Nintendo sued over Mario Kart
Ep 49 of NecroNews, where we go through the latest gaming news in the past week so you don't have to~
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Timecodes:
00:00 Intro - THANK YOU FOR 2K SUBS!
00:09 Intro - Future Zelda Games Will Be Like TOTK
00:44 Warthunder Community Riots Over Economy Changes
01:18 Indie Dev 'Rusty Lake' Unable to Secure Discord Name
01:55 Industry News - Condensed Stories from the Industry
02:56 Blizzard Email Leaks, Promising Larger Scale AI Uses
03:39 Activision Takes Down Fan Project Iw4x
04:12 The Crowd Goes Mild: PEGI Fines ActiBlizz £5K
04:36 Rayark Accused Of Replacing Artists With AI
05:21 Japanese Man Arrested For Youtube Gameplay
06:15 Nintendo Sued for Mario Kart Tour Lootboxes
07:03 BuriedAliveBanger: Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
07:50 Games Releasing This Week
08:03 Outro
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Articles:
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Aonuma finds Old Zelda format "restricting":
https://www.gameinformer.com/interview/2023/05/12/interview-tears-of-the-kingdom-and-the-state-of-zelda-with-aonuma-and
War Thunder drama:
https://www.pcgamesn.com/war-thunder/review-bombs
Rusty Lake can't get their Discord:
https://www.pcgamer.com/indie-studio-warns-other-developers-after-being-unable-to-claim-its-own-name-on-discord/
Ubisoft's Star wars:
https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisofts-open-world-star-wars-game-reportedly-targeting-early-2024-release
Prince of Persia Sands of time remake nowhere near done:
https://noisypixel.net/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time-remake-still-conception-phase/
Dragonball Fighterz gets rollback netcode:
https://twitter.com/BNEesports/status/1660646693350645766
Crypt of the Necrodancer studio gets layoffs:
https://www.pcgamer.com/crypt-of-the-necrodancer-studio-confirms-layoffs-as-many-as-half-its-employees-may-be-gone/
Warhammer 40k Dawn of War's devs get layoffs:
https://www.pcgamer.com/company-of-heroes-studio-relic-entertainment-lays-off-over-100-employees/
ActivisionBlizzard wants to use more AI:
https://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-execs-sound-very-excited-about-ai-want-to-use-it-for-level-design-coding-and-anti-toxicity/
Activision nukes 1WAX:
https://www.pcgamer.com/activision-nukes-another-call-of-duty-fan-project-from-orbit-thank-you-all-for-your-support-over-the-years
Activision Blizzard fined for Diablo Immortal:
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/activision-blizzard-plaion-fined-for-not-disclosing-loot-boxes
Rayark using AI:
https://tryhardguides.com/chinese-developer-rayark-has-allegedly-fired-entire-art-team-in-favor-of-ai/
Man arrested for uploading gameplay to Youtube:
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japanese-police-make-first-ever-youtuber-arrest-for-uploading-video-game-gameplay-videos
Nintendo SUED:
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nintendo-receives-lawsuit-over-mario-kart-tour-microtransactions
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Buried Alive Banger:
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE:
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Games Coming Out:
Company of Heroes 3 (PS5, XSX/S) - May 30
System Shock (PC) - May 30
Poly Bridge 3 (PC) - May 30
Return to Grace (PC) - May 30
Friends vs Friends (PC) - May 30
Candle Knight (PC) - May 31
Doomblade (PC) - May 31
Decarnation (PC, Switch) - May 31
Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection (PC, Switch) - June 1
Killer Frequency (PC, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX/S, Switch) - June 1
Street Fighter 6 (PC, PS4, PS5, XSX/S) - June 2
Super Mega Baseball 4 (PC, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX/S, Switch) - June 2
We Love Katamari Reroll + Royal Reverie (PC, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX/S, Switch) - June 2
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