The Gamers Lounge Podcast Ep 24: "The Backlog of Summer"

Opening

What are you playing?

John - The Wolf Among Us (PS4), Yakuza 5 (PS3), Destiny Beta (PS4)

Erik - The Wolf Among Us (PC), Batman AO (PS3), Donkey Kong Country 2 (RetroN 5)

News

Boss Key Productions New Game Will Be FTP

http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/8/5880915/cliff-bleszinski-new-game-free-to-play-shooter-arena-nexon-pc

http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/10/5886805/cliff-bleszinski-reveals-first-bluestreak-concept-art

Homefront Director Leaves Crytek

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/07/14/homefront-the-revolution-director-reportedly-leaves-crytek?abthid=53c40e6c4a44a7031600000a

Lawsuit Dropped Against 38 Studios

http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/14/5897975/official-drops-out-of-lawsuit-but-still-no-end-in-sight-to-38-studios

http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/11/5890687/38-studios-monthly-costs-15000-last-employee

PS4 Struggles to Sell in Japan

http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/8/5880255/ps4-fails-to-impact-japanese-console-market

http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/11/5890997/ps4-japan-sales

Xbox One Sales Double in June

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/07/16/xbox-one-sales-double-from-may-to-june

PS4 Still #1 Selling Console in June

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/07/17/playstation-4-watch-dogs-top-june-sales-charts

Microsoft to Layoff 18,000

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/07/17/microsoft-to-lay-off-14-percent-of-its-workforce

Microsoft Shutting Down Xbox Entertainment

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/07/17/halo-tv-halo-nightfall-on-track-despite-xbox-entertainment-studios-closure

Gamestop May Fund Exclusive Content for Games

http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/10/5887169/gamestop-funding-exclusive-contentUbisoft Has Huge Q1 Sales

http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/10/5888561/watch-dogs-sales-ubisoft-8-million

Xbox One Update This Week

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/07/18/xbox-one-update-brings-huge-blu-ray-upgrade-remote-features

Sony May Add Early Access

http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/11/5890619/early-access-playstation-4-sony

DLC for Alien: Isolation Brings Back Original Movie Cast

http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/9/5883783/alien-isolation-ripley-dlc-preorder

Anything Else?

John’s Retro Finds

Summer backlog attack!

Closing

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