Pixel Opinions Podcast
By Sandro Luketic
Pixel Opinions PodcastSep 25, 2023
Unity Pivot, Titanfall Patch and Xbox Leak
- Unity announces it's revamped pricing model
- Titanfall 2 receives patch to fix matchmaking
- Massive Xbox release due to FTC documents
Sony State of Play, Unity Pay Per Install, Nintendo Direct
- Everything From the Sony State of Play September 2023
- Unity Developers to be Charged a Pay Per-Install Fee
- Everything From the Nintendo Direct September 2023
Game Pass Trial, Volition Shut Down, and PS+ Price Increase
- Microsoft Pulls $1 Game Pass Trial Just Before Starfield Release
- Embracer Shuts Down Saints Row Studio Volition After 30 Years
- Sony is Raising PlayStation Plus Prices by up to $40 per year
360 Store Closing, Diablo 3 Single Player and THQ Showcase
- Microsoft to Close Xbox 360 Store and Marketplace in July 2024
- Diablo 3 Gets Send-Off With Mode Players Have Requested for Years
- Everything Announced at the THQ Nordic Digital Showcase 2023
Xbox FF14, Sea of Stars Day One and PS5 Sells 40 Million
- Popular MMO Final Fantasy XIV is Finally Headed to Xbox Consoles
- Sea Of Stars To Become Rare PS+ & Game Pass Day One Launch
- PS5 Shoots Through 40 Million Sales, Tracking Slightly Behind PS4
Diablo 4 Review-Bombing, Handheld Batteries, and Gamepass Core
- Diablo 4 Review-Bombing Is In Full Effect After Season 1 Pre-Patch - EU to Require Handheld Consoles to Have Replaceable Batteries - Microsoft Unveils Xbox Game Pass Core, Replacing Xbox Live Gold
GTA on Gamepass, Sega Calls Blockchain Boring, Black Flag Remake
- Grand Theft Auto V is back on Game Pass yet Again
- Sega Executive calls Play-to-Earn Blockchain Games ‘Boring’
- Ubisoft Reportedly Working on an Black Flag Remake
SWTOR New Dev, Baldurs Gate New Release, Diablo 4 DDoS Attacks
- Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO has a new developer
- Baldur’s Gate 3 PC Release Brought Forward a Month
- Always Online Diablo IV Suffers Extended DDOS Attack
Nintendo Direct June 2023
- Everything shown at the Nintendo Direct (June 2023)
Xbox Showcase June 2023
- Everything shown at the Xbox Showcase (June 2023)
Playstation Showcase May 2023
- Everything shown at the PlayStation Showcase (May 2023)
Overwatch 2 PvE, LotR MMO and Humble Showcase
- Overwatch 2's PvE Hero Mode Is Being Scrapped
- Amazon is making a new Lord of the Rings MMO
- Everything Announced at the Humble Showcase
No Switch Price Cut, Silksong Delay, Somerville hurt by Gamepass
- Nintendo will not be cutting the price of the Switch
- Hollow Knight Sequel Silksong has been Delayed
- Somerville dev reveals how Gamepass hurt its Sales
News in Counterstrike, Midnight Suns Cancellation and Spencer on Redfall
- Finnish news uses Counter-Strike to dodge Russian censorship
- Nintendo Switch version of Marvel’s Midnight Suns scrapped
- Phil Spencer Takes ‘Full Responsibility’ For Redfall's Poor Release
Xbox Ubisoft+, Dreams Ending, Redfall Capped
- Ubisoft+ Launching on Xbox but with Fewer Games than on PC
- Sony and Media Molecule ending support for Dreams in Sept
- Xbox Version of Redfall Capped at 30 FPS, 60 FPS Coming Later
Everquest 2 Loot Boxes, Avenger's Patch, E3 Cancellation
- Everquest 2 Introduces New Loot Boxes, Pulls Them Immediately
- Marvel's Avengers Gets its Last Patch Ever, Unlocks Marketplace
- After More Drop Out, E3 Cancelled and Not Coming Back Again
Nightdive Acquired, Spiderman Leaked, Redfall Reversed
- Atari is acquiring retro game specialists Nightdive Studios
- Spider-Man 2: Venom Voice Actor Hints At Sept Release Date
- Redfall Dev Working on Reversing Always-Online Requirement
Starfield Release, Bleak Faith Response, STALKER Hack
- Bethesda's Starfield will now release on Sept 6, 2023
- Bleak Faith Developers respond to Elden Ring Plagiarism
- STALKER 2 Developers were Hacked and Content Leaked
