The State of Single Player Games | The Video Game Pals Episode 53

Far Cry 5 is lighting up the sales charts, Blizzard is working on a new FPS and Nintendo has sold 18 million Nintendo Switches, so we’ve got the heftiest episode we’ve had in a while! PLUS: Battletech, Defiance 2050 and the state of single player! What we’re playing: 02:36 · Battletech · Defiance: 2050 -RANDOM QUESTION OF THE WEEK 18:02 -DA NEWS: Blizzard Working on new FPS: 31:02 http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/04/30/blizzards-unannounced-first-person-game-seems-to-be-moving-ahead PUBG Corp. announced that it will host the first official esports tournament for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds later this year: 43:05 https://www.polygon.com/2018/4/23/17270668/pubg-tournament-pgi-2018-start-date-prize-pool Microsoft has partnered with Discord to bring the popular chat app to Xbox: 48:30 https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/04/24/microsoft-discord-team-connect-gamers-across-xbox-live-discord/ Belgium has ruled that Loot Boxes are gambling and is taking action against major publishers: 52:24 https://news.unikrn.com/article/overwatch-csgo-dota-fifa-loot-box-ban-belgium NINTENDO ROCK BLOCK: 1:11:06 https://www.usgamer.net/articles/switch-sales-near-18-million-with-mario-odyssey-and-mario-kart-8-deluxe-the-most-popular-titles https://www.polygon.com/2018/4/26/17284140/new-nintendo-president-2018-shuntaro-furukawa https://twitter.com/wario64/status/989682515978829825?s=21 https://www.polygon.com/2018/4/27/17290054/dragalia-lost-trailer-nintendo-mobile-ios-android https://www.polygon.com/2018/4/26/17288862/when-is-nintendo-e3-2018-direct-super-smash-bros Far Cry 5 is currently the best-selling game of the year: 1:41:26 https://venturebeat.com/2018/04/24/march-npd-2018-far-cry-5-debuts-as-the-top-selling-game-of-the-year/ Main Topic: 1:48:54 Are single player games in a healthy place? We discussed the widespread worry about the death of AAA single-player games all the way back in October for episode 26, but a lot has changed since then. We’ve seen pushback from consumers on predatory/intrusive loot box practices, we’ve gotten major releases like Far Cry selling better than previous entries in the series, and we have Peggy as a cohost on this show. SO let’s reopen the floor to talk about the state of single player gaming. 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 Peggy: twitter.com/MoiraiOW