Round 8 - AVOCADO

Date aired: 

23 May 2014

Show Length: 

01:32:36

Around the World:  00:07:33

  • Zenimax officially filed suit agoinst Oculus, claiming stake of ownership
  • Indie title Towns abandoned; one of first titles to do early release on Steam before Early Release
  • Transistor released on May 20 (Supergiant Games' next title)
  • Sportsfriends released on PS3; PC/Mac/Linux releases coming soon
  • New Unreal Tournament to use Unreal Engine 4, be cross-platform, free; community-developed
  • EA shutting down many servers for online games
  • Crytek open-sources 'Renderdoc' graphics debugging tool
  • TECHNOLUST successfully Kickstarted (VR + STEM)
  • Loading Human successfully Kickstarted, still 12 days to go (VR + STEM)
  • Microsoft releasing Kinectless Xbox One for $399 on June 25th
  • Super Smash Bros 4 will see the return of Ike; Performance Designed Products(R) partnering with Nintendo to release $24.99 GameCube-like controller that launches alongside the game
  • Final Fantasy: A New World made its American premiere at Anime Central 2014 with two free concerts for attendees. Music was largely in a chamber setting with one piano solo, Those Who Fight (Final Fantasy VII). Nobuo Uematsu also participated in performance on Dark World (Final Fantasy VI)

Bonus Level 1:  00:23:48

Personal Gaming:  00:33:00

  • LUFTRAUSERS (PC; 'Quest for Semi-Glory')
  • Pathfinder (tabletop RPG)
  • World of Darkness: Changing Breeds (tabletop RPG)
  • Tales of Symphonia (PS3 port)
  • Final Fantasy X HD (PS3 remaster)

Bonus Level 2:  00:55:06

Ad-hoc Design:  01:04:01

  • Procedurally-generated action-platformer-escapism endless-runner (with an end)
  • Rail shooter rhythm game that focuses on different colored weaponry to destroy enemies when prompted on the screen. Weapons can merge to combine colors

Full date: 

Fri, 23 May 2014 19:00:00 CDT