Gamescom, The SNES Classic Debacle & Half-Life 3 | The Video Game Pals Episode 18

Since last week was Gamescom we have a STACKED news week, that will be taking the place of our normal Meat & Potatoes, but the pals have some hot takes on all of the biggest announcements. PLUS: The fuck Nintendo? What we're playing this week. RANDOM QUESTION OF THE WEEK: If your favorite game HAD to be made by another development team, who would it be? Old Slack N' Slash Final Fantasy Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o5PTzV1nLE&list=PLDI1R3bvIvxHpMkrfyXWIOZ_p6-n6TtWH&index=1 DA NEWS: 1. Universal and Frontier Developments the team behind Elite Dangerous & Planet Coaster, have revealed their next game, Jurassic World Evolution https://www.polygon.com/2017/8/20/16176368/jurassic-world-evolution-sim-frontier-developments-ps4-xbox-one-pc 2. Speaking of long-dormant PC darlings, Microsoft Studios has announced Age of Empires 4 is currently in development for PC. https://www.polygon.com/2017/8/21/16180714/age-of-empires-4-pc-relic-entertainment-definitive-edition 3. Speaking of remakes, Square Enix has announced a Secret of Mana remake for PS4, PS Vita & PC: https://www.polygon.com/2017/8/25/16201488/secret-of-mana-remake-ps4-vita-windows-pc-release-date 4. Square also announced Final Fantasy 15 is coming to PC…and mobile? https://www.polygon.com/2017/8/21/16178022/final-fantasy-15-windows-pc-release-date-trailer http://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-xv-pocket-edition-announced-1798300284 5. In more, What the fuck Sqaure Enix news, Final Fantasy XV is getting free dlc that crosses over with Assassin’s Creed: http://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-xv-gets-dlc-from-uh-assassins-creed-1798391506 6. Speaking of free DLC, ARMS next DLC character Lola Pop is on the way: https://www.polygon.com/2017/8/22/16182734/arms-free-demo-playable-characters-lola-pop-trailer 7. Injustice 2 has announced its second character pack will include Aquaman villain Black Manta, Mortal Kombat’s Raiden, and Dark Horse Comic’s Hellboy: https://www.polygon.com/2017/8/23/16188870/injustice-2-fighter-pack-2-dlc-raiden-black-manta-hellboy 8. Nintendo has mismanaged the hell out of the SNES Classic Pre-Orders, surprising no one: http://www.businessinsider.com/nintendo-snes-classic-preorder-fiasco-2017-8 9. While Nintendo is mismanaging the pre-orders of their latest miniconsole, Microsoft seems to be knocking it out of the park with the Xbox One X’s pre-orders: https://news.xbox.com/2017/08/25/xbox-one-x-project-scorpio-edition-fastest-selling-xbox/#D6zQtcqlE7FHW4Cm.99 10. And Finally, in what may be the end to one of gaming’s greatest untold stories, the lead writer of the Half-Life Series, Marc Laidlaw, posted what many are calling the unreleased Story for Half-Life 3: i. The Original: http://www.marclaidlaw.com/epistle-3/ ii. And a mirror version on GitHub which changes all of the character names and gender pronouns to properly match the game: iii. https://github.com/Jackathan/MarcLaidlaw-Epistle3/blob/master/Epistle3_Corrected.md iv. Marc on Twitter: https://twitter.com/marc_laidlaw/status/900902074954661888 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 Andy: twitter.com/Tiger_Millions Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire