Viewport Relay

It's the end of year 3, which means another installment of Annual Analysis! Thank you so much for all your support in the past three years. You can find all of our content (reviews, features, and of course, podcasts!) on our website: https://www.viewportgaming.com Want your thoughts featured on the podcast? Contact us on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/viewportgaming Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/viewportgaming/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/viewportgaming/

Continuing to talk about the new Nintendo Switch, dead games that aren't really dead, and Discord's acquisition news. News we talk about this episode: Square Enix Presents: https://www.polygon.com/22337940/square-enix-presents-march-2021-announcements-trailers-release-dates MS and Discord: https://twitter.com/business/status/1374183042600820743  Switch pro news: https://twitter.com/6d6f636869/status/1374260197724626944?s=19 ‘Marvel Avengers’ Sees 5x Player Increase After Hawkeye’s Release: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2021/03/22/marvels-avengers-sees-5x-player-increase-after-hawkeyes-release/?sh=3b7f17ce738a Fallout 76 | Fallout 76: Inside the Vault – 2021 Roadmap and AMA: https://fallout.bethesda.net/en/article/5XyzcQiBzFCYI4hMris1L3/fallout-76-inside-the-vault-2021-roadmap-and-ama Play at Home 2021: https://blog.playstation.com/2021/03/17/play-at-home-2021-update-10-free-games-to-download-this-spring/ You can find all of our content (reviews, features, and of course, pod

We talk Perfect Tower II, Loop Hero, State of Play, new Pokemon games, dead games, and the new Nintendo Switch. News we talk about in this episode: February 2021 - State of Play: https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-playstation-state-of-play-february-2021-live-updates-everything-announced-news Pokemon Sinnoh Remakes + RPG: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/pokemon-legends-arceus-plus-pokemon-brilliant-diamond-and-pokemon-shining-pearl-for-nintendo-switch Anthem: https://blog.bioware.com/2021/02/24/anthem-update/ Artifact: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/583950/view/3047218819080842820 Jason Schreier: "Following the success of Jedi Fallen Order and the failure of Anthem, EA has allowed BioWare to make the next Dragon Age a single-player RPG. Previously, it was planned as a service game": https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1365005940739743745 Nintendo to buy rigid OLED display panels from Samsung Display for a new Switch model planned this year, people familiar with the m

Two events happened in the past 2 weeks, so let's talk about it. We talk Nintendo Direct, and Blizzcon. You can find all of our content (reviews, features, and of course, podcasts!) on our website: https://www.viewportgaming.com Want your thoughts featured on the podcast? Contact us on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/viewportgaming Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/viewportgaming/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/viewportgaming/

After many, many technical difficulties over the past month, Viewport Relay is back for 2021! News we talk about in this episode: Total War: WARHAMMER III Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4 won’t be released in 2021, Activision Blizzard says Gearbox has been bought by Embracer Group in $1.3 billion deal Mass Effect Legendary Edition Launching May 14, 2021 Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google account gets locked Google Stadia Shuts Down Internal Studios, Changing Business Focus Creator of Bugsnax says the game has already outsold its previous title despite being free for PS5 PS+ users Hitman 3 recoups project costs in under a week FINAL FANTASY XIV: ENDWALKER  E3 pushes forward with plans for a digital 2021 event   You can find all of our content (reviews, features, and of course, podcasts!) on our website: https://www.viewportgaming.com Want your thoughts featured on the podcast? Contact us on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/viewportgaming Facebo

We talk for 2 hours about 2020. Hope everyone has been enjoying their holidays, and see you all in the New Year! You can find all of our content (reviews, features, and of course, podcasts!) on our website: https://www.viewportgaming.com Want your thoughts featured on the podcast? Contact us on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/viewportgaming Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/viewportgaming/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/viewportgaming/

Come listen to us talk about Cyberpunk 2077 for an hour, then about TGAs. You can find all of our content (reviews, features, and of course, podcasts!) on our website: https://www.viewportgaming.com Want your thoughts featured on the podcast? Contact us on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/viewportgaming Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/viewportgaming/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/viewportgaming/

