Ep. 84: Going Remote

The Blacklisted Gaming Podcast

Well look at that, Doc has returned from his remote location down south! He's on the run from giving too many silver bullets to sailors and marines. Nonetheless, welcome back Doc! Raven software voted in favor to unionize, despite the attempts of Activision to sway them to vote no. This marks a turning point in the games industry as Raven becomes the first studio under a AAA publisher to unionize! Congratulations Raven!! Microsoft is dipping its toes into cloud gaming with it's new Xbox cloud streaming stick. Nobody really knows what this will look like, but there are reports that it'll be similar to the Amazon Firestick. Will Microsoft do it right, or end up like Google Stadia? In NFT news, Seth Green had been working on a new show centered around the famous BoredApe NFT. However, his plans are squashed just before production due to the NFT being stolen and sold. Now he no longer owns the rights to the character, and the show is at a stand still. NFTs are soo cool....... Battlefield 2042 rolled out a new update, and to no one's surprise it changes very little. In fact, the biggest part of the update is the removal of 120 player game modes as well as ending support for Hazard Zone. Not surprising as Hazard Zone was basically DOA. Gucci is now diving into the Esports world. You read that correctly, Gucci is getting into gaming. They announced recently on a Gaming Academy, geared to help gaming influencers understand the business aspect of Esports. Super weird.... but okay. These and more this week on the BLGP!!! Hope you all had a safe weekend, enjoy your coffee, and tune in next week for more!