Easy Allies Podcast #258 - March 19, 2021
Added 2021-03-19 18:52:00 +0000 UTCVideo Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ8EcFDkDyw
Sony made big moves this week, acquiring Evo and partnering with Jade Raymond to create Haven Studios. We try to foresee the outcome of these investments, while getting excited about Forspoken and the next chapter of Life is Strange.
00:01:08 - Corrections
00:02:40 - Silver Lining
00:03:41 - Sony buys Evo
00:17:53 - Life is Strange: True Colors
00:33:52 - Forspoken
00:44:04 - Other Square Enix updates
01:04:03 - Jade Raymond’s new studio
01:12:30 - Also This Week...
01:18:01 - L&R - Game: Which number is higher?
01:24:21 - L&R - Game: Hollywood collaborations
01:31:49 - L&R - What genres deserve attention?
01:35:08 - L&R - Personal knowledge influencing games
01:41:12 - L&R - Game: Easy Allies Stream Quiz
01:49:41 - L&R - Jones feels himself
01:50:47 - Time For Bets
01:55:15 - Closing
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Comments
EVO was already a big pay for play scheme, that had developers basically give money under the table if you wanted your game featured, so it hasn't been grass roots for awhile. I think this deal gives the tournament a bit more stability and hopefully more polish, plus more money and support into the fgc eventually trickles down and helps the players and allows them to continue to make a living and follow their dream.
A Joker Fan
2021-03-23 19:20:24 +0000 UTCThankful you put the EVO acquisition at the top of the podcast! Can't wait to hear Ben's take. There's a LOT more going on with Smash and I'm glad you didn't dip into it too much because..phew. Controversy. But Nintendo (aside from not wanting to showcase Smash's bad netcode, especially as roll back is making it's way into the other games) pulled away hard from the Smash competitive scene after a big list of outed pedophiles. Like I said, nasty business. That aside, as a fighting game nerd the only real concern is since Sony is taking the reigns how much are they REALLY going to be able to sit back and let this tournament they now own high light games from other platforms. How much will they REALLY allow older titles a time to shine. Evo is pretty corporate so I think they're far from their humble origins, but I still feel like Sony wouldn't highlight a game like "Them's fightin' herds" at Evo (good netcode or not). Future feels uncertain. Not bad but just uncertain.
Raven Perez
2021-03-21 09:23:08 +0000 UTCJones, you should try a trophy percentage bet
Ibrahim Sozer
2021-03-20 06:55:39 +0000 UTCHehe, I love hearing, and saying Taika Waititi’s name. Sounds like a Jawa cursing at someone. 😅
Seanie Dee
2021-03-20 04:12:55 +0000 UTCQuick Correction: Devotion wasn't 'falsely rumored' to be released on GoG, it had a page and everything all set up for it. It wasn't until Red Candle games tweeted about the game's upcoming release (they tweeted December 16th, 2020 with the game's release being the 18th) that Good Old Games within several hours later tweeted they would be pulling the release from the store as a result of 'many messages'.
CursedSushi
2021-03-19 22:00:28 +0000 UTC