We did it. After 61 episodes, the Viewport team finally unanimously agrees on something. News articles we discuss in this episode: Marvel's Avengers Hasn't Recouped Its Development Costs Yet: https://www.ign.com/articles/marvels-avengers-hasnt-recouped-its-development-costs-yet   Major Super Smash Bros Melee Online Tournament Shut Down by Nintendo C&D: https://twitter.com/TheBigHouseSSB/status/1329521081577857036 New The World Ends with You game announced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thvqIawz5lc IOI James Bond: https://twitter.com/IOInteractive/status/1329420059048091650 PS5's Activities System Makes Playing Open World Games Brutally Efficient: https://www.vice.com/en/article/93wb8d/ps5s-activities-system-makes-playing-open-world-games-brutally-efficient You can find all of our content (reviews, features, and of course, podcasts!) on our website: https://www.viewportgaming.com Want your thoughts featured on the podcast? Contact us on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.co

We spend the better part of the hour talking about the new consoles that just came out and our thoughts about them. News articles we discuss in this episode: Phil Spencer on Twitter - "Thank you for supporting the largest launch in Xbox history. In 24 hrs more new consoles sold, in more countries, than ever before.": https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/1326693095954550784?s=19 The Nioh Collection announced for PS5, launches next February: https://blog.playstation.com/2020/11/13/the-nioh-collection-announced-for-ps5-launches-next-february/ Mass Effect Legendary Edition announced: https://blog.bioware.com/2020/11/07/happy-n7-day-4/ Deathloop launches May 21, 2021: https://www.gematsu.com/2020/11/deathloop-launches-may-21-2021 You can find all of our content (reviews, features, and of course, podcasts!) on our website: https://www.viewportgaming.com Want your thoughts featured on the podcast? Contact us on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/viewportgaming Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/viewpor

Welcome to one of our longest episodes ever! We talk delays, next-gen, and take a trip down memory lane to talk about our favorites from 8th gen. News articles we discuss in this episode: Cyberpunk 2077 release date delayed slightly again: https://twitter.com/CyberpunkGame/status/1321128432370176002 Hackers reportedly jailbreak the Oculus Quest 2, bypassing its forced Facebook login: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-10-28-hackers-reportedly-jailbreak-the-oculus-quest-2-bypassing-its-forced-facebook-login Halo Infinite Director leaves project: https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1321494790098354177?s=21 Kojima Productions confirms a new project is in development and is looking to hire the best-in-class talent to work out of our Tokyo Studio: https://twitter.com/KojiPro2015_EN/status/1319201597117718528?s=19 You can find all of our content (reviews, features, and of course, podcasts!) on our website: https://www.viewportgaming.com Want your thoughts featured on the podcast? Contact us on soc

Honestly, it's been a pretty quiet 2 weeks on the gaming front with all the next-gen news out of the way. We spend a little bit of time going over the headlines, but spend most of this episode talking about an assortment of topics through the power of game segments! News articles we discuss in this episode: Cyberpunk 2077 has gone gold: https://twitter.com/CyberpunkGame/status/1313067011455569921?s=19 BUGSNAX GOES GOLD: https://twitter.com/YoungHorses/status/1314207723106435073 CoD: Modern Warfare on PC no longer fits on a 250GB SSD and can't be updated: https://twitter.com/BattleNonSense/status/1312361436514054146 Related Update: https://twitter.com/Tyrael/status/1315718167658811393?s=20 Steve and Alex From Minecraft Joins Super Smash Bros!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaDhtEcX1TM&ab_channel=Nintendo [Larian CEO] Our sales are insane - this is just Early Access you all. We just wanted to have a nice little community to iterate with. Now what are we going to do?: https://twitter.com/LarAtLarian

