on Instagram.●      Join our Discord!●      Email at bdeister@digitalcoffee.tv Thanks for listening! Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/digital-coffee. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy dive into Returnal and Resident Evil Village for this big old podcast. The other games they've been playing include Trials of Fire, Diablo Immortal, Second Extinction, Chivalry 2, Elite: Dangerous, and more. Over in the news PlayStation show off Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Sony will be integrating Discord for the PlayStation, Sledgehammer Games are developing this years Call of Duty, Metro Exodus' PC Enhanced Edition arrives only for ray tracing capable hardware, Four Corners does a report on monetisation in video games, and the Australian government will be giving a tax break for Australian video game studios. This episode goes for 3 hours and 15 minutes, it also contains coarse language. Timestamps – 00:00:00 – Start 00:08:05 – Diablo Immortal 00:10:26 – Chivalry 2 00:19:29 – Elite Dangerous 00:41:45 – Second Extinction 00:55:11 – Trials of Fire 01:22:52 – Returnal 01:59:10 – Resident Evil Village 02:49:29 – News 03:11:26 – End of Show Subscribe in a reader iTunes / Spotify Head to the Youtube Channel to watch/listen when it goes live!

May the 4th be with you! And Revenge of the 5th! Hope you all had a great Star Wars Day and enjoyed the Bad Batch premier as much as I did. We also have a review of New Pokémon Snap, and a whole lot more come take a listen!

Today on IGN The Fix: Games, SledgeHammer Games is taking the helm of the next Call of Duty. And while a CoD for the new year isn't too much of a surprise, the news that Sledgehammer will prioritize consoles like the Xbox Series S and X and the PlayStation 5 is an interesting tidbit. Have you ever dreamt of kicking chickens across Albion in a stunningly recreated world? If you have, that's incredibly specific, but if you haven't then you'll be surprised to find out that the new Fable will be developed using the Forza Engine. And last but certainly not least, Nike has teamed up with Sony to bring fans a PS5 themed shoe.

En el nuevo episodio de Les Rulos, los chicos tratan de procesar una combinación de noticias...peculiar. Entre la felicidad pero a la vez de terror de Nacho con el rumoreado port de PC de Deadly Premonition 2, las preocupaciones de Fede con el reportado remake de The Last of Us y el unánime pésame a los pobres de Sledgehammer Games con el nuevo Call odf Duty. Pero no todo es malo, se confirmó un port de pc de Neo The World Ends With You, así que ya automáticamente todo está perfecto, no?....NO?! Links: https://twitter.com/LesRulos https://www.instagram.com/lesruloscontacto/

Dan & Bob talk about dealing with Star Fox Adventures, Sledgehammer Games is stuck in the World War 2 mines, and Ratchet & Clank gets the 60fps on PS5 this week in the Big Think Dimension. Become a podlord or normal patron today! http://www.patreon.com/GBPodcasts RSS Feed: https://gbpods.podbean.com/ KZXcellent's Channel: http://www.kzxcellent.com Mr Feel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrfeelswildride GigaBoots' Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gigaboots GB Main Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/gigaboots GB Fan Discord: https://discord.gg/XAGcxBk #PlatinumGames #RatchetClank #KatanaZero