Gamepass Expanded, New Vegas Desired and Forspoken Dev Folded
- Microsoft Opens up PC Game Pass to 40 New Countries
- Obsidian Wants to Make Fallout: New Vegas Remastered
- Forspoken Developer to be Folded Back into Square Enix
Nintendo Call of Duty, Destiny vs Cheaters and Feb State of Play
- Microsoft Signs 10-Year Contract To Bring Xbox Games To Nintendo
- Destiny Developer Bungie Wins $4.3 Million Anti-Cheating Lawsuit
- Discussing everything from the Feb 2023 Playstation State of Play
EA Premier League, Witcher NSFW Mod, Game Pass Sales Cannibalization
- EA Pays $588 Million For The Rights To The English Premier League
- The Witcher 3 Next-Gen Update Accidentally Included NSFW Mods
- Microsoft Admits that Xbox Game Pass Cannibalizes Sales
Dreadwolf Leak, Crossfire End and Nintendo Direct
- Dragon Age: Dreadwolf Leaks Show God Of War-Style Combat
- Live Service Game CrossfireX Will Be Shutting Down in May
- Everything that was revealed in February 2023’s Nintendo Direct
Xbox 360 De-Lists, PS Collection Ends, Activision Pays
- Xbox 360 Store Won’t be Closing Down, Despite Support Page
- PlayStation 5's PS Plus Collection Being Removed in May 2023
- Activision Did Nothing Wrong, Will Pay $35 Million Settlement
Stadia Refunds, Horizon MMO, and Ubisoft Cancels Preorders
- Google is starting to process Stadia refunds according to FAQ
- Horizon MMO Is Reportedly in the Works From Sony and NCSoft
- Ubisoft cancels Prince of Persia Remake pre-orders, not game
PS Minus, Marvelous EA, and Xbox Price Mights
- PlayStation Plus has lost 2 million subscribers since its revamp
- Marvel and EA Sign Three-Game Deal, Starting With Iron Man
- Xbox may have to raise prices, says Phil, but not before the holidays
Playdots Shut Down, Bayonetta 3 Voice and Call of Duty SMS
- Two Years After $192M Acquisition, Take-Two Shuts Down Two Dots Studio Playdots
- Voice Actor Didn't Reprise Role in Bayonetta 3 as She Was Only Offered $4,000
- Upcoming Call of Duty has annoying phone number verification requirement
PS Stars, Stadia Shutdown and Overwatch 2 Launch
- Sign up for Sony’s PlayStation Stars loyalty program begin
- As Stadia Shutters, Developers Are Left to Face the Fallout
- Blizzard Apologizes for Overwatch 2 Launch, Promises Fixes
Sept 2022 Video Game Conferences
- Nintendo Direct Sept 2022
- Xbox Tokyo Game Show Sept 2022
- Sony State of Play Sept 2022
Halo Co-op, Prey Name and FromSoftware purchase
- Halo Infinite’s co-op and Forge modes delayed to November
- Prey Director Says that Name Was A 'Mistake,' Assigned By Bethesda
- Sony and Tencent Have Bought Over 30% of Elden Ring Developer
KOTOR Remake, Destiny 2 and PS5 Pricing
- The Knights of the Old Republic remake has a new developer
- Destiny 2 promises no more vaulting of old parts of game
- P5 Is getting a price increase most regions outside of the US
Series S RAM, Netflix Games and Microsoft Appeal
- Microsoft gives Series S devs more memory to improve performance
- 99 percent of Netflix subscribers haven’t tried its games service
- Xbox claims Sony pays for ‘blocking rights’ to keep games off Game Pass
No Mojang NFTs, Xbox Discord, Square Enix NFT Pre-Orders
- Mojang Says It Will Not Support NFT Technologies
- Xbox is finally getting initial Discord voice chat version
- Square Enix launches its NFT project with Action Figure
Playstation Stars, EA Skate, Netflix Partners with Microsoft
- Sony’s PlayStation Stars loyalty program has points and collectibles
- Electronic Art’s new Skate game is just called Skate. and is free to play
- Netflix Partnering with Microsoft for it's Ad-Supported Subscription Tier
Rockstar Not Remaking, EA Joke Blunder, Diablo Defense
- Rockstar shelves plans for Red Dead Redemption and GTAIV remasters
- EA Makes Fun of Single Player Games - Internet Does Not React Kindly
- Ybarra Defends Diablo Immortal , the Goal Was Free, Quality Content
