Podquisition 441: Rik Merlin

Published: June 8, 2023, 4 p.m.

A film out of time.\n\nGames we played this week include: \nAmnesia: The Bunker (19:00)\nInfernax (28:50)\nStreet Fighter 6 (33:10)\nOutriders (40:50)\nLegend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (44:05)\n\n---\nNews things talked about in this episode:\nBobby Kotick allowed to make wild claims about abuse allegations and unions in Variety interview (49:34)\nhttps://www.pcgamer.com/activision-blizzard-ceo-audaciously-claims-that-sexism-and-harassment-problems-were-made-up-by-an-aggressive-labor-movement-trying-to-destabilize-the-company/\n\nMicrosoft seems willing to pull out of UK over CMA refusal to allow merger with Activision (1:00:15)\nhttps://www.vg247.com/microsoft-withdraw-activision-uk\n\nYuji Naka likely to do time for financial crime (1:01:35)\nhttps://kotaku.com/yuji-naka-prison-square-enix-sonic-final-fantasy-1850501221\n\nNintendo set to launch game reported to have performed very poorly in focus testing (1:03:15)\nhttps://www.polygon.com/23746686/1-2-switch-sequel-release-date-nintendo-party-game\n \nReport from Bloomberg sheds light on issues at Arkane which resulted in Redfall (1:07:30)\nhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-01/arcane-s-redfall-misfire-for-xbox-panned-after-7-5-billion-microsoft-deal\n\nNiantic swears low shiny rate for remote raids in Pok\xe9mon Go event was totally an accident (1:11:35)\nhttps://www.eurogamer.net/pokemon-go-developer-sorry-for-technical-issue-which-saw-recently-nerfed-remote-raids-offer-worse-shiny-odds\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. You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at mercenarycreative.com.