3-28-2021(Host Scene)Zazz - Welcome to Table of Content. A show by streamers for streamers and the wonderful people who support them. I am Zazzaboo your host and the Editor in Chief of TableOC.com. We have two great streamers here tonight ready to drop their opinions on us about the latest but first~Welcome RogueHate: No one hates us woooooThis first segment is brought to you by Kaylas Cupcake Design. Custom wall art handmade by our good friend @jazz0ejo! Check out our instagram to see the Letters she made for my daughter!Streaming NewsTwitch viewers glued to stream of stop sign where 98.73% of cars don't stopNever ending streams, irl muggings on stream, fish tanks and video games.What do all these have in common? None of them are as weird as this next live stream.From Dexerto‘Stopsigncam' is a channel dedicated to filming a single stop sign on a random street in Salem, Massachusetts, with the account claiming that 98.73% of vehicles don't actually stop for it.While it doesn't sound like the most gripping content at first glance, Twitch viewers have become weirdly fascinated with the stream. Due to the fact that most cars don't actually stop for the sign, when someone actually obeys the instruction, the chat goes crazy.On top of that, as more and more people are catching on to the stream, some have started to actually go to the sign in person knowing that they will end up on camera.One person stopped at the sign, only to get out of his car and do a backflip.Another pair decided to re-enact a lightsaber fight, adding an unexpected bit of entertainment to the ongoing stream.The channel currently only has 7.6 thousand followers, but some of its most popular clips have over 20,000 views.While it's not the most conventional form of entertainment, stopsigncam has proven to be weirdly fascinating to plenty of viewers, and as it gets more popular, the higher the chance that people will look for the sign so they can appear on stream. Tighe - Now that people have figured out where this is of course neighbors and the streamer have started to be harassed by pizza deliveries and the fun things the internet loves to do. Do you think Twitch will eventually crack down on stuff like this because they could become liable for the harassment? The end of Ludwig's absurd 2-week Twitch stream may finally be in sight We're now 12 days into variety streamer Ludwig Ahgren's 'never-ending' subathon Twitch stream and, by golly, it actually looks like it could end this weekend. As I write this, Ludwig's chat of 36,000 viewers is fighting to keep the timer above 18 hours by tacking on another 10 seconds with every subscription. The streamer's efforts have already made him the most subscribed-to channel on Twitch right now with the second-highest total sub count ever of 120,000 (second only to Ninja's record peak of 269,000). Ludwig has a trip planned for tomorrow, March 27, that he isn't bailing on, which means he'll be forced to step away from the stream for the first time in almost 300 hours. How much his sub count grows over the next 12 hours will likely determine how this thing finally concludes. Streamer Slime (Ludwig's roommate)  will take over the subathon in his absence and even sleep on stream in Ludwig's race car bed. "I understand that this is Ludwig's stream, but we're in a weird spot," Slime said. "The [Ludwig] viewer does necessarily wish to see Slime," he said. "What I do not look forward to is 1,000 people asking, 'Who the hell is this bald douchebag?' That's just really annoying." Ludwig chimes in, "You're my horcrux, and I don't want to die." In the event that the timer is about to strike zero while Ludwig is away, his team has been instructed to halt the timer when it reaches one hour. "And then when [Ludwig] comes back, subathon is back on like Donkey Kong and the one hour starts again," Slime said in an update this morning. Off-screen, Ludwig adds, "It's like the last lap in Mario Kart." Beardcules - We see a lot of trends come and go on Twitch do you think this could become a trend or will this be a one off?GTA Online Streamer xQc Nearly Passes Out During Bank HeistReported on by Dexerto, xQc was participating in an intense bank heist on a GTA RP server. He took hostages, battled player-controlled police, but still failed to unlock the vault. During the heist, xQc saw his heart rate skyrocket to 170 BPM, and he nearly passed out from the stress. In a clip from the stream, xQc claimed his peripherals were blacking out and he was on the verge of passing out right on stream.Reported on by Dexerto, xQc was participating in an intense bank heist on a GTA RP server. He took hostages, battled player-controlled police, but still failed to unlock the vault. During the heist, xQc saw his heart rate skyrocket to 170 BPM, and he nearly passed out from the stress. In a clip from the stream, xQc claimed his peripherals were blacking out and he was on the verge of passing out right on stream.Thankfully, xQc managed to get out alive but left empty-handed, unable to solve the puzzle to open the vault. With police yelling from outside and the risk of having his character shot and killed for one of his most outrageous Grand Theft Auto stunts, the streamer's heartrate shot up to dangerous heights and the pressure almost caused him to pass out. When roleplaying in Grand Theft Auto, players often invest a lot of time and attention, and when they find themselves in close-call situations, it can be extremely stressful. Having hostages to worry about and the need to impress his audience by succeeding in the bank heist, the pressure mounted too heavily on his shoulders and he almost fainted.Rogue - This is one of those things you have to wonder  if Twitch will crack down on because of harm to the streamer. I think we should get you a heart rate monitor for when you play phasmophobia alone.Tech/Gaming News -  Brought to you by our merch store! RIP, Xbox Live (2002-2021) XBOX LIVE IS DEAD LONG LIVE XBOX LIVEFrom Kotaku,many Xbox users noticed a small change on the the Xbox dashboard. While uploading a screenshot to Xbox Live, some players noticed a reference to “Xbox network” where “Xbox Live” used to be.