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026: Money Losing Making Machine (Monster Hunter Rise Demo, Monster Hunter Rise Amiibo, Next Level Games Bought, History of Xbox Launch, NieR Automata's Final Secret, Donkey Kong Country 3 Review)
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With a heap of cool stories dropping, it's been another Big Week in Gaming for 10 Jan 2021. This week we give our impressions of the Monster Hunter Rise demo and chat about Bloomberg's fantastic OG Xbox launch history article, Minecraft Earth shutting down, a playable lost Tomb Raider remake prototype, Nintendo buying Next Level Games - and Microsoft forcing indie publisher Xitilion to revert it's shady achievement tactics.
We also continue our deep dive retrospective into the Donkey Kong Country series with the third entry on the SNES - Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble.
So... can you smell what the Bigwig crew are cooking?
- The Monster Hunter Rise demo and digital event
- NieR Automata's crazy final secret found via reverse engineering
- And our retrospective deep dive into Donkey Kong Country 3
Timecodes
- (00:00:00) Intro
- (00:29:31) Monster Hunter Rise - Digital Event & Demo Impressions
- (00:43:34) What's Happening With Monster Hunter Rise Amiibo In Australia?
- (00:49:19) Nintendo Buys Luigi's Mansion Dev - Next Level Games
- (00:54:55) History of the Xbox Launch - Big Names Interviewed
- (01:22:06) NieR Automata's Final Secret Uncovered By Reverse Engineering
- (01:31:18) Core Design's Cancelled Tomb Raider Remake Now Playable
- (01:37:05) Minecraft Earth Is Shutting Down
- (01:47:10) Microsoft Forces Xitilion To Revert Easy Achievements
- (02:15:09) Bargain Bin w/c Sun 10 Jan 2021
- (02:23:05) Retrospective: Donkey Kong Country 3 Review
- (03:17:52) Outro
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