Day 0 Update #18 – Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

On this week’s episode we discuss Konami’s possible departure from the games industry, Hatred being released on Steam, and why we can’t have nice things. All that and a lot more on this edition of the Day 0 Update!

5/3/2015 Show Notes

• What are we playing?
  • Patrick: Shovel Knight, Mortal Kombat X, FF Record Keeper
  • Filippo: Defense Grid 2, Mortal Kombat X, Royals
  • Brandon: GTA V, Broken Age
  • Theresa: Pokecrap errrywhere, Mii Plaza, just started FTL
• Introducing SmashPad Shrapnel, a combination news brief/Day 0 Update spillover show
• E3 Preview: PC Gamer, AMD team up to give the PC is own E3 press conference
• Playtonic reveals Yooka-Laylee, and funds almost instantly on Kickstarter
• Batman Arkham Knight will cost $100 to get all story content.
• Remember when we pegged this as a major 2015 story? Hatred now has a release date.
• Valve calls off the paid mod experiment
  • Modders were getting death threats. This is why we can’t have nice things.
  • Valve also empowers developers to ban individuals from their games
• Konami voluntarily delists itself from NYSE
• Strong National Museum of Play announces first wave of Video Game HoF inductees
• Tabata taking much Final Fantasy XV criticism to heart
  • Top 15 complaints addressed directly
  • Demo update is planned, questions remain if Sony/Microsoft will allow it
  • GamesRadar had a great analytical piece on the overall theme

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Day 0 Update #18 - Why We Can't Have Nice Things

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