Nintendo Switch Upgrade, Hacker Only Battle Royale, Overwatch Roll Queue Rework - BSG News
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Chase finally makes his way back from Peru to join Quinn in discussing this weeks gaming news.
Here are the stories from this week:
Game Releases:
- Etherborn (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC)
- Submersed (Playstation 4)
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 (Nintendo Switch)
- GORN (VR)
- Night Call ( Nintendo Switch, PC PlayStation 4, Mac, Xbox One)
- Children of the Light (IOS)
Nintendo Switch Upgrade:
- From 2-6 hours to 4-9 hours of battery life
- Costs the same: $300
- On store shelves by Mid-August
- Will Have different packaging to tell difference
- New Joy-Con Colors
- Gray, Neon Pink, and Neon Green
- Enhanced Switch still in production
Avengers Game at Comic Con:
- Comic-Con at San Diego revealed more gameplay
- Looks similar to Spider-Man PS4 except a little more underwhelming
Respawn Entertainment Trolls Hackers:
- Apex Legends has gained a fair amount of hackers in the past couple of months
- Hacks include aimbots, auto-firing, wall hacks, and minor invisibility
- Respawn’s new system marks accounts that have been caught cheating and pairs those accounts together in matchmaking so they get a taste of their own medicine
- Essentially there will be entire matches dedicated to cheaters fighting each other to be crowned best hacks
Huge Matchmaking Changes Coming to Overwatch:
- Blizzard is planning on introducing a new “Role Queue” feature into their matchmaking system
- For game modes that have you choosing your hero, you will now have to pick your roles within the game before heading into a match
- Each team will be locked to 2 heros per role. That means each team whether in competitive or casual must have 2 tanks, 2 dps, and 2 healers
- People can begin testing the system soon in the PTR (public test region)
- This is to combat player hostility between players for lack of playing the proper role
Another Co-Founder is Leaving Blizzard:
- Frank Pearce leaves Blizzard after 28 years
- He started when Blizzard was still named "Silicon and Synapse"
Google Stadia Did an AMA:
- The Director of Product and Gamer Experience at Stadia at Google did an Ask Me Anything on Reddit earlier this week
- He answered a lot of user questions and gave a more in-depth look as to what Stadia will be when it officially releases in November
- Chase and I will be doing a bonus episode covering the whole AMA, so stay tuned for that
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