“‘Xbox network' refers to the underlying Xbox online service, which was updated in the Microsoft Services Agreement,” a Microsoft spokesperson told The Verge. “The update from ‘Xbox Live' to ‘Xbox network' is intended to distinguish the underlying service from Xbox Live Gold memberships.”In January, Microsoft announced an intention to increase the price of Xbox Live Gold, making it so the minimum (official) annual cost would leap from $60 to $120. Following widespread backlash, Microsoft reversed course and further announced that Xbox Live Gold would no longer be necessary to play free-to-play games. That change will happen at some point in the coming months, with no firm date yet.Tighe - What do you think of this rebrand for Microsoft? Call Of Duty Hacker Gets Banned From Two Games In One Twitch StreamThere is no one dumber on earth than someone dumb enough to hack or cheat while streaming a video game. Thankfully they get what they deserve.From screen rantActivision isn't pulling any punches when it comes to hackers and cheaters in Call of Duty, as one unfortunate streamer realized when he was banned from not one, but two different COD games in a single streaming session. A Twitch streamer banned during a livestream of Call of Duty: Warzone switched over to Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War only to discover that Activision's banhammer extended to him there as well.Call of Duty titles have had an especially disastrous epidemic of hackers as of late; an influx of cheaters that required Activision to take more drastic steps in order to curb the problem. With the Call of Duty franchise seeing a massive increase of active players in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to take preventative measures to curb or eliminate hackers and cheat bots rose with it. The cheating problem got bad enough that a Modern Warfare tournament was effectively ruined by hackers, which ultimately put a damper on the game's reputation. Activision, not one to take any threats to its profitable franchises lightly, was forced to take more drastic action to oust hackers. February alone saw Activision banning over 60,000 Warzone players for using popular cheating software, and the crusade to eliminate cheaters and hackers from Call of Duty is still pressing forward. This might be why Twitch streamer KD1PP found himself on the business end of the banhammer not once, but twice in the same stream. Serves you right.Beard - Do you think twitch should also crack down on cheating streams?This year's Call of Duty returns to WW2This year's Call of Duty returns to World War 2, according to fresh reports in part verified by Eurogamer.Modern Warzone reported this year's new Call of Duty is in development at Sledgehammer Games, maker of 2017's well-received Call of Duty: WW2, and is due out late 2021. Eurogamer sources have indicated this is indeed true.Modern Warzone also reports this game is codenamed Call of Duty WW2: Vanguard, and reports the name will be changed in the future. While this may indeed be the case, Eurogamer understands Activision's current plan is to stick with the Vanguard subtitle for the final version.Modern Warzone also reports "the entire game takes place in an alternate timeline where 1945 wasn't the end of World War 2", and is set in the 1950s. Eurogamer understands this detail isn't quite right, and Vanguard has a traditional WW2 setting.An open question is whether Vanguard is set for integration with Warzone. Black Ops Cold War was announced within Warzone, and its integration into the battle royale, while suffering from significant problems, clearly boosted sales of Treyarch's shooter.With Warzone set for a cataclysmic zombie-fuelled nuke event in the near future, one that reportedly will usher in a significant '80s-themed map change for Verdansk, the question is this: is Warzone set for a WW2-themed change in the future, too?Rogue -  What do you think of the WW2 alternate timeline?Entertainment News - This next segment brought to you by Us! Please go support the podcast on our Patreon page and get exclusive content.Sorry, Suicide Squad Fans, The Ayer Cut Just Got Some Bad News Coming off the success of the snyder cut fans are starting to look for more content. Things however don't look great on that front.From cinema blendDuring an interview with Variety, WarnerMedia Studios CEO Ann Sarnoff was asked if following the arrival of Zack Snyder's Justice League, will more DCEU director's cuts be released, with David Ayer's cut of Suicide Squad specifically being mentioned. Sarnoff responded: We won't be developing David Ayer's cut.Well, that's a devastating blow to the #ReleaseTheAyerCut movement, which started gaining in traction back in May 2020 after Zack Snyder's Justice League was announced. Like the Snyder Cut, there are plenty of differences between what unfolded in David Ayer's original version of Suicide Squad and what was presented in the theatrical cut, ranging from more scenes featuring Jared Leto's Joker to a badass fight sequence between Katana and the rest of Task Force X. While the theatrical cut was commercially successful and later won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, its critical reception left a lot to be