The Bobby Blackwolf Show - October 6, 2024
Microsoft has discontinued the HoloLens 2, which was only available to businesses, and have decided to merely support other hardware with their software.
Ubisoft has listened to an activist investor, but instead of selling to private equity firms, they are looking into selling to Tencent.
This goes into a discussion about art and risks, and why the safe bet is to remake things that already exist.
Saudi Arabia is considering buying a larger stake in Nintendo according to a side comment in a podcast interview.
Then we talk to Rob about RetroAchievements and Randomizers.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - September 29, 2024
I did my first speedrun commentary for Doronko Wanko at Multithon Rivals 2024!
The Atari 50 DLC The Wider World of Atari is out, and has 19 new games and another chapter of video interviews and historical memorabilia.
There's a new California law stating that digital storefronts must disclose that you do not own what you purchase, you are merely licensing things, and that the licenses can be revoked.
An Activist Investor wants Ubisoft to sell to a private equity firm, and has the support of 10% of Ubisoft's shareholders.
Then we talk about Astro Bot, the Metaphor: ReFantazio demo, and the Atari 50 DLC with Rob.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - September 22, 2024
The Hallmark Keepsake ornaments are out, and this year's gaming console ornament is the original Xbox, and yes, I do have it.
I'm doing my first ever speedrun commentary on Multithon Rivals 2024! I'm commentating a race of Doronko Wanko on Friday, September 27, at 7PM ET/4PM PT.
Minecraft is dropping PSVR support on their PS4 version in early 2025.
IBM has won a patent lawsuit against Zynga using patents for the old 1989 online service Prodigy - of which my family were founding members of and I have memories.
Nintendo is finally suing Pocketpair, the makers of Palworld, in their own patent lawsuit, but Pocketpair does not know which patents they are violating.
Then I talk about Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, coming in 2025, and how RGG studio is so proud of their asset reuse and how it can allow them to release a new major game every 2-3 years.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - September 15, 2024
We start off remembering Andrew C. Greenberg, the co-creator of the Wizardry series of RPGs, who passed away earlier this month.
The Crew 2 is $1 until September 23rd!
Ubisoft has proclaimed that The Crew 2 and Motorfest will have offline modes before their servers are shut down.
The entire staff of Annapurna Interactive quit earlier this week due to failed negotiations to become independent.
Unity has cancelled their controversial runtime fees, and just raised the prices of subscriptions instead.
Flappy Bird is supposedly back, but not according to DONG Nguyen (who I keep misnaming as Doug throughout the entire live recording, sorry) - it is actually a crypto company who purchased the abandoned trademark and has no ties to the original creator.
Then we talk to Rob about a new world record in the gaming podcast space.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - September 8, 2024
We are back from Dragon Con, and I go over the activities I was involved with from a panel perspective. Be sure to check out VOG's YouTube channel for a much deeper dive into Dragon Con outside of video game talk!
Tetris Forever was announced at the Nintendo Direct, and it turns out it is Digital Eclipse's latest entry in their fantastic Gold Master Series.
SAG-AFTRA has made a deal with 80 game studios for an interim contract for voice actors seeking more protections from AI.
Since we last spoke, Concord launched and was removed two weeks later, and players were refunded for their purchase.
The Amazon Prime series Secret Level will still air it's Concord related episode, though!
Then we talk to Rob about virtual pinball and Dragon Con.
