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It’s Frandrea Thursday and their chatting about the reveal of the new Play Date handheld console: it has a crank. Plus they discuss Ubisoft’s decision to not buff the Raid for console players, Nioh 2 is getting an alpha test, and Sony doubles down on their big exclusives for PS4.
Time Stamps -
00:02:18 - Housekeeping
Andrea will be in London this weekend at the What’s Good Games Meet Up on Sunday May 26th at the Marquis of Westminster from 3-6pm - see more details on her Twitter @andrearene or at Facebook.com/whatsgoodgames
Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack, Tom Bock, and Mohammed Mohammed
The Roper Report -
00:05:10 - NEW BLACK & WHITE GAMING HANDHELD ANNOUNCED: PLAYDATE By John Fingas (Engadget)
00:12:07 - NO PLANS TO CHANGE DIVISION 2 RAID DIFFICULTY
00:22:19 - NIOH 2 ALPHA TEST COMING SOON By Michael McWhertor (Polygon)
00:24:09 - BIG SONY EXCLUSIVES STILL PLANNED FOR PS4 Colin Stevens (IGN)
00:27:00 - SONY INTERACTIVE CHAIRMAN STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY By Brendan Sinclain (Games Industry Biz)
00:29:45 - TELLTALE GAMES BEING PULLED FROM GOG STOREFRONT
00:37:55 - Out today
00:43:30 - Quip
00:45:30 - Third Love
Reader mail -
00:47:12 - Do you think that gyro/motion controls are not more popular in shooters due to the higher learning curve? Or is it possible that they still carry a stigma of being childish- spawned from the gimmicky motion controls of the Wii era? - Tiz
00:50:55 - Do you guys see Sony coming back to E3 next year? - BJ Bernardo
00:56:12 - Squad Up: David Scott (PS4) - DemonWaffle6
00:57:50 - You‘re Wrong
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