Video Game Logic Episode 135: The Failure Conga Line

This week Shrink & Rage kick the dumpster fire that is Bethesda while Rage rages on about the Epic Games Store.

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Show Highlights & Timestamps

• Games We Played (4:31)

• Epic Games Store Pro Dev but Anti Consumer (44:49)

• The Bethesda Failure Conga Line Continues (1:25:52)

• Nintendo Rolls Back Content Creator Program (1:42:51)

• Boosting now a criminal offense in South Korea (1:53:35)

• Steam has bugs, and issues with adult content….again (2:03:36)

• Community Corner (2:21:22)

• Discovery Queue (2:41:06)

 

Games We Played

Rage:

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Shrink:

Planet Explorers

 

News

• Epic Games Store

As Epic Games Store revs up, some developers scrap or delay Steam releases

Some games on Epic Store can cost up to 300% more compared to Steam for dozens of millions of users (regional pricing issues)

Epic Games Store Fails to Comply With GDPR Regulations – Might Face Trouble in EU

Epic Launches Digital Games Store With 88 Percent Revenue Going To Developers

The Epic Games Store is slick, but has some key flaws right now

The Guy Behind Steam Spy Has Been Working On Epic's Store For Years

What's the deal with Epic Games Store refunds?

 

• The Continuing Failures of Bethesda

Bethesda leaked Fallout 76 customer names, addresses, contact details

Latest Fallout 76 patch contains huge amount of undocumented changes, including stealth nerfs across the board

Yong Yea

 

• Nintendo Axes Content Creator Program

Announcement

Nintendo pulls plug on YouTube Creators Program

 

• South Korea Makes Boosting Illegal

Boosting now a criminal offence in South Korea

 

• Steam Once Again Has Issue with Adult Content and Deals with Bugs

Valve banning "child exploitation" games from Steam

Steam’s discoverability bug was part of an attempt to improve the search algorithm

Valve offers explanation for October drop in Steam traffic

Steam bans erotic games with young-looking characters

 

Discovery Queue

Rage:

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

Edge Of Eternity

Beholder 2

War of Rights

Thea 2: The Shattering

Battle Princess Madelyn

 

Shrink:

Override: Mech City Brawl

Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2

Phantom Brigade