desired.David Ayer has been supportive of the efforts to getting the Ayer Cut released to the public, saying last November that his version of Suicide Squad was “ripped to pieces” as a result of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice being “chewed up by the critics” and the success of Deadpool. This resulted in Suicide Squad being changed from a “soulful drama” to a more comedic story. Ayer confirmed on numerous occasions that the director's cut of Suicide Squad exists, and urged fans to ask AT&T and HBO Max (which you can sign up for with this link) to “let it see the sunlight.” it's possible that WarnerMedia's unwillingness to release the Ayer Cut boils down to two reasons. One, although the #ReleaseTheAyerCut movement is obviously filled with passionate fans, its ranks haven't grown as big as the Snyder Cut fanbase. Two, while there are no more Justice League movies planned for the immediate future (although the #RestoreTheSnyderVerseMovement is well underway), Task Force X is sticking around the cinematic realm, with James Gunn having written and directed The Suicide Squad. So perhaps WB isn't keen on releasing the Ayer Cut to the masses because it doesn't want to draw attention away from the property ushering in a new era.Beard - It seems the move from dvd/bluray to streaming has hurt the Directors  cut/ commentary scene. Why do you think studios wouldnt want more of their content out there?Ghost of Tsushima Movie From John Wick Director in Development Last years Breakout Game is getting a Big screen adaptation from the Director of the John Wick films.From IGNSony Pictures and PlayStation Productions are developing a film adaptation of Ghost of Tsushima, with John Wick director Chad Stahelski attached to helm.According to a new report from Deadline, Stahelski will work alongside producers Alex Young and Jason Spitz with their company 87Eleven Entertainment. Peter Kang of game developer Sucker Punch Productions will oversee the project on behalf of the studio, which will serve as executive producers.The film is set to adapt Ghost of Tsushima's story, which follows the journey of samurai warrior Jin Sakai as he fights for the freedom of the isle of Tsushima.“We're excited to be partnering with Chad and 87Eleven Entertainment, to bring their vision of Jin's story to the big screen," said Asad Qizilbash, Head of PlayStation Productions. "We love working with creative partners like Chad, who have a passion for our games, ensuring we can create rich adaptations that will excite our fans and new audiences.”Stahelski has been the long-term helmer of the John Wick series of highly-popular action movies, and is set to return for the upcoming John Wick 4, currently aiming for a 2022 release. It's currently unclear how far into development the Ghost of Tsushima movie is, and so there's no date yet confirmed for shooting or release.Tighe -  Do you think this will be a hyper violent move in that it's being directed by A John Wick alum?https://kotaku.com/australian-government-officials-anime-figures-joker-st-1846541409/amp?__twitter_impression=true Bad news for Weebs considering a run for office in Australia. from KotakuAn Australian government official's display of pop culture, comics and anime figurines in their office has been declared a ‘psychological hazard', according to a statement from the Comcare government agency.The bizarre intersection of public servant and waifu figurines entered the national consciousness last year. Around 20 figurines were reportedly displayed in the office of Gerard Boyce, who remains the deputy president of the Fair Work Commission, and the figures had become the subject of debate at a Senate Estimates hearing.Some members of the Fair Work Commission questioned whether the figurines would “undermine trust in the professionalism” of the Commission at the time, and the deputy president was forced to remove at least one of the figurines. It's not clear exactly what was removed, but the Sydney Morning Herald reported that some of the figures included Scarlett Johansson's representation of the Major Ghost in the Shell, a figurine of Jared Leto's Joker, along with Harley Quinn in fishnets, and Captain America. Imagine caring what someone else displays in their own office.Rogue - Do you think this sort of attitude will change as my generation and yours start to get to the politics age? BOLD PREDICTIONS  Plug your stuff.Zazzaboo plug the site, Pod etc Don't forget to check out the patreon.Thanks and we will see you next week!★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Modern Warzone has reported that Sledgehammer Games is at work on 2021's Call of Duty, which known Call of Duty insider VictorZ shared will return to World War 2. Eurogamer's sources have confirmed this claim. However, Modern Warzone previously reported that the game would at least partially take place in the 1950s, leading to speculation of the game featuring an alternate timeline where the war didn't end in 1945. That claim is pure speculation and has not been confirmed. Here are today's stories: - COD 2021 Working Title is “Call of Duty WWII: Vanguard” Developed by Sledgehammer Games - This year's Call of Duty returns to WW2 - So Many Games! What We Shared At /twitchgaming Showcase: ID@Xbox - PUBG Mobile's lifetime revenues pass $5bn - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 & 2 Is Broken On Xbox Alongside Next-Gen Update - Sony quietly kills old web version of the PlayStation Store that let people access PS3, Vita and PSP games Follow me on other platforms and stay up to date! Twitter: http://twitter.com/jampacksam Instagram: http://instagram.com/jampacksam YouTube: http://youtube.com/thejampackreport

