051: Virtual Stupidity (Housemarque, Bluepoint, Ghost Of Tsushima, Control, Kazuya, Ender Lilies)

<p>It's time for another roundup of the biggest news and features in video games for this Big Week in Gaming for 4 Jul 2021! This week the bigwig crew chat about Sony spending big on studio acquisitions, plans for Control sequels and spinoffs, Ghost of Tsushima getting a snazzy Director's Cut, xCloud launching on PC &amp; iOS, id Software's mystery leaked game - and the latest Smash &amp; amiibo news, with hands-on thoughts of the new fighter Kazuya.</p><br><p>For special features - we have impressions of the new metroidvania soulslike ENDER LILIES - as well as a MASSIVE nominee selection special for Game of Some Other Year 1995. It's a bloody battle of PC vs SNES classics for this GOSOY. Poor Mike... I promise we'll play Beavis &amp; Butthead one day.</p><br><p>Your mum's certainly going to love these highlights:</p><p>▸ Sony's Studio Shopping Spree - and what these acquisitions tell us about their future plans</p><p>▸ First impressions of the gothic metroidvania - ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights</p><p>▸ And we choose the nominees for Game of Some Other Year 1995!</p><br><p>TIMECODES ▼</p><p>00:00:00 Intro</p><p>00:14:41 Sony's Studio Shopping Spree - Housemarque, Bluepoint, Nixxes Join The PlayStation Family</p><p>00:22:25 Control Sequel News - Remedy Announces Project Condor Multiplayer Spinoff</p><p>00:26:58 Ghost Of Tsushima Director's Cut Announced For PS5 &amp; PS4</p><p>00:33:53 Xbox Cloud Gaming Launches On PC &amp; iOS (xCloud Game Streaming)</p><p>00:39:14 id Software's Latest Game Leaks On The Australian Classification Board</p><p>00:43:15 Smash Bros Kazuya Gameplay Hands-On &amp; Sakurai Presentation</p><p>00:50:59 Smash Bros Deconfirms Dante &amp; Lloyd - No Fighter Pass 3, Min Min amiibo</p><p>00:56:42 The Minute Mike</p><p>00:59:34 Bargain Bin w/c Sun 4 Jul 2021</p><p>01:03:06 ENDER LILIES: Quietus Of The Knights - First Impressions</p><p>01:13:19 The Best Games Of 1995! We Pick Game of Some Other Year Nominees (GOSOY)</p><p>02:28:16 Outro</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'