In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley, Pete and Ciaran deep dive into a few news stories from the previous couple of week’s, including:

Small stories

Company of Heroes of Heroes announced
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl announced
Warframe Cross-Play update

Larger Stories

Red Dead Redemption Research - researchers from the University of Exeter found that players in Red Dead Redemption 2 learned how to identify real wildlife and even predict certain animal behaviours. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-57805418

Netflix adding games to its subscription service as early as next year - Netflix is still looking to break its way into the gaming market with the addition of games to its streaming service. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-14/netflix-plans-to-offer-video-games-in-expansion-beyond-films-tv

Steam Deck - Valve have finally unveiled their next big project, the Steam Deck, a portable gaming device built to play PC games on the go. https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/steam-deck-price-release-date-specs/

Super Mario 64 sold at auction for $1.5m - an unopened copy of Super Mario 64 broke records at an auction after being bought for $1.5m. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57804089

Xbox head, Phil Spencer, talks video game preservation and Game Pass’ role in it - Appearing on the Kinda Funny Gamescast, Phil expressed his interest in the topic of video game preservation, saying that the games industry needs to “come together” behind video game preservation

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