Jedi Sequel, Xbox Achievements and June State of Play
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is the sequel to Fallen Order
- Xbox Update Lets You Reveal Hidden Achievements
- Everything announced at Sony’s June 2022 State of Play
Fall Guys F2P, Battlefield Reduction, and PS Plus Extras
- Fall Guys is going free-to-play and coming to Nintendo Switch and Xbox
- Battlefield 2042 Reducing the 128 Player Breakthrough Mode to 64
- Syphon Filter Trophies and Ubisoft + coming to New PlayStation Plus
Bethesda Delays, Last Gen Cancellations, and Nintendo Showcases
- Bethesda’s Starfield and Redfall have been delayed to 2023
- Gotham Knights no longer coming to PS4 and Xbox One
- Everything Announced In Nintendo's May Indie World Showcase
Prince of Persia, The Day Before and Square Enix to Embracer
- Ubisoft’s troubled Prince of Persia remake moved to a new studio
- The Day Before: Steam's Most Wishlisted Game Shifts to Unreal Engine 5
- Square Enix Will Hold On To A Few Western-Made Franchises
PS Plus Trials, Final Fantasy 16 Development and PS Plus Stacking
- PS+ upcoming game trials will reportedly be at least 2 hours long
- Final Fantasy 16 in ‘final stages’ of development, producer says
- Sony Confirms It Has Stopped PS+ Users Stacking Their Membership
Xenoblade Early, Battlefield Voice Chat, and Ads in Games
- Nintendo moves Xenoblade Chronicles 3 release up to July
- It's April 2022, And Battlefield 2042 Is Finally Getting Voice Chat
- Some Xbox Games Could Soon Have More Ads, Playstation too
Activision Raises, eFootball Launches, F1 NFT Game Shuts Down
- Activision Blizzard is giving a 1100 game testers full-time jobs
- eFootball officially launches with1.0 Patch Arriving Next Week
- Formula 1 NFT Game Shuts Down, Tokens Practically Worthless
Playstation Acquisitions, Capcom Raises and Plus Announces
- PlayStation President Says More Acquisitions Are Coming
- Capcom Is Increasing Its Employees’ Salaries by 30 Percent
- Sony announces Game Pass competitor PS Plus subscriptions
Gran Turismo Spins out, Moon Studios Oppresses, Xbox Indie Showcases
- Gran Turismo 7 complaints continue to pile up
- Moon Studios an oppressive work environment
- ID@Xbox Indie Showcase for March 2022
US Nintendo World, New WoW Expansion, March 2022 State of Play
- First US Super Nintendo World coming to Universal Studios in 2023
- New World of Warcraft Expansion Will Be Revealed Next Month
- State of Play: Everything announced in the March 2022 Showcase
Nvidia Cyberattack, Steam Deck 2 and Blizzard Reporting Rewards
- Nvidia confirms it’s investigating a supposed cyberattack
- Steam Deck 2 is already being planned out by Valve
- Blizzard Games in China will reward players for Reporting
Multiplatform Call of Duty, revisiting Scalebound, Feb Nintendo Direct
- Microsoft plans to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation
- Platinum Games Appeals to Xbox for Scalebound
- Everything announced at the Feb 2022 Nintendo Direct
Warcraft Mobile, Battlefield Scoreboard, Sonys Bungie
- Blizzard is planning a new Warcraft mobile game
- Battlefield 2042's scoreboard update delayed
- Sony is buying Bungie studios for $3.6 billion
Playstation COD, Blizzard Survival, Repawn Star Wars
- Call of Duty's next 3 games will be on Playstation
- Blizzard is hiring for unannounced survival game
- Respawn Entertainment working on 3 Star Wars games
GTA Trilogy Launch, PS3 Digital Games, and Activision Blizzard Purchase
- Take Two CEO calls GTA Trilogy launch a Glitch
- PS3 games spotted on the European PS5 Store
- Microsoft is purchasing Activision Blizzard
Steam Deck for Feb, STALKER 2 delayed, Horizon Forbidden West leaked
- Valve says the Steam Deck is on track to Ship in February
- STALKER 2 has 7 month delay to the end of 2022
- A Horizon Forbidden West PS4 build has been leaked