About this episode

The episode discusses recent developments in the gaming industry, including Sony's removal of low-quality games, Rockstar's legal issues, Epic Games layoffs, and Nintendo's patent revocation.

On our 94th episode, we talked about the following subject: Sony Removes Over 1,000 Low-Quality Games From PlayStation Store Rockstar Games Illegally Underpaid Staff at GTA 6 Studio, UK Government Confirms - RockstarINTEL Fortnite Maker Epic Games Cuts About 1,000 Jobs Across Company - Bloomberg https://www.reddit.com/r/ItsAllAboutGames/s/8yWuU0pMFX US patent office revokes Nintendo’s patent on summoning characters to make them battle | VGC Disney could be interested in buying Fortnite maker Epic Games, but not everyone's on board with the idea | Eurogamer.net Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Dev Is Reportedly Developing The $100 Million Lord Of The Rings Game Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: High Ping Basterds

Topics covered

• gaming news
• video game industry
• layoffs
• patents
• game development

Keywords

• Sony
• Rockstar Games
• Epic Games
• Nintendo
• gaming news
• layoffs
• patents

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sony, PlayStation Store, Rockstar Games, GTA 6, UK Government, Epic Games, Bloomberg, Nintendo, Disney, Eurogamer.net

Products: Lord Of The Rings Game

Places: US

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