Ubisoft starts the season of next-generation announcements with a big title: Assassin's Creed Valhalla. We speculate what Microsoft intends to show during their first Xbox Series X stream, and we consider the potential impact of Geoff Keighley's replacement for E3 2020. And for current-gen gaming, Sony firmly dates The Last of Us Part II and Ghost of Tsushima for PS4. These stories and more discussed on this episode!
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04:41 - Review Rundown (Predator, Trials of Mana, Gears Tactics, Streets of Rage 4, and more)
21:40 - Assassin’s Creed Valhalla announced as a cross-generation title for Holiday 2020.
32:00 - Microsoft will host a new Inside Xbox event on May 7th, focusing entirely on Xbox Series X gameplay from third parties.
47:04 - VentureBeat: Nintendo is not planning a Nintendo Direct presentation for June.
57:18 - Geoff Keighley announces “Summer Game Fest,” a multiple month celebration of video games.
1:11:58 - Updated release dates for The Last of Us Part II and Ghost of Tsushima.
1:21:59 - EVO 2020 is cancelled due to COVID-19.
1:31:16 - Jason Schreier leaves Kotaku for Bloomberg News.
1:33:38 - Crysis Remastered coming to PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC this summer.
1:38:22 - Google's latest “Stadia Connect” presentation for 2020 announces EA titles, Octopath Traveler, and PUBG for Stadia.
1:45:02 - According to a former designer of The Initiative, the team is working on a game with “weapons, gadgets, and a camera surveillance system." Could this be Perfect Dark?
1:52:09 - Release dates announced for Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated and Destroy All Humans!.
1:54:35 - Lightning Round (Death Stranding, Mario Maker 2, Kirby, Gamescom, Final Fantasy VII, and more).