Microsoft makes a big play this episode, there's another cloud gaming player in the mix, and we talk long games. Welcome back to the Relay. News articles we discuss in this episode: Welcoming the Talented Teams and Beloved Game Franchises of Bethesda to Xbox: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/09/21/welcoming-bethesda-to-the-xbox-family/ Phil Spencer: Xbox plans to honor the PS5 exclusivity commitment for Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1308062702905044993 Todd Howard On Joining Xbox: https://bethesda.net/en/article/4IwKWIj174Cb2QNTTtBAEb/todd-howard-on-joining-xbox A closer look at Luna, Amazon's cloud gaming service: https://www.engadget.com/luna-amazon-cloud-gaming-interview-pwa-apple-173948922.html?guccounter=1 Cyberpunk 2077 Campaign Will Be Shorter Than The Witcher 3's Because A Lot of People Didn't Finish It - IGN: https://www.ign.com/articles/cyberpunk-2077-campaign-will-be-shorter-than-the-witcher-3s-because-a-lot-of-people-didnt-finish-it Farmville offici

It's finally here. Next-gen is about to become current-gen. We talk about the prices, launch dates, and games of the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Did the Viewport team get their preorders in? Tune in and find out. News articles we discuss in this episode: PlayStation on Twitter: PlayStation 5 Showcase broadcasts live this Wednesday at 1pm Pacific Time: https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/1304768250400530432 Actual conference reveals: https://kotaku.com/everything-sony-announced-in-todays-ps5-event-1845082097 Xbox Series X launches Nov 10 for $499. Pre orders start Sep 22nd: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/consoles/xbox-series-x?xr=shellnav Xbox Series S: https://youtu.be/fYtJWIxt3-M Ubisoft Forward Sep 2020: https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/1CRqvtLkZ5mz3o9WCQbZdk/ubisoft-forward-september-2020-recap You can find all of our content (reviews, features, and of course, podcasts!) on our website: https://www.viewportgaming.com Want your thoughts featured on the podcast? Contact us on socia

We talk an update on Epic, Tristan's mastery of Fall Guys, Airplanes, and weird games. News articles we talk about this episode: Fortnite pulled from Apple’s App Store: https://www.polygon.com/2020/8/13/21366455/fortnite-ios-apple-app-store-gone-removed-v-bucks-change-discount More recent update on Apple v Epic stuff: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/28/21406013/apple-epic-games-fortnite-developer-account-terminated-no-longer-available As of today, Fall Guys is the most downloaded PS Plus game of all time on a global basis. https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/1298606121549041664?s=19 Microsoft Flight Simulator is the new “Crysis”, current-gen CPUs unable to offer 60fps on High/Ultra https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/microsoft-flight-simulator-is-the-new-crysis-current-gen-cpus-unable-to-offer-60fps-on-high-ultra/ Sony looking into bringing more 1st party titles to PC https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/iitws3/sony_looking_into_bringing_more_1st_party_titles/ Suicide Squad: Kill Th

Epic faces off against Apple and Google, Halo gets delayed, and we talk Sonic Lore. News articles we talk about this episode: Apple removes Fortnite from App Store, Google follows suit: https://www.polygon.com/2020/8/13/21366455/fortnite-ios-apple-app-store-gone-removed-v-bucks-change-discount Apple has informed Epic Games that it will "terminate all [their] developer accounts and cut Epic off from iOS and Mac development tools" on August 28th, according to a new statement. HALO Infinite delayed to 2021:https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1293261002037841920?s=20 Fall Guys is Devolver Digital’s Biggest Launch Ever with Over 100k Players and #4 on Steam: https://www.githyp.com/fall-guys-is-devolver-digitals-biggest-launch-ever-with-over-100k-players-on-steam/ Fall Guys sold 2 million on steam in a week: https://twitter.com/devolverdigital/status/1292807456452685826 Yoshinori Ono is leaving Capcom: https://twitter.com/yoshi_onochin/status/1292430444672163842 You can find all of our content (reviews, featur