Happy Friday! On today’s Daily Fix, we’ve got the latest on the next Call of Duty out of Sledgehammer Games. Multiple sources point to the next entry in the acclaimed CoD franchise being set in WW2. Call of Duty Vanguard as it’s being called could even take place in an alternate timeline where the war never ends. It’s been rumored that after acquiring Bethesda, Discord might be next on Microsoft’s shopping list. The merger that could take place as early as next month could mean huge changes for the Xbox Network experience. It’s your Daily Fix! Brought to you by 5-hour Energy!

Joel Durham is a digital artist that has worked at highly coveted studios in both the game and visual effects companies. Gracing studios like Sledgehammer Games, Blur, MPC, and Digital Domain with his great work. In this week's episode, he introduces the thrill and the onset of a 3D revolution of VR sculpting! Check out the show notes: https://wp.me/pcB0ew-Md Connect with Joel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeldurham​ https://www.artstation.com/joelrdurham This episode is presented by Game School Online, www.gameschoolonline.com. If you want to learn AAA game dev for free go over and get your career started!

Mike & Keshav welcome @StoneMountain64 and SuperEvan to the latest episode of the CharlieIntel Podcast. On this week's episode, we discuss the DMR's dominance in Warzone and its recent nerf, how new Warzone stat-tracking apps have been manipulating skill-based matchmaking, and rumors that Sledgehammer Games will be developing the 2021 Call of Duty title. StoneMountain64 joins the show to discuss why the DMR nerf hasn't killed the Warzone meta just yet, and calls for a new Warzone map following the release of Rebirth Island, SuperEvan also drops by to discuss why he left Fortnite for Warzone.

Convos with Creative People is a podcast about creative paths and processes. Each episode features interviews with creators of all genres and mediums, and discussions on writing, art, design, marketing, music, podcasting, and more. Hosted by me, Brian LeTendre.In this episode I dug into the 2009 archives of the Secret Identity podcast for an interview I did with Raven Software’s Senior Creative Director Dan Vondrak, about the X-Men Origins: Wolverine game.Why am I pulling up this interview now? Because Dan Vondrak directed the campaign of this year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. I am loving the campaign, and what is kind of incredible about it is that much of it was created remotely during the pandemic. The idea for this episode came from the first time I booted up the game, as I got hit with a wave of nostalgia. Not because the game itself is set in the ‘80s (though that is a big deal for me as someone whose formative years were that decade), but because of the studio logos that are emblazoned on the screen when it starts. In addition to lead developer Treyarch, there are a slew of other studios who worked on the game, including Beenox, High Moon Studios, Sledgehammer, and Raven Software.I could write an entire series of blogs on the work of those studios (and I likely will at some point), as they created some of my favorite games of the Xbox 360/PS3/Wii generation. Just in case any of those names don’t ring a bell:High Moon Studios brought us the awesome Transformers games War for Cybertron, Dark of the Moon and Fall of Cybertron.Beenox created Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions and Spider-Man: Edge of Time, featuring my two favorite Spideys--Peter Parker and Miguel O’Hara (Spider-Man 2099).Sledgehammer Games was born out of Visceral Games, creators of Dead Space, one of my all-time favorite series.Raven Software was behind X-Men Legends I & II, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, and X-Men Origins: Wolverine, among many others.Which brings me to today’s blast from the past. Back in 2009, I was in the middle of my game journo stint, covering games for Comic Book Resources. The Secret Identity podcast was also going strong at that time, and NYCC was the place where we would get almost an entire year’s worth of interviews done for the show.It was at NYCC 2009 that I got to interview Senior Creative Director at Raven Software Dan Viondrak, who was the project lead on X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a game that was released alongside the upcoming movie. The game featured a story written by Marc Guggenheim, who you may know from a variety of comic-related projects, including his run on Wolverine of course, as well as runs on Flash and Amazing Spider-man, and his development, writing and production work on the Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow TV shows. X-Men Origins: Wolverine received decent reviews at the time, and most agreed that the mechanics were the strong point. It felt great to play as Wolverine, and the game really captured the brutality of his combat skills, and how far he could push his healing factor. Sadly, unless you own a copy of the game and a console to play it on, you’d have a tough time playing X-Men Origins: Wolverine today. Thye license expired and it’s not available digitally. But there are plenty of used copies floating around out there, and it’s definitely worth checking out.Raven made a Wolfenstein game that was released later that year as well, and also the underrated Singularity in 2010, before working on the Call of Duty franchise for the past decade.Here are links where you can find more about X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Raven Software:Raven Software: https://www.ravensoftware.com/home X-Men Origins: Wolverine game trailer: https://youtu.be/E31qWQz4bHY X-Men origins: Wolverine full playthrough): https://youtu.be/mFV0qBtVDhUX-Men Origins: Wolverine game on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men_Origins:_Wolverine_(video_game)IGN Video on Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War campaign: https://youtu.be/OljMXwxn-TEAs always, you can follow me and keep up with my creative projects on Twitter @seebrianwrite. _________________________________________________CWCP Theme music: Dreamer by Kevin MacLeod, used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Link to original work: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3676-dreamer

Ryan Ferriera had an unconventional path to the video game industry. He joined the U.S. Army in 2003 with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. After 10 years of service, he pursued a degree in Visual Development and History from the Academy of Art University. After graduating, he dove right into the video game industry and in 2019, joined Sledgehammer Games.  

In this episode we are joined with filmmaker, Fio Guanilo. Where we talk about Call of Duty. Hosted by: Nathaniel Avila - Screenwriter and Director Serenity Robledo - Photographer, Actor, Model Ruby Rodriguez - Actor, Model, and Casting Director with guest: Fio Guanilo @fiorella_guanilo Call of Duty is the property of Infinity Ward, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, Raven Software, and Activision. Please support the official release. If you would like to honor "Notorious" RBG, here are some of her favorite causes to donate to: https://malala.org/ https://handinhandk12.org/about/ https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/blog/ruth-bader-ginsburg-v-the-patriarchy

Sandy has been with Sledgehammer Games since 2009 and has helped shipped Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare, and Call of Duty®: WWII. During our conversation, we discuss family, achieving goals, animation, VFX, and so much more. 

