Gaming Dad News: Week of February 12th, 2018

[0:01] [Music] but now for this week’s gaming cheat sheet we run down the highlights of what happened in the world of gaming Monster

[0:12] Hunter World released just two weeks ago and is already setting records with a combined six million units shipped it’s become the fastest capcom game of all

[0:20] time with PC versions set to release later this year there’s no doubt that those numbers will continue to grow another chart topper was Shadow of the

[0:27] Colossus remake with its debuting at number one in the UK and beating out its predecessor on the ps2 by more than 70 percent at launch Nintendo was also busy

[0:37] releasing more details about their online service which goes live this September they’re not giving any specifics besides it’ll be worth the

[0:45] wait the company also confirmed that starting in March players can purchase switch games with their mind–and Tendo points and this week we also had a

[0:52] glimpse of the much-anticipated Kingdom Hearts 3 with another trailer released during the Disney d23 show in Tokyo Japan no word on the release date for

[1:00] that other than sometime in 2018 and pulling in massive numbers fortnight hits 3.4 million concurrent users and all platforms causing server disruptions

[1:11] and beating out pub G numbers now that number is likely across all platforms whereas pub G is on PC alone but it’s still very impressive and remember

[1:20] microtransactions well it looks like they’re here to stay with Activision Blizzard making 4 billion on them in the last year more than half their total net

[1:27] revenue in 2017 and however they’re there might be a wrench thrown into those plans with Sweden and joining Germany and considering legislation for

[1:37] loot boxes laban if they might label it as a form of gambling and would be subject to stricter rules it’s an it’s reported that this could all happen as

[1:45] soon as 2019 and to tickle your nostalgic fingertips comes the remake and re-release of the enormous Xbox controller nicknamed the Duke that

[1:53] shipped with the original Xbox it’s being remade by a third-party to be used with the Xbox one and has received the blessing from Microsoft it’ll be ready

[2:00] for sale in late March for about 70 bucks u.s. and some tabletop gaming news after 40 years the publisher of Settlers of Catan is closing Mayfair Games has

[2:11] sold their catalogue to as MIDI who continued to publish the game but on the game release front some notables this week include Kingdom Come deliverance

[2:19] dynasty Warriors 9 the console release of owl boy The Secret of Mana remaster and a whole slew of PS VR games including drunken bar fight

[2:28] knockout league sprint vector and pop-up pilgrims and if you’re like me and haven’t bought overwatch yet you can try it up for free this weekend on all

[2:36] platforms that’s the gaming cheat sheet for the week catch a nap and tune in next time for another update

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