Big Week in Gaming Podcast

Swinny and integot go deep on the Ubisoft Forward event (00:04:00) and share their retrospective on TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine classic, Bonk's Adventure (1989) (02:35:20).

Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:04:00 - Ubisoft Forward event, Far Cry 6

00:14:40 - Ubisoft Forward event, Assassin's Creed Valhalla

00:27:25 - Ubisoft Forward event, Watch Dogs: Legion, Free Watch Dogs 2 For PC

00:37:45 - Ubisoft Forward event, Hyper Scape

00:42:00 - Ubisoft Forward event, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint

00:44:55 - Ubisoft Forward event, Brawlhalla comes to mobile... Yay?

00:48:25 - Ubisoft Forward event, wrap-up

00:49:30 - Skull & Bones rebooted and delayed

00:52:11 - Ubisoft executive fall-out

01:05:00 - Xbox 20/20 event announced for July 23rd

01:11:15 - Phil Spencer announcing Project xCloud & Game Pass integration

01:23:25 - Half life 3 cancelled

01:30:00 - Sony buys $250m (360m AUD) stake in Epic Games

01:33:00 - Microsoft expresses interest in buying WB Games

01:35:00 - Tencent looking to buy Leyou (Digital Extremes, Splash Damage)

01:36:30 - Devolver Direct/ Devolverland Expo

01:40:00 - NES lego set, 350AUD, 230USD, 210GBP on 1 August

01:46:30 - Copy of Super Mario Bros. sells for $114k USD (163k AUD)

01:50:00 - PS5 and Xbox Series X box art revealed

01:56:20 - DS5 hands-on with Geoff Keighley

01:58:30 - Stadia Connect, yes, because of Super Bomberman R Online

02:01:50 - Sony ramps up production of PS5

02:03:00 - Xbox One X and Xbox One S All-Digital Edition discontinued in Australia (and Worldwide)

02:07:30 - Dragon's Dogma Netflix series

02:09:30 - Monster Hunter movie delayed

02:11:30 - Uncharted movie starts filming

02:13:30 - Slippi update (Smash Bros Melee roll-back netcode)

02:17:45 - Minecraft - support being ended for a number of platforms

02:19:30 - Halo 3 on PC

02:21:10 - DOOM SNES source code released

02:22:15 - Physical Official Smash Bros invite letter stationery kit

02:23:00 - Amiibo are dead. Look, new Amiibo

02:23:45 - Ghost of Tsushima & Paper Mario launch to positive reviews

02:24:00 - Paper Mario launch with positive reception from critics but mixed emotions from fans

02:25:40 - Donkey Kong Country headlines new games on Nintendo Switch Online

02:26:30 - 5 years ago, retrospective

02:28:25 - Switch sales

02:29:30 - Playstation Plus games

02:30:00 - Epic Games Store

02:31:40 - Xbox Gamepass, Xbox Games with Gold (July)

02:35:20 - Bonk's Adventure (1989) retrospective

02:58:15 - Outro