We talk about the Xbox event, XPlay/G4, and Tristan's ranty thoughts on Destiny 2 and Valorant. There's also a game at the end! XBox Series X Games Showcase: https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/23/21331849/xbox-series-x-games-event-trailers-gameplay-announcements-microsoft Halo: "We can confirm Halo Infinite multiplayer will be free-to-play and will support 120FPS on Xbox Series X.: https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1289298976550731776 Rocket League going Free to Play and moving to EGS: https://www.rocketleague.com/news/rocket-league-going-free-to-play-this-summer/ XPlay returning in 2021: https://twitter.com/xplay/status/1286705200292663297 Ghost of Tsushima is now PS4's fastest selling first-party original IP debut with more than 2.4 million units sold through globally in its first 3 days of sales.: https://twitter.com/playstation/status/1286632240949219331?s=21 You can find all of our content (reviews, features, and of course, podcasts!) on our website: https://www.viewportgaming.com Want your thoughts f

It finally happened. SMTV made a comeback. We talk about Ubisoft Forward, Devolver Digital, and a bunch of new games. Ubisoft Forward: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ubisoft-forward-all-the-game-news-and-announcement/1100-6479366/ PlayStation worldwide marketing head Eric Lempel says they will give gamers plenty of advance notice for PS5 pre-orders: https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1284163872694272000 Devolver Direct: https://cogconnected.com/2020/07/games-devolvers-digital-direct/ SMT5 still exists and will release in 2021 and surprise remaster of SMT3: Nocturne coming to switch (and PS4):  https://www.siliconera.com/shin-megami-tensei-v-will-appear-in-2021/ https://www.siliconera.com/shin-megami-tensei-iii-nocturne-hd-remaster-is-coming-to-nintendo-switch-in-spring-2021/ You can find all of our content (reviews, features, and of course, podcasts!) on our website: https://www.viewportgaming.com   Want your thoughts featured on the podcast? Contact us on social media!  

Welcome to the first episode of the summer. We talk about tragedies in the industry, upcoming games, and conferences.  News articles we talk about: Kongregate no longer accepting new games: https://www.kongregate.com/forums/1-kongregate/topics/1916387-important-kongregate-announcement EVO Online canceled - EVO drops Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar after recent sexual misconduct allegations: https://twitter.com/EVO/status/1278859734099963904 Twitch Streamer Reckful Has Passed Away Aged 31: https://twitter.com/Slasher/status/1278732395756355586 Amazon's Crucible Goes From Release Back to Closed Beta: https://www.playcrucible.com/en-us/news/articles/developer-update-crucible-beta Devolver Press Conference July 11: https://twitter.com/devolverdigital/status/1279804926923808770 Xbox Games Showcase July 23: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-games-showcase Microsoft is shutting down Mixer on July 22: https://blog.mixer.com/2020/06/22/the-next-step-for-mixer/ You can find all of our content (reviews, features, and

It's been a while. There's been a lot of news in the past month (well, the past two weeks). We spend a lot of time talking about the PSV, EA, PC Gaming Show, and a lot more! Join the viewport team on the discussion! News articles we talk about: PS5: https://blog.playstation.com/2020/06/11/ps5-showcase-recap-everything-you-need-to-know/ EA Play Live: https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/ea-play-live-2020-how-to-watch-news-updates-and-everything-you-need-to-know-2672298 PC Gaming Show 2020: https://www.ign.com/articles/pc-gaming-show-2020-everything-announced-and-revealed Crash 4: https://www.theverge.com/21296319/crash-bandicoot-4-announced-ps4-xbox-one-price-date Cyberpunk Delayed Again:https://twitter.com/CyberpunkGame/status/1273647385294626816 Microsoft is shutting down Mixer and partnering with Facebook Gaming: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/22/21299032/microsoft-mixer-closing-facebook-gaming-partnership-xcloud-features Min Min in Smash Bros.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg

We spend a lot of time talking about our backlog this episode. And a bunch of news. News articles we talk about: Paper Mario: Origami King: https://papermario.nintendo.com Unreal 5: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/a-first-look-at-unreal-engine-5  Steam Spring Cleaning Update: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/steams-new-event-isnt-trying-to-sell-you-new-games/1100-6477580/   You can find all of our content (reviews, features, and of course, podcasts!) on our website: https://www.viewportgaming.com Want your thoughts featured on the podcast? Contact us on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/viewportgaming Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/viewportgaming/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/viewportgaming/