Activision Layoffs & Nintendo Direct Hype! | The Video Game Pals Episode 94

On this week’s show, the Pals discuss Activision Blizzard’s MAJOR layoffs, the future of Mass Effect & February’s Nintendo Direct! What we’re playing Da News: 15:15 Apex Legends passes 25 Million players in one week: Recorded “well over” 2 million concurrent players this past weekend, Respawn CEO Vince Zampella noted on Twitter. https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/11/18221014/apex-legends-25-million-player-milestone-respawn-battle-royale-ea Tencent is interested in bringing the game East: https://venturebeat.com/2019/02/15/tencent-wants-to-release-apex-legends-in-china-according-to-rumor/ 21:30 - Time for a game. Let’s guess how these games did!: https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/far-cry-new-dawn https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-one/crackdown-3 29:06 - New Mass Effect Games are coming: RQOTW: What do you want out of the next Mass Effect? https://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-mass-effect-games-are-coming-bioware-insists/1100-6464974/ 48:15 - Alfonso Ribeiro loses Fortnite case: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/copyright-office-refuses-registration-fresh-prince-star-alfonso-ribeiros-carlton-dance-1186666 56:43 - Activision Layoffs: https://kotaku.com/activision-blizzard-begins-massive-layoffs-1832571288 1:09:55 - Meat & Potatoes: Nintendo Direct reacts! Outro Music: "Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel. The Pals: Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire Andy: twitter.com/tiger_millions