Podquisition 421: Your Choice of Crabs

Published: Jan. 19, 2023, 5 p.m.

One option seems less desirable.\n\nGames we played this week include: \nMelatonin (5:00)\nHades (10:40)\nCyberpunk 2077 (19:45)\nOmaze (38:40)\nDemon Quest 85 (41:35)\nChibi-Robo! (45:25)\nA Short Hike (51:10)\nThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (46:50)\n\n---\nNews things talked about in this episode:\nUbisoft delays Skull & Bones again and ends development on three unannounced games (1:05:35)\nhttps://www.gameinformer.com/2023/01/11/ubisoft-cancels-three-unannounced-games-skull-and-bones-delayed-again\n\nBeyond Good & Evil 2 allegedly still in development despite other cuts at Ubisoft (1:09:50)\nhttps://www.eurogamer.net/beyond-good-evil-2-still-in-development-ubisoft-insists\n\nUbisoft stock plummets, Yves pressures staff to take responsibility (1:13:40)\nhttps://kotaku.com/ubisoft-skull-bones-delay-assassins-creed-far-cry-cuts-1849975925\n\nWorkers being called to strike at Ubisoft Paris (1:15:25)\nhttps://twitter.com/SolInfoJeuVideo/status/1615263954955116546\n\nActivision acquisition now coming under fire from Google, Nvidia (1:18:55)\nhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-12/google-nvidia-express-concerns-to-ftc-about-microsoft-s-activision-deal\n\nThe EU has their own antitrust concerns about Microsoft acquiring ABK (1:20:15)\nhttps://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-faces-eu-antitrust-warning-over-activision-deal-sources-2023-01-16/\n\nThe Bored Ape game is hilariously convoluted and bad (1:22:00)\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7LiVBCZ69Q\n\n---\nBuy official Jimquisition merchandise from the Jimporium at thejimporium.com\n\nFind Laura at LauraKBuzz on Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, and Patreon. All her content goes on LauraKBuzz.com, and you can catch Access-Ability on YouTube every Friday.\n\nFollow Conrad at ConradZimmerman on Twitter and check out his Patreon (patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at pinfultruth.com.