A new week, a new episode of the Gamesline Podcast. This week, John and Rose are hopped up on Game Fuel and ready to talk about all the news between what they’ve been playing. John’s been playing Fate/Samurai Remnant while Rose has been playing that as well as Lies of P, the Crymachina Demo, Blasphemous, and Armored Core VI.

In the news, Best Buy seems to be phasing out physical media, the Lolipop Chainsaw Remake has become a remaster, and we now know who’s replaced Charles Martinet as the voice of Mario. The Microsoft Activision acquisition has officially become a thing and so has the PS5 Slim. And of course how could we forget the most important news of the week, the return of Mountain Dew Game Fuel.

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This week on the Podcast Scott, Lorelai, and Maverick are here to talk about the week in news and the games they’ve been playing. Scott’s been Kicking off the year of Chalamet by getting Lies of P(illed) while Maverick’s been digging into Armored Core VI. Lorelai’s been a road trip gamer playing Mortal Kombat 1, Baldur’s Gate 3, Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis, and way too much Marvel Snap.

In the news we go over all of the news from the Nintendo Direct and Sony State of Play, we cover all the chaos around Unity deciding their foot tastes good and they should screw over people who use their platform, and the far right wing conservative Bill Willingham somehow doing the most leftist move and putting the characters from his Fables universe in the public domain.

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It’s the post-PAX podcast as Solon has returned to regale us about one ReedPop run show while E3 removes itself from their clutches. Plus, John’s still digging through Xenosaga and the Pokemon TCG Game Boy game, Maverick’s shooting through Armored Core 6, Nintendo’s new console was demoed at Gamescom, Roblox is trying to get into the dating sphere, and Blizzard tries to properly age the Overwatch cast to hilarious results.

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It’s the first EVER episode of The Gamesline Podcast! That’s right! The first one we’ve ever done! We’re still pretty new at this so I hope it’s good! Please be nice in the comments. This week on the pod: Lorelai’s taking the Honkai Star Rail over to the Dead Island 2, Scott’s having a few Shadows of Doubt, Solon can’t seem to get out of this dreary weather on the Rain World, and The Gamesline’s Future is Redeemed as John has been playing the new Xenoblade Chronicles 3 DLC (and also everyone talks about Xenoblade in general there’s so much Xenoblade talk on this one y’all).

Plus: the United Kingdom does something right for once and blocks the Microsoft/Activision-Blizzard merger for the funniest reason, Sonic unionizes his workplace (Sega), Wizards of the Coast does some no good very bad Pinkerton shit, we look at the Twisted Metal teaser and the Armored Core 6 trailer we’re so fucking back, and we cover Vice’s closure of Waypoint.

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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has blocked the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard merger. The CMA cited concerns about Microsoft having too much of an authority in “cloud gaming” as the primary reason for their interception. Brad Smith, CEO of Microsoft, has stated that the company intends on appealing the decision.

Waypoint, launched in 2016 as Vice Media’s dedicated games section, will be shutting down on June 2. Vice is also shuttering its Vice News Tonight program as part of a series of other major cuts in midst of the restructuring of the company.

I'm not sure where to begin, except to say, with equal parts fury and sadness, that Waypoint is over. The team, myself included, have been terminated by VICE, and our final day running the website, the podcasts, and streams, will come to an end on June 2nd.

— Patrick Klepek 🎃 (@patrickklepek) April 27, 2023

Sega of America unionizes as the Allied Employees Guild Improving SEGA (AEGIS) with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). AEGIS-CWA will be the first union in the video games industry that encompasses several departments, comprising of members from the departments of marketing, games as a service, localization, product development, and quality assurance.

Powerhouse Animation Studios, the studio behind the Netflix, animated adaptation of Castlevania, its upcoming sequel, and an anticipated adaption to Tomb Raider, has also announced their unionization with the Animation Guild.

Great news! Congrats to #animation workers at Powerhouse in #Texas for unionizing with the #AnimationGuild! Let's show our support for this historic effort as they seek voluntary recognion. #Power2Powerhouse#WeAre839 #WePowerAnimation@LATimes @AustinChronicle @Variety @THR pic.twitter.com/3uPRYwkxnH

— The Animation Guild // #WeAre839 (@animationguild) April 24, 2023

Nintendo will be exhibiting at Gamescom 2023. This will be the company’s first big, in-person appearance at a major games trade show since E3 2012. Gamescom is set for August 23 to 27 in Cologne, Germany.

Square Enix’s attempts as remaking The Portopia Serial Murder Case as an “AI tech preview” has been met with scrutiny across the board. The game relies on a machine learning text input system that has been quickly found to be incredibly faulty, rendering progress difficult and nearly unplayable. The game is free to download, and currently has an over 90% “Very Negative” reviews on Steam.

the portopia serial murder case is an excellent example of why stapling "AI" to your game doesn't in fact guarantee your game will work pic.twitter.com/WX9v6VZrGD

— Aura (MOOMANIBE@Cohost) (@MOOMANiBE) April 24, 2023

Developer Young Horses has made their early catalog of games free to play, such as the original version of Octodad.

A new entry to the Armored Core series has been announced, and Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is set to be released around late August.

The Guinness World Record of the most people playing Dungeons & Dragons at a time was broken in a mall in Provo, Utah. Over 1,200 aspiring adventurers took place in the nerdy gathering crowding the Provo Towne Centre mall.

On the other hand, Wizards of the Coast continues to be off their rocks and hired and sent security agents to a YouTuber’s home to shut down a leak of their latest Magic: The Gathering set, “March of the Machine: The Aftermath.”

YouTuber Oldschoolmtg cooperated with the agents to hand over the set, and explains that the set was mistakenly sent to him. WotC has yet to release a statement about the incident, and is currently unclear if Oldschoolmtg will be compensated for the goods they have had to turn in.

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