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we just keep on rolling about Republic Commando, on which both of your hosts worked. This week we talk with lead animator Dave Bogan, about his journey into the industry and what stuck out for him on this project, among many other topics. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Podcast breakdown: 0:44 Interview 1:19:32 Break 1:20:05 Feedback Issues covered: our rampant professionalism, stepping in the right potholes, taking an early liking to art, half arts school/half regular high school, finding out you're not a draftsman, learning about animation, having industry professionals for teachers, not knowing you can work in games, putting in the devotion and the time, a little who's who of great LucasArts artists, making a choice based on comedy and drawing, early experience on CMI and other titles, getting a title axed, finding roles for people rather than laying them off, getting involved in a project and working with other people, doing what you have to to ship, not having a plan and realizing: we always need to have a plan, taking on additional responsibility, the limitations of some of early characters, eyes and face and hands for animation, where one of the animators went, looking for an opportunity as a lead, thinking about how characters behave before you see them, getting expectations set, being intimidated by Daron Stinnett, looking at the competition, feeling elevated by Daron, the excellence of the animation team, learning from Joe Bacciocco, trigger discipline, when good behavior meets up with video game needs, how much an expert cared for people, using soldier expertise, composition and correctness, translating the authenticity, a well-integrated and organized animation team, the Trandoshan who runs at you like a gorilla, having to tell Dave no, various games they thought about post-SWRC, being afraid of not doing a Jedi game, being a pragmatist, lacking strife, having real characters, wanting stories at the forefront, Brett's Book Recommendation, being a salve in tough times, the hidden co-op version of Republic Commando. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Curse of Monkey Island, Grim Fandango, Obi-Wan, Escape from Monkey Island, Rogue Squadron, Telltale Games, The Walking Dead, Wolf Among Us, Fame, Degrassi Street, Amanda Stepto, This Is Spinal Tap, Tara Campbell, Sheridan College, Disney, Fox, Pixar, ILM, LucasArts, SquareSoft, Magnum PI, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Kevin Boyle, Chris Miles, Graham Annable, Karen Chelini, Sangeeta Prashar, Sega/Secret Level, Starcraft, Jedi Knight, Ray Gresko, SCUMM, Derek Sakai, Mark Overney, Kevin Micallef, Chris Williams, Daron Stinnett, Eric Ingerson, Tippett Studios, Troy Molander, Dan Connors, Kevin Bruner, John Hancock, Chris Ross, Ryan Kaufman, Stephen McManus, Jeff "Pinecone" Kung, Ian Milham, Dead Space, Bret Robbins, Ascendant Studios, Justice Unlimited, Michael Stemmle, Diablo, Patrick McCarthy, Camela Boswell, Afterlife, Sean Clark, Force Commander, Factor 5, Magpie, Bounty Hunter, Armando Lluch, Cory Allemeier, Loren Cox, Matt White, Medal of Honor, Halo, Ryan Hood, Brett Schulz, Rebecca Perez, Jeremie Talbot, Nathan Martz, Joe Bacciocco, Call of Duty, Hulk Hogan, Haden Blackman, Patrick Sirk, Matt Omernick, GTA, The Force Unleashed, George Lucas, Sledgehammer Games, EA, Soul Reaver, Full Throttle 2, Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine, Martha Wells, The Murderbot Diaries, Chrono Trigger, Mark, Ultima Underworld, Super Mario RPG, Nintendo, Bill, Johnny Szary, Short Circuit. Link: Video of training the animators Twitch: brettdouville, instagram:timlongojr, @brett_douville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

Alayna Cole is a Producer for Sledgehammer Games and lives in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She has a Doctorate in Creative Arts from the University of the Sunshine Coast and is a huge advocate of the LGBTQ+ community. She recently earned her first 100% in Clone Hero and plays a ton of Animal Crossing. 

Andy Wilson is the Chief Operating Officer at Sledgehammer Games. Before joining the team in 2019, he released many games including Mafia 3, Split/Second, and Splinter Cell Blacklist. 

In this short episode, Gabe Hernandez, Community Strategist at Sledgehammer Games, shares the vision of the podcast. 

Josh Katz is the Principal MP Designer at Sledgehammer Games. He started in video games working QA and has worked on games like Return of the King, Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare, and Call of Duty®: WWII. He shares his experiences throughout his career and how he's dealt with crippling anxiety. 

