Show Notes
Jeff Grubb is joined by Josh Coulson from TheGamer to chat about Riot ending active development for fighting game 2XKO, Take-Two issuing subpoenas to Microsoft and Discord over GTA VI leaks, FromSoftware's network test for The Duskbloods ending early, and more!
00:00 - Intro 04:20 - FromSoftware Gives Up On Today’s The Duskbloods Network Test After Two Hours Of Failed Logins 13:00 - Riot is effectively putting 2XKO into maintenance mode 19:40 - Take-Two Subpoenas Trove Of Records From Microsoft And Discord As It Hunts For GTA 6 Leaker 29:30 - Break 29:50 - Microsoft has stopped giving Circana its actual digital game-sales data 38:00 - Compulsion Games pulls off management buyout and separates from Xbox 41:00 - Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls sold fewer than 3,000 units in Japan in its first week 46:30 - Bungie reportedly had "5 or 6 games" in development, including Marathon and Destiny 2 – but most fell apart after Sony's $3.6 billion acquisition 51:50 - Xbox Leak Claims Limited Edition Anniversary Series X Will Cost A Whopping $900
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