Trouble at BioWare & Xbox Game Pass (ft. Ed from The Party Nerdz) | Video Game Pals Episode 40

Sean is away for the Royal Rumble & NXT Takeover: Philadelphia this week but we've got our pal Ed from the Party Nerdz here to discuss the games industry's week of musical chairs, trouble at BioWare and the game changing updates being made to Xbox Game Pass. Follow Ed and The Party Nerdz: http://wildfireradio.com/partynerdz-podcast/ https://www.twitch.tv/partynerdz PLUS: Remember to write in to thevideogamepals@gmail.com about why you deserve a free code for Owlboy! 1. Google hires former PlayStation and Xbox executive Phil Harrison: https://www.polygon.com/2018/1/22/16921214/phil-harrison-google-games 2. Former head of Sonic Team, Yuji Naka announced this week that he’d be joining Square Enix: https://www.polygon.com/2018/1/24/16927574/marvel-avengers-game-crystal-dynamics-development-team 3. Crystal Dynamics has picked up two major industry veterans from Naughty Dog and Visceral Games for their upcoming Avengers game: https://www.polygon.com/2018/1/24/16927574/marvel-avengers-game-crystal-dynamics-development-team 4. Ojiro Fumoto, the indie developer behind the incredibly inventive 2015 platformer Downwell has joined Nintendo: https://www.polygon.com/2018/1/23/16922898/downwell-ojiro-fumoto-nintendo 5. Vast majority of devs are reporting that games sell as well if not better on the Nintendo Switch: http://za.ign.com/nintendo-switch/115299/news/devs-say-games-sell-as-well-or-better-on-nintendo-switch-tha 6. New God of War Trailer confirms an April 20th release date (420 Blaze it): https://www.polygon.com/2018/1/23/16923374/god-of-war-ps4-release-date-price-trailer 7. According to sources close to Jason Schreier over at Kotaku, the pressure is on for Bioware and their next game Anthem: https://kotaku.com/bioware-doubles-down-on-anthem-as-pressure-mounts-1822380989 8. That wasn’t all we gleamed from Jason’s article though: https://kotaku.com/bioware-doubles-down-on-anthem-as-pressure-mounts-1822380989 Meat and Potatoes: Our last news story this week is going to take us into out meat and potatoes discussion. I’ll start by reading this blog post from Major Nelson. Xbox is making a major play with Games Pass. Is it enough? 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