Shora Farahani is a Senior Level Artist and have been all over the United States working at prominent studios like Sledgehammer Games, Naughty Dog, and now Ghost Story Games (formerly Irrational Games). He share his personal story while working at Naughty Dog and the pressure of its environment. We also dive into the state of contract work being overused in the AAA industry... For the video version, please visit https://youtu.be/wK9zDjj7M2E This episode is sponsored by: CORE Enter the Retro Game Jam with Core and win a 2070 RTX NVIDIA Card https://www.artstation.com/shora_f Support us on Patreon and get the exclusive weekly episodes of Life Unchained. A behind the scenes look of building a startup within game development. To watch future GDU episodes live, go to twitch.tv/blu_champs every Tuesdays at 11 AM PST Grab some Merch! Game with me every Thursday @ 8PM PST on the BLU Champs Discord Channel. Give us a rating on iTunes: apple.co/2IKxTmU

September's Nintendo Direct was packed with announcements, from Overwatch on the Switch to Sans in Super Smash Bros., let's break down the highlights from Nintendo's showcase! Here are today's stories: - Nintendo confirms 'Overwatch' is coming to Switch October 15th - Super Nintendo Games Are Coming To Switch For Online Subscribers - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is getting even more DLC fighters, pray for Waluigi - Sans from Undertale is getting a costume in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Star Wars Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy coming to Switch and PS4 - Assassins Creed: Rebel Collection Coming to Nintendo Switch - 'Doom 64' is reborn on Switch November 22nd - Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition announced for Nintendo Switch - Tetris 99 Is Being Updated To Version 2.0, Includes More Modes And DLC - Crash Team Racing was the UK's best-selling game in August - Xbox Game Pass New Additions for September Include Gears 5, Metal Gear Solid, and Dead Cells - Steam's Library is getting an overhaul this month - here's its snazzy new look - Sledgehammer Games is opening a studio in Australia Follow me on other platforms and stay up to date! Twitter: http://twitter.com/prettychillguy Instagram: http://instagram.com/samueladamsmedia YouTube: http://youtube.com/samueladamsmedia Twitch: http://twitch.tv/samueladams --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week the team over at AEG talk up the SONY and Microsoft partnership when it comes to cloud gaming services, how it took both internal gaming teams by surprise.  We delve into the latest Nintendo Direct which was all things Super Mario Maker 2, we give our hot takes on the latest Schreier article which gives credence to the rumor that the Call of Duty 2020 will be spearheaded by Treyarch instead of Sledgehammer Games and finally our Topic of the SHow revolves around Sony and their storied inability to leverage their multiple businesses into a success.     Please share, subscribe, and listen.  Make sure to follow us on Twitter over @TheAEGShow.  Thank you. 

On This episode of the Downloadable Gaming Podcast we recap the stories that took place over the weekend. Red Dead Online players have been reporting that piles of dead and burnt horses can be found throughout the game outside of major towns such as Valentine. This had led to not only something that is visually bothersome, but also causing performance issues such as frame rate drops and server disconnections. The potential cause of this problem is a duplication glitch that people in Red Dead Online have been using in order to duplicate the amount of fish they caught in their inventory. The issue has been brought up to Rockstar, but there hasn't been any confirmation that this issue has been fixed. Activision is breaking their normal Call of Duty cycle, opting to scrap Sledgehammer's scheduled 2020 title and put Treyarch's Black Ops 5 to release in 2020. This is caused after some tension between Sledgehammer Games and Raven, the studio assisting with Sledgehammer's game. Now both of these companies will be assisting with the campaign for Black Ops 5 and this also gives Treyarch only two years before their game is set to be released. Sony and Microsoft are working together! The two gaming giants have agreed to work together on a cloud based gaming service that is suppose to make it more enjoyable for gamers like us. But are they really doing it for us? Or because Google is right around the corner from releasing their own cloud based service? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/downloadable-gaming/support

Wanted to bring you guys a talk on the latest news about Treyarch taking over SHG games and planning on making their next game in 2020 which is most likely going to be BO5.

ICE arrests rapper 21 Savage, says he's in the US illegally. Sledgehammer Games co-founder Michael Condrey will lead a new 2K development studio based in Silicon Valley. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pixel-sultan/support

