Podquisition 595: On Strike!

Maybe should have planned this better.

Games we played this week include:
(0:04:45) Am I Nima
(0:09:00) Truck-Kun is Supporting Me From Another World
(0:13:20) Xenoblade Chronicles
(0:24:00) Scritchy Scratchy
(0:28:05) Choo-Choo Defenders
(0:33:45) Slay the Spire 2
(0:44:35) Cozy Game Restoration
(0:47:50) Bulbo's Belief System

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News things talked about in this episode:

(0:52:15) Xbox shedding studios
https://www.eurogamer.net/xbox-layoffs-business-reset
https://www.eurogamer.net/compulsion-double-fine-ninja-theory-xbox-studio-closures-report
https://www.theverge.com/games/950204/xbox-ninja-theory-shutdown-hellblade-senua
https://www.eurogamer.net/microsoft-restructuring-xbox

(1:03:35) Tencent cut off funding to Don’t Nod
https://www.eurogamer.net/dont-nod-funding-danger-next-project

(1:05:20) EA announces in-game advertising platform
https://www.eurogamer.net/ea-advertising-ads-in-game-content-integrations

(1:07:55) Switch eShop updated to not run like crap
https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-switch-eshop-update

 

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