In today’s episode Oliver was joined via Skype by Aaron McLeran, Lead Audio Programmer at Epic Games. Aaron’s first taste of audio programming was writing computer music in CSound while in graduate school at University of Notre Dame (when he was supposed to be doing astrophysics research). Realising his true calling, he left physics to study procedural and interactive computer music, audio synthesis, and audio analysis with Dr. Curtis Roads at the University of Santa Barbara. His first game audio experience was writing procedural music on Spore where he got to collaborate with Brian Eno and Maxis’ audio director Kent Jolly on writing much of the game’s truly procedural music. His next game audio gig was a sound designer on Dead Space 2 where he wrote much of the games interactive audio systems in Lua along with accomplished audio director Don Veca. He made the leap from technical sound designer to audio programmer at Sledgehammer Games where he worked on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. His next audio programming gig was at ArenaNet where he got to wrangle with the unpredictability and scale of game audio in the context of an MMO and developed some pretty cool tech around for player-created music and musical interaction. He’s currently working on a new multi-platform audio mixer backend for UE4 and developing new tech and approaches to game audio for VR. Aaron speaks to Oliver about all things Game Audio and Procedural Audio and his unusual entry into the industry. For more information follow: http://1618digital.com/immersive-audio-podcast-episode-7-aaron-mcleran/ Subscribe: 1618digital.com/#contact

The bosses of Sledgehammer Games are stepping down, and it turns out that's actually pretty interesting. Also, it's the 100th episode of this podcast!

Harley graduate Ryan Atkinson '11 shares how our school helped lay the groundwork for his current job at Sledgehammer Games. Where he most recently acted as a Level Designer for Call of Duty: WWII.   Ryan worked on the single player team to create, iterate, and polish combat setups across 6 levels. He worked in tandem with environment artists, animators, and the FVX and lighting team while guiding different experiences based off of his design and designs that were directed by level leads.

Nos vestimos con nuestro uniforme de batalla, cascos y rifles para afrontar un podcast de lo más cruento gracias a nuestro análisis de Call of Duty: WWII, lo último de Activision y Sledgehammer Games que nos retrotrae a la concurrida época bélica que tantas veces hemos visitado en los shooters en primera persona. No todo será análisis, ya que en esta ocasión volvemos a brindaros las noticias mas relevantes del panorama videojueguil, relacionadas con el Black Friday de Xbox, Star Wars: Battlefront 2, Respawn Entertainment, la posibilidad de regalar juegos y The Game Awards. ¡Carga tu arma y sintoniza nuestra frecuencia podcast! Staff que ha participado en este podcast: @VadilloMario @Dieg0CP @Bertovision_91 @marbozcriters Música utilizada en este podcast: Miguel Ríos - Bienvenidos (Instrumental) Call Of Duty WWII - A Brotherhood Of Heroes Call of Duty_ WWII - Cobra in the Hedgerow The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - Kakariko Village

Nos vestimos con nuestro uniforme de batalla, cascos y rifles para afrontar un podcast de lo más cruento gracias a nuestro análisis de Call of Duty: WWII, lo último de Activision y Sledgehammer Games que nos retrotrae a la concurrida época bélica que tantas veces hemos visitado en los shooters en primera persona. No todo será análisis, ya que en esta ocasión volvemos a brindaros las noticias mas relevantes del panorama videojueguil, relacionadas con el Black Friday de Xbox, Star Wars: Battlefront 2, Respawn Entertainment, la posibilidad de regalar juegos y The Game Awards. ¡Carga tu arma y sintoniza nuestra frecuencia podcast! Staff que ha participado en este podcast: @VadilloMario @Dieg0CP @Bertovision_91 @marbozcriters Música utilizada en este podcast: Miguel Ríos - Bienvenidos (Instrumental) Call Of Duty WWII - A Brotherhood Of Heroes Call of Duty_ WWII - Cobra in the Hedgerow The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - Kakariko Village

Call of Duty is top best-selling first-person shooter series based on real events, but lately it has veered into futuristic sci-fi country. Call of Duty: World War II is an attempt to go back to the games WW2 roots. And historian Marty Morgan is there to make sure they get it right. He's an expert in military history who specializes in the World Wars. Morgan is a consultant for Sledgehammer Games. He has also has led hundreds of tour groups at the battle sites of D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, and Hürtgen Forest. Marty makes sure that everything is right in the series. He focuses on which guns should be used on the Western Front or insignia on soldier's uniform. He makes sure that snipers are actually using the rifles they would have at that time (don't get him started on the erroneous use of weapons in Saving Private Ryan). He led Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey, co-founders of Sledgehammer, through the battlefields of Europe in the middle of winter to get a real feel of the soldiers' wartime experience. There they faced three or four feet of snow. There were still foxholes and trenches in the middle of nowhere. In the forest they saw a 60-ton King Tiger tank left by the Germans because it was too heavy to move. He worked with the creative team to give historical accuracy to the most Hollywood of scenes in the game. At point point the writers wanted a scene with a train. They asked Marty, 'What sort of train would be transporting important equipment in April 1944 that we could crumple?” He came up with a German military train carrying a V2 Rocket that ends in a climactic crash.   RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Marty Morgan on Youtube www.martinkamorgan.com       TO HELP OUT THE SHOW Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher